Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
When it comes to safeguarding our special places, land trusts offer communities constructive, creative solutions. Since 1994 the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy, working cooperatively with landowners, has permanently protected some 8,500 acres of land in Henderson, Transylvania, and neighboring counties. Visit their Web site.
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
The mission of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is to protect the world's oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations. To this end, their volunteer-based organization works with individuals and local communities to identify, preserve, and manage the region's important lands. Founded in 1974 as a non-profit, charitable organization, the SAHC Conservancy has helped ensure the protection of more than 21,000 acres throughout the mountain region. Visit their Web site.
Riverlink
RiverLink is a regional non-profit spearheading the economic and environmental revitalization of the French Broad River and its tributaries as a place to work, live and play. Since 1987 we have engaged in simultaneous efforts to address water quality concerns throughout the French Broad River basin, expand public opportunities for access and recreation, and spearheaded the economic revitalization of Asheville's dilapidated riverfront district. Visit their Web site.
Mountain Voices
Mountain Voices works to preserve and protect the environment, including the natural beauty, abundant resources, quality of life and cultural heritage of area communities. They achieve their goals by working with local governments, developers, organizations and individuals to encourage responsible and sustainable development that is in the best interest of citizens, visitors, and future generations. They advocate to control overdevelopment; regulate steep slope construction; end ridgetop development; work to create a sustainable land use plan, including a Mountain Protection Act; and demand strict enforcement of environmental and development ordinances. Visit our Web site.
Appalachian Voices
Appalachian Voices brings people together to solve the environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. Their mission is to empower people to defend the region's rich natural and cultural heritage by providing them with tools and strategies for successful grassroots campaigns. Because the threats to the area mountains do not respect state boundaries or political ideologies, they tackle them by reaching out to a broad spectrum of people from across the region. They are member-based and promote individual and community involvement in the important environmental decisions facing their neighbors. They believe that success is most likely when a diversity of people are involved and empowered to work together for change, and all their programs are guided by this commitment to build a broad base of public support for environmental protection in the southern mountains. Visit our Web site.
People Advocating Real Conservancy
People Advocating Real Conservancy (PARC) is a citizen group dedicated to keeping watch on government action related to land use in Western North Carolina and other issues that affect the public good. Alarmed by overdevelopment, lack of planning and enforcement by local governments, and the rapid loss of mountain land, a broad coalition of groups began organizing in summer of 2006 to SAVE OUR SLOPES. They are calling for a Pause to Plan: a moratorium on large-scale, ridgetop, and steep slope development to give local people control over the future of our communities. Visit their Web site.
Environmental and Conservation Organization
ECO is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region through education, recreation, service and civic action. Seeking to think globally and act locally, they work to preserve and protect streams and wetlands, wildlife and natural habitats, air, and trees. Visit their Web site.
Also see: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | How Dupont State Forest was Saved
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