Understanding Local Indigenous Cultural Landscapes

By Torry Nergart, Conservation Easement Manager You may know that the Cherokee people once lived on land now called Transylvania County and that some still...

Gardening for Life

These unstoppable volunteers are bringing the best-selling author Doug Tallamy to Polk County. They want to start a local movement that changes how we think about gardening, landscaping, and conservation.

From Gun Range to Conservation Land

76 acres of new public land were just added to the Green River Game Lands! And there’s more. Neighbors who started by fighting a gun range are now working together to protect 300 acres.

Tools for Farmland Preservation in Transylvania County

By Torry Nergart, Conservation Easement Manager Take a look from the hawk’s eye view of new development in western North Carolina. Row after row of...

Seeing the Dangers of “Plant Blindness”

By Torry Nergart, Conserving Carolina’s Conservation Easement Manager A term has arisen from recent studies that explore the ever-widening schism of humans disconnected from their...

Growing Better

Rafael Bravo grew up farming in Venezuela and he had a dream to farm when he retired. He’s living that dream at a newly protected farm in Polk County, where regenerative practices are bringing new life to the land.

Hiking with Wheels

Off road wheelchairs and new adaptive equipment allow people with disabilities to do more outdoors. So how do we make the outdoors more accessible?

Biggest Bang for Our Buck: Plant Oak Trees

Spring enthusiasm for gardening is here – and sometimes it irks me. With all the big-box home impairment stores already rolling out their racks of...

Project Renewal

Polk County students are planning the future of natural areas near schools, including Laughter Pond and Little White Oak Mountain.

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