South Carolina: Saluda Grade Trail steps closer to reality
Public input an important element of trail planning
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Public input an important element of trail planning
The eclectic weather recently — including rain, snow, flooding and hail — actually benefits wildflowers.
Love wildflowers? Boy, you're in for a treat this year. “I think this is going to be the best spring in terms of diversity and flowers in Northern California – and probably the entire state – in 20 years,” says Seth Adams, land conservation director for the nonprofit Save Mount Diablo. But back up a second. What is this “spring”? All we've seen so far is rain, more rain, snow, lot more snow, rain, flooding, hail, snow and some rain. Well, it turns out wildflowers love that stuff – they thrive on the ecological adversity California's recently encountered.
Henderson County (Jul 20, 2022) - A coalition of nonprofits in North Carolina and South Carolina are working together to purchase the inactive Saluda Grade railroad corridor for a new 31-mile rail trail from Zirconia to Inman, South Carolina.