🌿 Environment May 8, 2026 · Dayna Reggero

Protect This Place: Southern Appalachia

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Protect This Place: Southern Appalachia
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Editor’s note: This edition of our ‘Protect This Place’ column is produced in collaboration with the Climate Listening Project, whose short film appears below.
The Place:
We’re in West Marion, North Carolina, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, pronounced Appa-latch-an, and known locally as the Blue Ridge Mountains — a biodiversity hotspot where communities are still recovering from Hurricane Helene and coming together to build a Resilience Hub.
Why it matters:
This area is home to the great

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