Highlands Cashiers Land Trust

Ode to the Opossum
The humble opossum, a reliable banisher of bugs, is just trying to get by in a world that seems to move too fast.

Migratory Bird Day
If every dog has its day, it turns out that every migratory bird gets its WNC BirdFest 2025. Saturday, May 10, at Monteith Farmstead and Community Park in Dillsboro, Balsam Mountain Trust will be hosting a celebration honoring World Migratory Bird Day.

Nature Partners
The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and The Village Green’s Village Nature Series, exploring the wild lands and the wild things of the Plateau, launches this month.

No Better Place In the World
For nearly all of its 150 years, Highlands has had a faithful partner in the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust.

Where Eagles Fly
The return of Bald Eagles is a conservation triumph and a boost for the Plateau’s spirit.

Land Trust’s Winter Book Suggestions
A tall stack of books is the perfect passport to the mysteries and majesty and those sudden bursts of transcendence found on the Plateau.

Watching Woods Fill Up With Snow
Let’s pause for a moment and reflect upon the natural treasures entrusted to us and our posterity.