Nearly 500 acres of land has been purchased by Conserving Carolina for a vast nature preserve located near Chimney Rock State ...

A fter nine long months of recovery, Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park is set to reopen to the public on Friday, June ...

A Western North Carolina-based land trust has now conserved over 50,000 acres of parks, trails, wetlands, working forests and other ecologically vital properties across the state. Hendersonville-based ...

Now, the full 2,669 acres is protected—over half of it as the Town of Lake Lure’s Buffalo Creek Park and the rest as the Joel Ridge Nature Preserve, owned by Conserving Carolina.

A trip to the North Carolina mountains during fall can be beautiful. Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway and viewing the fall colors is a regular stop for many people. But Hurricane Helene's damage in 2024 ...

Western NC towns continue fall tourism one year after Hurricane Helene's impact. Key sites like Hendersonville and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. remain open to visitors. DuPont Forest trails face closures ...

As the summer disappeared like smoke, my family — including my wife Beth and high school-aged daughters Eleanor and Abigail — decided to take a hike up to Chimney Rock in Whitewater State Park. The ...

Conserving Carolina, a Western North Carolina-based nonprofit, celebrated conserving over 50,000 acres in the region in ...