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Come #hike with us! @sahccommunityfarm hike on Sat Come #hike with us! @sahccommunityfarm hike on Saturday, April 22nd. Bring your boots and take a walk around the farm! Register at appalachian.org Date: Saturday, April 22nd Time: Starting at 2:00pm Where: SAHC Community Farm in Alexander, NC Distance: 2 miles Difficulty: Moderate. Several inclines are present on the trail. Cost: Free for Members. $10 for non-members. Join the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy on our beautiful Community Farm to hike along our Discovery Trail. #farmlife #localfarms #localfood #828isgreat #farmland Our community Farm is a 140-acre educational and working farm just outside of Asheville. The farm is a continually evolving home for conservation projects and agricultural production. Highlighted by our stream restoration project, shortleaf pine reforestation project, farm incubator program, silvopasture project, and education center, there is always something new to see. Participants will hike the Discovery Trail in a 2-mile loop allowing us to view all of the amazing farm projects before returning to our education center. Participants are welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy while overlooking the entire farm and surrounding mountains. Please PRE_REGISTER for this hike at https://appalachian.org/event/2023-community-farm-tour-april/ Please note that our Community Farm is an active farm not open to the public unless accompanied by SAHC staff. To ensure safety, staff capacity, and a positive experience for everyone involved it is critical that ALL hike participants pre-register for events before visiting the farm. You will receive an email with specific information about where to meet on the farm and other necessary details. If you do not receive this email, as well as a confirmation email following your registration, we do not have you registered for the hike. If you have any questions, please reach out to katie@appalachian.org.
Come join us for a hike! Our next guided hike is o Come join us for a hike! Our next guided hike is on Friday, April 14th at Price’s Creek Preserve in Yancey County. Our annual Bill Popper memorial hike honors and remembers our friend Bill Popper and his dedication to preserving the 573-acre property that he loved so much. This hike is a perennial favorite, taking participants out to enjoy ephemeral wildflowers blooming this time of year. We will hike through mature northern hardwood forest and make our way to a lovely spot on Price’s Creek for lunch, then loop back to the beginning, all the while enjoying the flowery splendor of Mother Nature! If you would like to learn more about Bill Popper and his passion for this land that he loved, then this hike is for you! To register to participate, visit https://appalachian.org/event/2023-bill-popper-memorial-hike/ #landconservation #ephemeralwildflowers #outdoors #wildflowerhike
Come join us for a hike! Our next guided hike is o Come join us for a hike! Our next guided hike is on March 24th at Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park in Tennessee! We will traverse this beautiful wilderness with some of our partners from the Friends of Rocky Fork. This 8-mile hike will feature historic battlegrounds, rocky outcrops, gorgeous rivers, and highlight the local ecology of the area. If you’re looking for an introduction to Rocky Fork, look no further. Follow the link in our bio for registration! Did you know that from 2006-2012 SAHC lobbied congress to secure the funding to protect the 10,000 acre Rocky Fork Wilderness? This effort, along with lots of work from our partners and local community, helped create the Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park. #publicland #conservation #outdoor #appalachiantrail
Register NOW for our March 11 Farm Workshop: Plann Register NOW for our March 11 Farm Workshop: Planning and Planting Agroforestry Systems on Contour! Facilitated by partners at ContourLinesCorp and supported by a Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant, this farm workshop is Part 1 of 2-part, hands-on workshop series launching a NEW demonstration and education project at the SAHC Community Farm. Join us for all or part of the day! The morning session will take place in the Education Center, to learn about agroforestry and silvopasture. We will provide lunch, and then the afternoon portion of the workshop will take place in a pasture area adjoining the education center, planting trees on contour. This is a great opportunity to learn about the numerous benefits and beauty of a perennial agroforestry and silvopasture system on conservation land. Please note - if you would like to have a lunch provided, please be sure to register by March 8, as we will be placing the lunch order that day. To register to participate, visit https://appalachian.org/event/farm-workshop-planning-and-planting-agroforestry-systems-on-contour/ Photo courtesy wiki commons - photo of trees and shrubs planted on contour over rolling topography.
It is the LAST DAY of the #sahc60in60 Winter Hikin It is the LAST DAY of the #sahc60in60 Winter Hiking Challenge! I hope everyone has used this challenge as some type of motivation to get outside during these colder months, regardless of your mileage total. We hope everyone who participated enjoyed moving their body, breathing the fresh air, and taking in the landscape that makes living in the Southern Appalachians so special. If you walked 60 miles over the last two months and you logged all your miles on runsignup.com, you can expect for receive our new winter hiking challenge patch in the mail! In total this challenge raised over $1,700 that will all go towards local conservation efforts, thank you! A special thanks to these folks who joined us on an SAHC guided hike to Bailey Mountain Preserve where we were joined by the Friends Of Bailey Mountain and professors from Mars Hill University. If you’d like join us on a hike in the future, please visit our website to signup, Appalachian.org.
Don’t let this warm weather fool you, there is s Don’t let this warm weather fool you, there is still one week left in the SAHC Winter Hiking Challenge! This challenge has already been a huge success with over 200 people registered and 87 people having met their goal of hiking 60 miles in 60 days. I know I still need a few more days to get my numbers up and luckily this warm weather beckons us outside! #sahc60in60 If you want to hike with SAHC keep an eye on our website or sign up for our newsletter. We still have openings on our Bailey Mountain Preserve Hike and SAHC Community Farm Tour!
ATTENTION there are still a few days left to apply ATTENTION there are still a few days left to apply for the Roan Naturalist position for summer 2023! This is a seasonal position with SAHC and the @appalachiantrail working in the Roan Highlands, one of the most beautiful sections of the Appalachian Trail! This position will work on educating visitors of the sensitive ecology in the Roan Highlands, LNT, and perform basic stewardship functions to support grassy bald management. Housing, with utilities and WiFi included with this position. Join the team as the Roan Naturalists for a summer you will never forget! https://appalachian.org/roan-naturalist/ #nowhiring #ecologyjobs #roanhighlands #outdooroffice
Call for volunteers! Aleblazers Beer Festival ta Call for volunteers! Aleblazers Beer Festival takes place March 18, 2023 at the Event Center and Barrel Room at @highlandbrewing This festival celebrates +25 North Carolina breweries and creativity in craft beer. It will feature new creations and some tried-and-true favorite from Birdsong Brewery, Resident Culture, Mother Earth, NoDa Brewing, Archetype Brewing, and more! Proceeds from festival ticket sales will be donated to Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. We need approximately 18 volunteers from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm on March 18 to help out with this event. Can you lend a hand? We sincerely appreciate your help, and SAHC will provide either a shirt or hat to each volunteer as a thank you. More info and volunteer sign up, ticket links at Appalachian.org under Upcoming Events. https://appalachian.org/event/aleblazer-festival-at-highland-brewing-co/
FREE Virtual Lunch and Learn - Roan Highlands Visi FREE Virtual Lunch and Learn - Roan Highlands Visitor Use Management - Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 12 pm. Do you love the Highlands of Roan? The Roan Highlands are one of the most unique landscapes in the Eastern United States. Join Jen Barnhart, District Ranger at U.S. Forest Service - Pisgah National Forest/Appalachian Ranger District, and Marquette Crockett, SAHC's Roan Stewardship Director for a special presentation on visitor use management in this fragile landscape. Our public lands have become even more popular than in years past with the readily available information online and social media. We want folks to get outdoors, connect with their public lands, and hopefully become stewards of those lands. Unfortunately, this can also cause visitor use management issues that can have negative ecological impacts, loss of character of that landscape, and/or decreased visitor experiences. What are land managers and stakeholders to do? Come learn what the US Forest Service and partners are doing to address these issues in the Roan Highlands through the collaborative efforts of the Roan Highlands Visitor Use Management committee. Registration at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MsXEbr3GSqyrohaLVUXhNA
Ready, set - register to race! Southern Appalachia Ready, set - register to race! Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is grateful to have been selected again this year as the nonprofit beneficiary of the The Flying Squirrel Ten Miler! Registration is open NOW, and prices increase March 1. Race is on Sat. June 3. More info at https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Asheville/AshevilleTenMiler #conservation #10milerun #flyingsquirrel
APPLY NOW to be the new AmeriCorps Community Engag APPLY NOW to be the new AmeriCorps Community Engagement and Education Member at SAHC! This amazing opportunity offered through @projectconserve is designed for young professionals who want to get their start in the field of conservation. The position will run from March 31st-August 31st and will be an integral part of the SAHC team during that time. Primary responsibilities will include leading hikes, teaching youth environmental education, organizing volunteer workdays, capturing social media content, and so much more! This AmeriCorps member will report to the Outing Program Manager and assist with that program. If you want to learn more please follow the link in our bio to apply and become a member of our amazing team!
We want to give a special shout out to @wickedweed We want to give a special shout out to @wickedweedbrewing, our top level corporate partner, for generously donating $20,000 at the end of 2022 from a percentage of sales from Appalachia Session IPA! With this contribution, we were able to leverage over $15,000 in matching gifts from the Give!Local campaign with Mountain Xpress. "Wicked Weed Brewing is committed to protecting the health of our local environment through its partnership with SAHC," says Membership Director Cheryl Fowler. "We owe them a tremendous amount of gratitude for what they've been able to help us accomplish so far, and what they intend to do in the future." #myappalachia #conservation #cleanwater #treeplanting #beersthatbuild
Only two days left to sign up for our annual Winte Only two days left to sign up for our annual Winter Hiking Challenge!!! This hiking challenge runs from January 1st-March 31st, but February 2nd is the last day to register. The challenge is to hike 60 miles in 60 days (only 30 days left…), and participants who complete the challenge will win a SAHC Winter Hiking Challenge patch, specifically designed for this event. The registration fee is $25 and all proceeds go towards local land conservation efforts. Additionally all participants are added to an email list with exclusive hiking tips and destinations for our conservation focus areas in WNC and ETN! This has been an awesome challenge so far. 200+ people have joined the movement, 35 participants have already reached the 60-mile mark, the photos have been gorgeous, and the adventures grand! Remember to tag us in your winter hiking photos #sahc60in60 and have fun enjoying the great outdoors, whether it be on top of a mountain or in your own back yard! Link in bio for hikes and registration. #optoutside #sahc #hiking #snow #outdoorofficeday2021
SAHC’s Winter Hiking Challenge starts TOMORROW! SAHC’s Winter Hiking Challenge starts TOMORROW! Meet the challenge to walk 60 miles in 60 days. This is a great way to stay motivated and enjoying the great outdoors in the colder months ahead. Registrants will receive hiking tips and off-the-beaten-path hiking suggestions to complete challenge here in our own back yard of the Southern Appalachians. Those who compete the challenge will receive a commemorative hiking patch! It’s $25 to sign-up and all money goes towards conservation efforts in Western NC and Eastern TN. Ultimately this is a challenge with yourself and you should set your goals wherever feels comfortable with your ability. We hope to see you outside in 2023! 🎉 Link in bio to register! #sahc60in60
We've come to the end of our 10-day gratitude coun We've come to the end of our 10-day gratitude countdown, and the end of 2022. As we look toward the future and the beginning of the new year, we are grateful for all of the young people engaged and interested in conservation. Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy partners with afterschool and summer camp programs to provide on-site and field trip experiences, hosts educational programs and volunteer experiences for high school and college groups, provides career-building experience for AmeriCorps service members, and leads family-friendly outings, including experiences on the SAHC Community Farm. We are very grateful to ALL the donors and partners who have helped support and expand education programs -- ensuring that land and water protection efforts will continue to be carried forward by future generations of conservationists. Thank you for inspiring hope!
Day 9 - Today we are sharing gratitude for a place Day 9 - Today we are sharing gratitude for a place that so many of you know and love - the Highlands of Roan. Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy was born here almost 50 years ago, and since then we have worked tirelessly to protect the globally important habitat, stunning beauty, and rare plants and animals found here. Thank you to all of our supporters and partners throughout the decades who have joined in these efforts! Shout out to our partners at Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club, Cherokee National Forest, Pisgah National Forest, regional colleges and researchers, TN and NC state parks and recreation, and many more who partner in conserving and managing the Roan Highlands. We will have exciting news about NEW land protection in the Roan to share with you soon! And shout-out to our Roan Stewardship team for leading on-the-ground habitat management efforts, and to Travis Bordley for capturing and sharing the beauty of the Roan with his photography. #conservation #wildlifephotography #wildlifehabitat #rareplants #appalachiantrail
Volunteerism has always formed an essential part o Volunteerism has always formed an essential part of SAHC. For Day 7, we express deep gratitude to all the volunteers who have generously given their time and energy to assist with removing invasive species, improving trails, installing signage, preventing erosion, monitoring rare species, educating hikers, managing grassy balds habitat, planting trees, helping out at the SAHC Community Farm, and much more! And we want to give another huge shout out to Judy Murray, who was recognized with the 2022 Robert Sparks Walker Lifetime Achievement Award, part of the annual Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards administered by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). https://appalachian.org/judy-murray-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award/ And congratulations to SAHC’s 2022 Stanley A. Murray Volunteer of the Year Award recipient, Diane Edwards. Thank you to ALL our volunteers!
We're on Day 7 of our countdown and want to give a We're on Day 7 of our countdown and want to give a huge shout-out to folks who have fully DONATED land and conservation easements - this year and in past years! New conservation projects this year included the donation of a 50-acre farm in the heart of Sandy Mush, 67 acres adjoining Cherokee National Forest in Carter County, and a conservation easement on 63 acres at Ballard Cove near Weaverville, NC. Thank you for making a positive impact in our world! #conservation https://appalachian.org/ballard-cove-63-acres/ https://appalachian.org/50-acre-farm-donation-in-sandy-mush/ https://appalachian.org/dry-creek-67-acre-donation-in-carter-county/
Day 6 of our gratitude countdown - we are deeply g Day 6 of our gratitude countdown - we are deeply grateful for the teamwork and sense of community that bring people together and lead to conservation action. From generous contributions that make it possible to purchase land and conservation easements, to our network of corporate partners, to knowledgeable teams of land management volunteers -- conservation is a team effort. Some of the exciting new land protection projects that happened because of funding collaborations this year included: the Scott's Ridge purchase near Enka Lake, Reems Creek Bowl near Weaverville, and Dutch Cove in Haywood County. Thank you to all of the generous donors who came together to make these projects possible!
We are halfway through our 10-day gratitude countd We are halfway through our 10-day gratitude countdown to the new year. For Day 5, we are grateful for all the public lands available for us to enjoy in the southern Appalachian mountains - and to all of you who help Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy work with partners to add to public lands! Have you enjoyed hiking or camping an property that SAHC conserved? You may have done so, and not even realized it! In the past year, we have worked with partners across the region to: open Chestnut Mountain Nature Park in Canton, open the new Strawberry Gap Trail with Conserving Carolina near Fairview, add 150 acres to Roan Mountain State Park, protect tracts to be added to NC game lands and the future Pisgah View State Park, improve trails and infrastructure at Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area in TN, transfer land to Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests, and more. Thank you to all our supporters and partners who help make public trails and parks possible! If you missed some of these stories, check them out at Appalachian.org. #outdoorrecreation #hiking #publiclands #nationalparks #nationalforests #hikingtrails
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