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39403
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A new education and outreach program has begun at Pisgah National Forest called River Rangers. Currently the forest is seeing more visitors than ever. The River Rangers program aims to inform visitors for reducing habitat disturbances for endangered species in the forest. O particular concern is the hellbender salamander.
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39406
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Pisgah View State Park is the sixth state park in Western North Carolina. Republican senator Chuck Edwards introduced the bill authorizing its addition. The Cogburn family donated the land which they had originally owned since 1790.. In 1941, Ruby and Chester Cogburn opened the very popular Pisgah View Ranch on the tract. The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy helped facilitate negotiations between the Cogburn family and the state.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 9, Sept. 2019, p50-51
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41096
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Four initiatives yielded for William David the 2019 Young Eco-Hero Award: recycling hard to recycle items; Eastern box turtle conservation; invasive species prevention; and French Broad watershed water quality project. Information pointing to his potential and promising a future in conservation: a mentor from the NC Arboretum; career plans involving engineering.
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41097
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This museum honors veterans by activities such as living histories. Particularly dedicated to including historically overlooked veteran populations, it intends to expand its services in initiatives like recording veterans’ stories for the Library of Congress permanent archives.
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41262
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Steve O’Neil always loved wildlife and being outside and made a living out of helping out wildlife and teaching others to do the same.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 2018, p44-45
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41270
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First Step Farm is a community of substance dependent adults; the inhabitants, who are divided by gender, work together to grow annual and perennial flowers. In addition to work in the greenhouses, the residents attend therapy sessions and treatments.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 2018, p86-87
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42596
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The glass works of artist Dale Chihuly were exhibited around the Biltmore estate from May to October 2018.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 5, May 2018, p18
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42603
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Team ECCO Ocean Center and Aquarium instituted two new tanks to their operation, a large shark tank and a smaller venomous fish tank.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 5, May 2018, p40-41
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42608
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A triennial festival, LEAF, promotes connecting cultures and creating community through arts and music. It operates in ten countries around the world to encourage youth to be confident within their own cultures.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 5, May 2018, p70-71
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42609
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To support new farmers, the Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy’s Farmer Incubator Program offers access to low cost land the Community Farm. The farm includes staff support, infrastructure, and equipment.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 5, May 2018, p90
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42611
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A 320 acre land plot of Youngs Mountain was purchased by Conserving Carolina, a local land trust that will protect the natural communities on the mountain.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 2018, p28-29
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42614
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The June Jamboree, put on by the SAHC, is a day of free guided hikes throughout the Roan Highlands region. They offer several different hikes depending on ability levels.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 2018, p50-51
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42615
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The use of glass for art began to make its mark in the 1960s in Ohio and quickly spread to the Penland School of Crafts outside Asheville. Since then, the area has become a beacon for glass artists from across the country.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 2018, p54
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42618
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Hannah Siler and her father both shared a love of the outdoors and biking, but when her father passed suddenly, Hannah decided to do a cross-country bike ride to raise money for a scholarship in her father’s name that she is starting for students to attend a wilderness course.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 2018, p66-67