by sahcadmin | Mar 21, 2023 | Our Community Farm, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
On a chilly March morning, the beloved SAHC Community farm was graced by the assistance of ten students from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville embarking on an alternative Spring Break called VOLbreak. Rather than escaping to the sunny lands of Florida as many...
by sahcadmin | May 21, 2018 | Highlands of Roan, Volunteer Stories
On April 28, 2018, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Nature Valley partnered with us for a volunteer work day at our Big Rock Creek Preserve, surrounded by national forest land and public recreation hotspots in the Highlands of Roan. In addition...
by Cheryl Fowler | Sep 1, 2017 | Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
This summer, we partnered with Asheville Greenworks’ Youth Environmental Leadership Program (YELP) for a service day on our Robinson Rough property in Sandy Mush. The youth volunteers created water bars to prevent erosion and protect water quality. The YELP program,...
by sahcadmin | Jul 17, 2017 | Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
SAHC staff recently had the rare opportunity to work on protected conservation land inside the City of Asheville boundary. Stewardship Associate Sarah Sheeran, AmeriCorps member Anona Miller, and intern Leigh Bost teamed up with a youth group from the YMCA Blue Ridge...
by sahcadmin | Jun 15, 2017 | Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
On Saturday June 3rd, ten members from Waynesville’s First United Methodist Church came out to our Doubleside Knob conservation property to help removed invasive Oriental Bittersweet vines. This tract is located within SAHC’s French Broad River Valley...
