by sahcadmin | Sep 26, 2024 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Beaverdam – 81 Acres Adjoining Rough Creek Watershed “There used to be an old house just below the ridge where my great-grandmother, Bessie Scott Robinson, was born in 1917,” recalls Rusty Cook, former landowner of a 81-acre tract of land that...
by sahcadmin | Dec 4, 2020 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
In November, we purchased 54 acres in the Beaverdam community of Haywood County, protecting land adjoining the Town of Canton’s Rough Creek Watershed and other SAHC-protected properties in the Beaverdam and Newfound Mountains area. “Permanent protection of...
by sahcadmin | Oct 7, 2019 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
SAHC recently purchased 139 acres in the Beaverdam area of Haywood County, connecting the Town of Canton’s Rough Creek watershed property with conserved land previously protected by SAHC. The acquisition will permanently protect wildlife habitat, scenic views from...
by Cheryl Fowler | Sep 8, 2017 | Hikes
As a part of our ongoing efforts to connect people with the land we have protected, we are constantly working to expand SAHC’s partner organizations to educate new groups by bringing them to our Community Farm or other properties that we have protected. This...
by sahcadmin | Mar 7, 2016 | French Broad River Valley, Hikes
Earlier this winter, naturalist Luke Cannon joined SAHC hikers to explore the beautiful Rough Creek Watershed in Canton, NC. In 2003, a conservation easement was placed on the watershed in a joint effort by SAHC and the State of North Carolina to protect 870 acres of...
