By Chelsey Fisher Nearly 6,000 acres of land in the Appalachian region were purchased or donated for conservation purposes in the same month Environment North Carolina released 10 reasons why the state General Assembly should restore conservation funds in the…
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6,000 Acres of Blue Ridge Preserved
TAGS: Alcoa Inc. Brookfield Renewable Energy Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy Charles Taylor Cherokee National Forest Environment North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park North Carolina Forest Service Preservation Tallassee The Nature Conservancy Transylvania County
The White Squirrel Hiking Challenge
Editor’s Note: We have long featured our region’s fantastic places and phenomenal hikes in the “Hiking the Highlands” column. What we have less frequently focused on, however, is how some of our favorite places were protected in the first place.…
TAGS: Batson Creek Bearwallow Mountain Blue Ridge Escarpment Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy Chimney Rock State Park Connestee Falls DuPont State Recreation Forest Florence Nature Preserve Foothills Trail Green River Preserve Hickory Nut Gorge High Falls Hiking the Highlands Hooker Falls Kens Rock land protection Silver Slip Southern Appalachian Mountains Stone Mountain Transylvania County Triple Falls Uncle Falls Weed Patch Mountain White Squirrel Hiking Challenge Youngs Mountain
