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 mere 7 minutes from downtown Highlands, Dixon Woods is a gentle, flat, series of public trails along Bowery Road managed and protected by the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust. In total, Dixon Woods includes over a […]
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 […]
Drones are all the rage because they are both functional and fun – functional for the workings of towns and fun for outdoor enthusiasts. Pictured below is footage from freestyle drone pilot Kevin Dickey at […]
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 […]
Last week, the Highlands Recreation Committee approved a request at its regular monthly meeting to extend the Highlands Plateau Greenway trail system from Oak Street across from the First Baptist Church, down the embankment to […]
The hemlock woolly adelgid is a small pest that feeds off the sap of a hemlock at the base of the needles and if left untreated, leads to the hemlock’s demise. Eastern and Carolina hemlocks […]
Sometimes all you have is a couple of hours to see as much of the Plateau possible. Maybe between wedding events, part of your group wants to go shopping and the other wants to see […]