Conservation Celebration
Join us for our 19th annual Conservation Celebration! With a pre-event hike, dinner, local beverages, a silent and live auction, and music by the Jim Peterman Band.
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Saluda Land Targeted for Firing Range Protected
Saluda resident Susan McHugh says, “The journey has come full circle from something very bad for our community to something very, very good. The end result is that this beautiful forest will be protected forever.”
Polk County’s Most Wanted – Insect Order Neuroptera
Have you seen species from an interesting order of our insect fauna, Neuroptera (“Nerve-wings”) which include Mantidflies and Owlflies? In a joint effort to expand...
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A Giving Garden
Delaney Cullen wanted to start a garden at her library—the Mountains Branch Library near Lake Lure. But she was only five. How was a little kid going to do that?
Help Add Saluda Property to the Green River Game Lands
This land on Macedonia Road in Saluda was targeted for an outdoor shooting range. Now, we’re working to add it to the Green River Game Lands. Can you help?
Land Targeted for Shooting Range Could Add to Green River Game Lands
Land on Macedonia Road in Saluda Was Site of a Proposed Police Training Facility PRESS RELEASE: Mar. 12, 2019 Last month Conserving Carolina entered into...
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Conserving Carolina Has Protected Over 45,000 Acres
We’ve reached a new milestone: over 45,000 acres protected! See a new map of protected lands, learn how much is protected where you live, and check out the conservation highlights from last year.
AmeriCorps Stories: Planting Seeds
By Jessie Kerr. Jessie is serving with AmeriCorps Project Conserve, a program of Conserving Carolina, as the Environmental Education Associate with Foothills Equestrian Nature Center...
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Polk County’s Most Wanted – Eastern Woodrat
Have you seen Eastern Woodrat? In a joint effort to expand the knowledge and understanding of the flora and fauna of Polk County, Conserving Carolina...
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