Milestones

Shining Rock Wilderness

Please enjoy this timeline of our history and accomplishments since our founding in 2015.

blooming flowers illustration

October 2015

The Pisgah Conservancy is founded

View the founding councils who played a pivotal role in our founding.

2016

Pisgah Specialty License Plate program is launched

The first Pisgah Project Day is held

The First Pisgah Project Day crew

September 2018

First full-time Trail Specialist is hired

Davis Wax

2019

Pisgah River Rangers program is launched

River Rangers

Graveyard Fields Documentary is produced

Cantrell Creek Trail Reroute project completed

Cantrell Creek Ribbon Cutting 2019

January 2020

First full-time Trails & Recreation Technician is hired

Simon Farr with Volunteers

July 2021

Stony Knob Connector Trail project completed

Stony Knob Ribbon Cutting

January 2022

Inaugural dumpsite cleanup held at Tucker Creek

Waterfall Keeper at Tucker Creek

May 2023

Tropical Storm Fred Trail Crew is launched

Trail Crew at Work sign

2024

Invasive Plant Management Crew is launched

team members holding piece of wisteria

Educational and wayfinding signage installed on Cat Gap-John Rock and Black Balsam-Tennent Mountain trails

Cat Gap kiosk

TPC crews assist the Forest Service with emergency response after Hurricane Helene

Post-Helene cleanup

First red spruce restoration planting at Graveyard Fields

Red Spruce Planting

March 2025

Major improvement project completed on the Estatoe trail

New bridge decking at Estatoe

Get Involved

April 26, 2025

Pisgah Project Day

Join us for a day of volunteering and community, all benefiting the Pisgah National Forest.

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