Bartram Environmental Writer’s Series: Land of Blue Shadows: Mountain Life

Cowee School 51 Cowee School Dr., Franklin, NC

Join us in collaboration with Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center and Alarka Expeditions for a Sunday afternoon discussion with Elizabeth and Quintin Ellison as they share poetry, art, and photography from the posthumous poetry collection Land of Blue Shadows: Mountain Life in Verse and View by regionally renowned naturalist, George Ellison. Click here for more […]

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Stewards & Storytellers: Through the Lens of Legacy

The NEST 49 Pisgah Highway Suite 3, Pisgah Forest, NC, United States

Join author and conservationist Brent Martin for a journey into the remarkable life and work of George Masa, the early 20th-Century Japanese immigrant whose camera helped to preserve some of the most treasured landscapes in the Southern Appalachians. Masa’s stunning photography not only captured the beauty of the western North Carolina mountains, but was also […]

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July 18: Third Friday Workday

Warwoman Dell

We're working on the section of trail between Pool Creek Rd and Warwoman Dell in Rabun County, GA. There is a lot of routine trail maintenance to do on this section- some blowdowns to cut, lopping, retreading, and fixing drainages. We hope you can join us! We'll meet at Warwoman Dell at 9am. Please bring […]

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July 25: Walking with Bartram

Warwoman Dell

We’ll be hiking the 8.5 mile section from Warwoman Dell to Wilson Gap. This hike will cover some beautiful country as we pass Becky Branch Falls, Martin Creek, Pinnacle knob, and much more to experience in between. This section of trail was where Bartram had described abandoned Cherokee villages - acres of old strawberry fields […]

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