Name: Stabilizing & Revegetating Streams: A Landowner Workshop
Start: 2026-08-20T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-08-20T14:00:00-04:00
Location: SAHC Community Farm (Event Venue)

What: FREE workshop on stabilizing and repairing streams

When: Thursday, August 20 from 10 am to 2 pm

Where: SAHC Community Farm, 180 Mag Sluder Rd, Alexander, NC 28701

Do you want to repair and stabilize stream banks on your property? Join Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and our partners from Riverlink and USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service for an informative workshop paired with look at a successfully restored stream area.

NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife and CHIRAM (Collaboration on Helene Impact and Recovery Assessment and Monitoring) are partnering with local nonprofits SAHC and Riverlink to this host outreach workshop for landowners in Buncombe County, providing information and resources on best practices for streambank stabilization and revegetation. The workshops were created in response to needs identified following Helene, with the goal of supporting communities and their recovery work, particularly with private landowners.

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Planned Workshop Agenda

Morning sessions

9:45 – 10 am: Participants meet at the SAHC Community Farm Education Center

10 – 10:30 am: Group Introductions

10:30 – 11 am: RiverLink presentation – Eli Smith, Watershed Program Specialist

11 – 11:30 am: NRCS presentation

11:30 am – noon: SAHC presentation – Chris Link, Community Farm Manager

Break

12 – 12:45 pm: Time for questions/conversations, resource distribution, lunch break (bring your own)

Afternoon Project Tour

12:45 to 1:45 pm: Field tour of SAHC’s stream restoration project on the farm property

1:45 – 2:15 pm: End of workshop wrap-up

FREE for attendees, but pre-registration is required.

SAHC Community Farm Manager Chris Link (chris@appalachian.org) will email additional info to registered participants prior to the event. To participate, please fill out the registration form below.

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Stabilizing & Revegetating Streams: A Landowner Workshop

August 20 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm