Nonprofits Seek to Buy Saluda Grade for Rail Trail

Conserving Carolina and our partners are working to purchase the historic 31-mile Saluda Grade railroad for a new rail trail!

Wildflower Preserve Protected Near Pearson’s Falls

Land near Pearson’s Falls in Saluda with beautiful spring wildflowers is now the Pearson Wildflower Preserve, named in honor of the late Mildred Pearson who loved her forest and wanted to see it protected forever.

Help Open Bell Park!

Help open a new Henderson County park named for Frank and Calla Bell. We’ve already done the hard part: we secured the land. We just need to raise the funds for trails and a parking area so we can open Bell Park.

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.”

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

Protected property on Macedonia Road Land on Macedonia Road in Saluda Was Site of a Proposed Police Training Facility PRESS RELEASE: Mar. 12, 2019 Last...

Magical Appalachia

When David Campbell was a boy in Canada, he says, “Appalachia sounded like a magical word to me.” As a botanist, he revels in the biodiversity of the Melrose Falls preserve near Saluda.