by sahcadmin | Sep 12, 2017 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Straddling the border of Tennessee’s Carter County and North Carolina’s Mitchell and Avery Counties, the Roan Mountain massif rises above the farms and villages of the valley below. Known as the Highlands of Roan, these mountain peaks and ridges, for the most part...
by sahcadmin | Sep 7, 2017 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
It takes a village to care for our mountains, and SAHC, our partners, and volunteers certainly made that happen this summer. In less than four days of work, more than 25 volunteers cut blackberry from about seven acres of grassy and shrub bald habitat during our...
by Cheryl Fowler | Sep 1, 2017 | Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
This summer, we partnered with Asheville Greenworks’ Youth Environmental Leadership Program (YELP) for a service day on our Robinson Rough property in Sandy Mush. The youth volunteers created water bars to prevent erosion and protect water quality. The YELP program,...
by sahcadmin | Jul 25, 2017 | Our Community Farm, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
On Thursday, July 13, we welcomed a group of XploreUSA students to our Community Farm for a workday in the Shortleaf Pine reforestation area. The teen volunteers consisted of international exchange students along with some of their American host siblings. XploreUSA is...
by sahcadmin | Jul 17, 2017 | Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
SAHC staff recently had the rare opportunity to work on protected conservation land inside the City of Asheville boundary. Stewardship Associate Sarah Sheeran, AmeriCorps member Anona Miller, and intern Leigh Bost teamed up with a youth group from the YMCA Blue Ridge...
by sahcadmin | Jul 10, 2017 | Stewardship Stories, Trustee and Staff Stories, Uncategorized, Volunteer Stories
Thanks to the efforts of Sarah Sanford, a Duke University Stanback Intern with SAHC this summer, our new office has been outfitted with window decals to help protect our winged friends. Sarah worked with her professors at Duke University on a project to prevent birds...
