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Join Hiking Challenge 6!

Challenge features 8 hikes on protected lands, including beautiful new trails. The popular White Squirrel Hiking Challenge is back! Participants are invited to take...

Where Can You Feel at Home?

Volunteers are creating an outdoor community space for Latinx community. Delia Jovel Dubon. Photo by Alexla Perez-Sanchez. Sometimes, as an immigrant, you’re so focused on...

Monarch Migration: More Than Milkweed

Every fall, millions of monarchs make their way down to the equator to flee the harsh winter conditions that would await them up north. On...

Polk County’s Most Wanted – Pink-spotted Hawkmoth

Have you seen Pink-spotted Hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata)? by gailhampshire is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Conserving Carolina and botanist/ecologist David Campbell need your help in...

Join Us on the Fall Hiking Series!

Our 2021 Fall Hiking Series will take you to Bent Creek, Montreat, Florence Nature Preserve, Headwaters State Forest, and the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.

Polk County’s Most Wanted – Hickory Horned Devil (Citheronia regalis)

Have you seen a Hickory Horned Devil (Citheronia regalis)? The Hickory Horned Devil, by jeff.g.moore and licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Conserving Carolina and botanist/ecologist...

Elaine Friebele and her family are restoring the health of a forest in Fairview that has been in their family for generations. Here’s how they transformed it from a white pine monoculture to a certified sustainable working forest.

Fire In The Mountains Is Always A Possibility

Controlled burn at Florence Nature Preserve With our friends to the Western states in a whole world of fire trouble now, let’s be sure to remember our...

Rail Line Purchased for Ecusta Trail!

It’s official! The Ecusta Trail is on its way to becoming a 19-mile rail trail linking Hendersonville and Brevard.