by sahcadmin | Apr 10, 2012 | French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Last Saturday (April 7, 2012), our intrepid Stewardship staff held a volunteer workday on a piece of property SAHC owns in the Sandy Mush area of Buncombe County. The property is over 100 acres in size and almost entirely forested, with portions of lush, rich cove...
by sahcadmin | Oct 19, 2011 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
SAHC and a slew of volunteers spent a full day mowing, trimming, and cutting to create additional habitat for the rare and “near threatened” golden-winged warbler on Little Hump Mountain in the Highlands of Roan. The Golden-winged Warbler (GWW) is an early...
by sahcadmin | Jun 29, 2011 | Highlands of Roan, Volunteer Stories
Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area (HCC), a 693-acre natural area protected since 1986 and co-managed by the State of Tennessee and SAHC, draws outdoor enthusiasts of all types to its beautiful, wild landscapes and streams that are important habitat for a variety...
by sahcadmin | May 24, 2011 | Black Mountains, Corporate Partners, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
During the first week of May, staff from Navitat Canopy Adventures in Asheville volunteered with SAHC to install water bars on trails on a conservation easement. The property, a 231-acre conservation easement protected by SAHC, is located within the Craggy Mountains...
by sahcadmin | Apr 21, 2011 | Corporate Partners, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
The beautiful mountain streams and rivers of western NC and east TN are plagued with an illness brought on by humans – trash. Each year, river clean-up crews and conservation organizations spend countless hours to remove thousands of pounds of tires, old...
