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Article Category: Featured Recreation


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Plateau’s Wildflower Explosion: Highlands Biological Station

Issue: April - 2022 | by Winter Gary in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Forget what you learned in grade school – wildflowers aren’t waiting for May to make their Plateau debut. To learn more, visit highlandsbiological.org and participate in the workshops laced throughout the month.

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Hooded Merganser | Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

Issue: April - 2022 | by William McReynolds - Highlands Plateau Audubon Society in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Move over Daffy and Donald Duck, this native American duck was first in our hearts and minds.  The Hooded Merganser (Lophdytes cucullatus) sports distinct, richly colored plumage: the male having […]

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Sustainable Farming: Many Hands Peace Farm

Issue: April - 2022 | by Marlene Osteen in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

The Many Hands Peace Farm springs to glorious life, with planting advice for gardens across the Plateau.

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Vast and Varied: Whiterock Mountain

Issue: April - 2022 | by Deena Bouknight in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Though the summit of Whiterock Mountain is magnificent, there are little treasures embedded throughout the hike.

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The Plateau’s Secret Season

Issue: March-2022 | by Marlene Osteen in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Like its more diminutive ursine relatives, the Shadow of the Bear is once again emerging from a long winter’s slumber.

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Birds, Birds, Birds: Who’s Counting? Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

Issue: March-2022 | by William McReynolds - Highlands Plateau Audubon Society in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Mirroring 2021’s Christmas Bird Counts across the country, far fewer birds were counted locally.

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One Last Slice of Ice: Winter Recreation in Highlands

Issue: March-2022 | by Mary Jane McCall in Featured Recreation, Featured What to Do in Highlands and Cashiers NC, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

There are still a few places to squeeze every last measure of fun out of the retreating winter.

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Off the Beaten Path: Tessentee Bottomland Preserve

Issue: March-2022 | by Deena Bouknight in Featured Recreation, Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Deena introduces us to Tessentee Bottomland Preserve, rich in natural beauty and drenched in local history.

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