by sahcadmin | May 15, 2026 | Farmland Conservation, Featured Highlights, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
The undulating hillsides of farm fields and pasture in Upper Crabtree, capped by forested mountain peaks, continue to sustain generations of families whose ancestors farmed here. Wayne Hawkins grew up close to this land. Along with his two brothers, Carroll and...
by sahcadmin | Mar 26, 2024 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Wells-Young Homeplace Conservation Easement The Wells/Young Homeplace on Willow Creek Road has served as home to generations of the Wells family in the Big Sandy Mush community. The John W. Wells farmhouse, built in the early 1840s for John and his second wife, Rachel...
by sahcadmin | Jan 14, 2020 | Landowner Resources, Stewardship Stories
Cost-Share programs are available for farmland conservation easement landowners through Buncombe County’s Voluntary Agricultural District Agricultural lands are an essential component of the western North Carolina landscape and the region’s natural and cultural...
by sahcadmin | Dec 22, 2016 | Conservation Funding and Legislation, Farmland Conservation
Local land trusts secure unprecedented $8 million dollars for farmland conservation in Western North Carolina The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National Resource Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) recently announced 2017 funding allocations from the Regional Conservation...
by sahcadmin | Jun 20, 2014 | Event Recaps, Hikes, Our Community Farm
It was hot – but not too hot – just the kind of bright summer sun you imagine plants loving to soak in. On National Trails Day/Land Trust Day (June 7, 2014), we led a group of curious members, landowners, and local families on a two-hour tour of SAHC’s...
