You’ve heard of Whiteside Mountain. It may even be the first trail you hiked around here. I used to live in Whiteside Cove and on winter mornings would sit with […]
W hen most people think of a flower of love, a rose is the first to come to mind, but the Dianthus caryophyllus has got to be a close second. […]
Highlands is wonderfully diverse area with more species of plants and animals than nearly any other temperate rainforest ecosystem. The Highlands Plateau supports a variety of northern affinity species […]
A udubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count or CBC occurred on Friday, December 14. Check the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society’s website given below for more information. The 2017 CBC involved […]
M ost people assume that fishing season is over with the first frost. Not so. The truth is that you can probably catch more fish near the Highlands-Cashiers […]
Here we are, visiting a waterfall in the middle of winter again. High Falls on the West Fork of the Tuckaseegee River is a place I’ve heard about for years […]
Twenty enthusiastic people attended the October 16, 2018, Cashiers Historical Society’s Historic Sites Ramble #2 with speakers Ann McKee Austin, Carol Bryson, and Jane Nardy telling the stories at each […]
The Southern Appalachian Mountains are one of the most biologically diverse regions in the temperate world. Biodiversity is extremely high in both the variety of different species and the abundance […]
This bird is close to the human heart, the state bird in seven states. We revere Cardinals and have made them mascots of innumerable sports teams from kindergarten to the […]
Hippeastrum, commonly known as Amaryllis got its name from William Herbert, a British botanist in the early 19th century. Derived from the ancient Greek words hippeus- meaning knight, and astron […]
