Zahner Conservation Lecture Series at Highlands Nature Center
Microplastics are a growing environmental and human health concern.
Microplastics are a growing environmental and human health concern.
This talk explores efforts to understand and improve wildlife connectivity across the Appalachian region, from local road crossing projects to large-scale corridor planning.
Dana explores the remarkable legacy of 18th-century botanist André Michaux, tracing his expeditions from the Carolina coast to the Southern Appalachians and his foundational contributions to North American botany.
Meet and learn about some interesting resident wild creatures that live in the fields, forests, and other habitats here in western North Carolina.
Join Dr. Julie DeMeester from TNC’s North Carolina Chapter for an engaging discussion about mountain streams, freshwater resilience, Hurricane Helene impacts, and watershed restoration efforts.
Highlands owes its natural beauty to its location atop the Blue Ridge Escarpment, the steep, 1,500-3,000 foot topographic step defining the southeastern edge of Appalachian Mountain topography from northeastern Georgia to Roanoke, Virginia.
The red-cockaded woodpecker once faced a severe decline as longleaf pine forests disappeared across the southeastern United States.
Everyone knows butterflies, dragonflies, and praying mantises, among other popular arthropods. However, have you heard of thrips? Bark lice? Eriophyid mites?
Join us at the Nature Center to make your very own Bark Book!