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Edible fungi examined at next week’s Village Nature Series

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 24 Sep 202024 Sep 2020
  • News

How mushrooms will change the world Join Joey Kyle, Farm Manager at Many Hands Peace Farm at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center, to learn about local varieties of mushrooms at the next Village Nature […]

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HCLT repairs road to Sunset Rock

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 21 Jul 2020
  • News

The road to Sunset Rock is often washed out from heavy rains making traveling to the top in a vehicle close to impossible. In an effort to maintain the road and smooth out some of […]

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Climate change and biotic diversity at next HCLT Village Nature Series

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 16 Jul 2020
  • News

There has been a lot of controversy over whether or not “climate change” is real. Here in the mountains of western NC, we are only just now seeing some real changes with later autumns, earlier […]

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HCLT finishes trail extension at Brushy Face

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 13 May 202013 May 2020
  • News

Brushy Face was already a 1.5-mile trail network popular for it’s birding, but Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust staff and volunteers finished off a .5-mile extension last week and is now open to the public. HCLT Stewardship […]

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Plateau conservationists help manage the invasive Garlic Mustard plant

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 17 Apr 202017 Apr 2020
  • News

About a dozen people from local environmental groups were at The Mountain Retreat on Wednesday removing patches of the nonnative invasive plant, Garlic Mustard. It’s called Garlic Mustard because the leaves smell like garlic when […]

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A message from Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust’s Dr. Gary Wein

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 3 Apr 20203 Apr 2020
  • COVID-19

As Executive Director of Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, I want you to know that we miss seeing our land trust family in person but that our important conservation work continues. We miss seeing many of you […]

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Safe, legal, and local options for outdoor exercise

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 31 Mar 20201 Apr 2020
  • COVID-19

Many in the community are doing everything they can to adhere to the emergency guidelines mandated through state, county, and local governments to slow the spread of coronavirus. During this time of social distancing, outdoor […]

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Plateau mourns loss of the mighty Hillrie Quin

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 18 Mar 2020
  • News

Hillrie Marshall Quin, Jr., age 76, passed away at home in Highlands from Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on March 12, 2020. Friends and family said Quin will be remembered for his love of nature and willingness to […]

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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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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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New intern joins team at Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 17 Jul 201917 Jul 2019
  • News

Sarah Lown joins the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust to help the nonprofit with it’s mission of preserving and protecting thousands of acres on the Plateau. Lown will maintain trails and help with the continuous effort to […]

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HCLT and The Village Green start up this season’s Eco-Tours and Nature Series

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 26 May 201911 Jun 2019
  • News

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust is offering two experiences this month that you don’t want to miss; an EcoTour on June 21 and their first Village Nature Series presentation of the season on June 25, co-hosted by […]

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Boys and Girls Club get hands dirty helping HCLT plant flowers

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

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) gets a hand from the kids at the Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau, who came out to HCLT’s McKinney Meadow in Cashiers on a sunny April afternoon to help […]

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HCLT Grand Opening of Nodding Trillium Garden in Cullowhee

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 31 Mar 2019
  • News

Spring is here and Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust is gearing up for a very full season of conserving our most treasured places! Because we believe an educated constituency makes for better stewards of our lands, an […]

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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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