The deadline for grant applications to the Laurel Garden Club is January 31, 2020. Please note this is the only deadline for considering grant requests to the Laurel Garden Club. The Laurel Garden Club is […]
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Board of Directors held their quarterly meeting on October 12 and approved the conservation of three new properties. These places will buffer other conserved lands in Cashiers and Highlands, help to protect the Town […]
Hike to Satulah Preserve from 10-2 p.m. on Sept. 27, followed by the Chili Cook-Off on Sept. 28 from 1-4 p.m. On September 30, 1909, the organization that eventually evolved into Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) […]
Picklesimer Rock House Falls is not as grand as the vistas from Whiteside Mountain or the three-tiered cascading Glenn Falls, but it has a charm of its own nestled a half mile off the road […]
Panthertown Valley has over 30 miles of trails spanning approx. 10,000 acres, including waterfalls, mountain views, beaches, pine forests, meandering creeks, sandbars, and a vast array of native plant life throughout this outdoor wonderland. One […]
Deadline to submit comments is August 12, 2019 A proposal from the Forest Service to cut public participation concerning upcoming project decisions has the Chattooga Conservancy sounding an alert. The organization claims the policy changes […]
A Greenway connecting Highlands and Cashiers is a lofty concept but there are folks who think it’s worth a try. In recent weeks, Mayor Pat Taylor has met with various members of the communities to […]
Summit Charter School, a K-10 public charter school in the Cashiers-Highlands plateau of North Carolina, has been awarded a grant from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) for students to participate in a Citizen Science monitoring […]
Anglers from throughout the country strapped on waders and made their way to the 3 River Fly Fishing Festival in late April that has raised money for the Town of Highlands Scholarship Fund for the […]
The Mountain Garden Club held their monthly meeting last week at the Highlands Nature Center and was treated with a presentation about Plateau’s pollinators by Highlands Biological Foundation Project Coordinator Sonya Carpenter. For starters, Carpenter […]