by sahcadmin | Jul 14, 2026 | Black Mountains, Featured Highlights, Highlights, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
As a clay and cork artist, Kathy Triplett finds inspiration and source materials within the natural world. Her studio space melds her excitement about exploration and creativity with the setting of the southern Appalachian mountains she calls home. Tucked away in a...
by sahcadmin | Jun 12, 2020 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
The Young Pisgah Mountain property adjoins Pisgah National Forest just a mile north of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Upper Hominy Creek Valley of southwest Buncombe County. This 102-acre conservation easement conserves habitat in an important wildlife corridor, in a...
by sahcadmin | Apr 10, 2019 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Brandon Hensley has no illusions about farm life in WNC — it’s hard work, with sparse financial rewards. However, a deep connection to his family’s land kept him working with SAHC over the lengthy 5-year process to permanently protect a beautiful, productive farm in...
by sahcadmin | May 14, 2018 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
In 2018, SAHC accepted a donated conservation easement on 526 acres in Swannanoa owned by Chemtronics, Inc. The conservation easement permanently protects land adjoining Pisgah National Forest, as well as scenic views from the Blue Ridge Parkway, I-40 and NC Highway...
by sahcadmin | Mar 16, 2018 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
In northwest Madison County, 541 secluded acres of forest filter miles of clean mountain streams that once provided drinking water to town residents. We worked with the Town of Marshall to permanently protect the Marshall Watershed property with a conservation...
