Press Releases
SERLC 2021 Summary
In 2021, SERLC protected one thousand three hundred twenty-one (1,321) acres of rare habitats, farms, forests, and creeks in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. This now brings our cumulative total to 34,750 acres of land protected. And we’re looking forward to...
2020 Awards
We honored two of our board members and don’t know how to thank them enough. Carl Nyberg and Julia Young have been stalwart members of our Board of Directors, keeping our conservation work going. Carl is our calm, level-headed, dedicated chairperson. For the Land...
A Community Coming Together To Save Trees That Are the Legacy of Our Mountains
By Karin Heiman, SERLC I want to share with you one of my dreams that is coming true – saving trees! It is a win-win-win of a community coming together, saving trees for the future of our mountains, and a message that other communities may get inspired by. On a...
2020 Summary
2020 was a challenging year to say the least! Even during this pandemic year, SERLC managed to protect one thousand seven hundred seventy-seven (1,777) acres of rare habitats, farms, forests, and creeks in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Field work needed to be...
Butterfly Notes
We’ve been helping Monarch butterflies, naturally! Did you know that for certain butterflies, such as monarchs, their caterpillars must have milkweeds as their one and only food source to depend upon? Many of the habitats SERLC has been protecting have Climbing...
Some of the Surprising ways SERLC is helping people….
Some of the Surprising ways SERLC is helping people….without knowing it (besides helping the plants, animals, air, water, and climate change)! Tubing & kayak / canoe trails Chestatee, Flint & South Rivers – we protect scenic land along recreation trails (pics...
2019 Summary
In 2019 SERLC protected one thousand six hundred (1,600) acres of rare habitats, farms, forests, and creeks in Georgia and Alabama. This brings our cumulative total to 31,651 acres of land protected! And we’re looking forward to protecting more land in the future. The...
The Have a Brew, Save a View fundraising event was a big success!
We are so very grateful to Pisgah Brewing (https://www.pisgahbrewing.com ) for putting on such a great event! Everyone had fun, with tasty brews, good comradery, and a rockin’ show by the Captain Midnight Band.
Land Stewardship Award
And our premier Land Stewardship Award goes to... We at SERLC are so proud to start our new tradition of a Land Stewardship Award and were pleased to present the award recently. The award is for caring landowners who go above and beyond in protecting the land. And our...
Update on the Red Cockaded Woodpecker at Stable View
Stable View RCW Press Release By Barry Olliff, Stable View, Aiken, SC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 30th, 2019: Update on the Red Cockaded Woodpecker at Stable View On Monday 26th August, at 7:00 PM, Cyndy and I (Barry) met with Mark Pavlosky Jr, MPJ Wildlife...