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Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust conserves three new properties

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 16 Oct 2019
  • News

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 […]

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HCLT Satulah-bration 2019 this weekend

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 24 Sep 2019
  • News

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) […]

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Take a short jaunt to Picklesimer Rock House Falls in Highlands

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 14 Sep 201914 Sep 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Schoolhouse Falls in Panthertown Valley is a year-round attraction

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 14 Sep 201914 Sep 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Forest Service proposes cutting public input

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 8 Aug 20198 Aug 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Stroll through little known Dixon Woods

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 5 Aug 201921 Nov 2019
  • News

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 […]

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A ‘green’ link from Highlands to Cashiers

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 20 Jun 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Drones on the Plateau: both functional and fun

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 22 May 201913 Dec 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Summit Charter School receives Appalachian Trail Conservancy grant

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 22 May 2019
  • News

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 […]

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3 River Fly Fishing Festival lands record amount for Highlands Scholarship Fund

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 5 May 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Mountain Garden Club keeps up to date on Plateau’s pollinators

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 17 Apr 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Lack of sidewalk; pedestrian safety reason for Greenway extension

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 21 Mar 201921 Mar 2019
  • News

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 […]

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HCLT continues to fight the woolly adelgid

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 14 Mar 2019
  • News

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 […]

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Visit four waterfalls in one afternoon on the Plateau

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 30 Dec 201831 Mar 2021
  • News

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 […]

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