by sahcadmin | Nov 4, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
SAHC was pleased to host a group of sixteen volunteers from AmeriCorps Project Conserve (APC) on Round Bald within the Highlands of Roan. For the last three years, SAHC has partnered with APC to get members out on the Roan’s grassy balds to complete a variety of...
by sahcadmin | Oct 30, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
“All good things are wild and free” – Henry David Thoreau The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy began some forty years ago with a mission to protect the Highlands of Roan. We don’t have a lot of places left that make us feel “wild and free” anymore, at least...
by sahcadmin | Aug 27, 2013 | Black Mountains, Hikes
In the Southeast, we’ve been breaking all kinds of records for abundant rainfall through the summer – which you’d think would be great for growing mushrooms, right? Fun fact: There is such a thing as too much rain for ‘shrooms! Luckily,...
by sahcadmin | Jun 11, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Volunteer Stories, Volunteers of the Year
The Roany Boyz began as a group of friends who liked to hike and camp together. One of the group — former SAHC president Carol Coffey — was involved with our annual Grassy Ridge Mow-off, in which volunteers spent the third weekend of July cutting back invasive plants...
by sahcadmin | Dec 12, 2012 | Hikes
You would think that crossing three counties in one day would be an impossible task. Nay, with this grizzled group of veteran hikers, SAHC and land owners Carl and Holley Merschat were able to summit the top of Maney Fields where Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey Counties...
