{"id":77808,"date":"2025-02-06T22:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=77808"},"modified":"2025-02-06T22:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T03:01:35","slug":"spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Spotlight On:<\/strong> Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_77811\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77811\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77811\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2-810x478.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6731-6-copy-2-1140x673.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AWA, Riverlink and Blue Ridge RC&amp;D members at site in Burnsville where Price and Cane creeks meet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Emma Castleberry<\/p>\n<p>The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>AWA has rapidly become a hub for resource-sharing, community action and ecological expertise. \u201cWe feel grateful that we have been able to connect resources to those who need them,\u201d says Heidi Zellie, director of operations, outreach and education for AWA. The organization connected a neighborhood in Marshall with a biochar kiln to help remediate its soils and has hosted multiple waterway clean-ups from Swannanoa to Burnsville. AWA is also planning an inaugural meeting in March with presentations by ecological experts, artists, scientists, politicians, grant writers and filmmakers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77810\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77810\" class=\"wp-image-77810\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2-810x531.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-3-copy-2-1140x747.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Wryn Magdalyn, Alanna Collins and Severan Johnson cleaning up Hominy Creek after Hurricane Helene. Photo by Heidi Zellie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alyson Wade is the founder of The Farm Connection and WNC Grassroots Media, both of which are partners and members of AWA. \u201cI know that no single organization can tackle the enormous watershed challenges ahead of us, and we will be stronger as a collaborative alliance,\u201d Wade says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alliance is leading the way into forward-thinking paradigms of abundance, where we don\u2019t have to compete with each other anymore, and can instead realize that there is more than enough work and funding to go around for all of our organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77812\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77812\" class=\"wp-image-77812\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2-810x645.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-1-copy-2-1140x907.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appalachian Watershed Alliance members after a clean-up of Hominy Creek.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Helene left our region with a number of environmental problems to solve, including soil runoff, landslides and pollutants from a variety of sources. While urgent needs abound in the wake of a natural disaster, the work being done by AWA can\u2019t be pushed off to a later date. \u201cThere is an immediacy to the work of streambank restoration because the streambanks are ripe and ready for takeover by invasives,\u201d says Wade. \u201cIf we can get to the streambanks before the invasives do, we can replant with natives instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophia Rokhlin, an advisor to AWA, was drawn to the Alliance because of its commitment to collaboration. \u201cAsheville is, in my experience, full of ecologically conscious individuals and businesses,\u201d she says. \u201cPeople live here by and large to appreciate the magnificent beauty of this region\u2014its wilderness, its biodiversity and the communal values of its people. AWA offers us an opportunity to walk the talk and restore our watersheds through simple, humble, sustained collective coordination.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77817\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77817\" class=\"wp-image-77817\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2-1058x1536.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-awa-2-copy-2-810x1176.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heidi Zellie. Photo by Alanna Collins<\/p><\/div>\n<p>FASTROOTS, a technology partner of AWA, helped the organization set up its staff and volunteer communications as well as data collection for ongoing community engagement. They\u2019ll continue to serve the organization with technology that will allow them to \u201cpublicly track their progress and utilize this data to facilitate consistent, individual, grassroots donations to further their mission to clean up WNC\u2019s waterways,\u201d says FASTROOTS co-founder Addison Fuller.<\/p>\n<p>Zellie says the organization itself aims to mimic an ecosystem. \u201cWe wanted to be a place to weave people and projects together, and efficiently share these resources,\u201d says Zellie. \u201cWe must recognize that everything is connected, a woven tapestry of mycelial networks, underground and above, aiding each other in health and bringing resilience. We are stronger together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more and get involved at <a href=\"http:\/\/appawa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appawa.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":77821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-outdoors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC - The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-07T03:01:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-07T03:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"735\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amy Pryor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amy Pryor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"headline\":\"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-07T03:01:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T03:01:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":605,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Conservation\",\"Outdoors\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC - The Laurel of Asheville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-07T03:01:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T03:01:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"description\":\"The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":735,\"caption\":\"At Price and Cane creeks in Burnsville, the site of a planned collaborative clean-up by AWA, Riverlink and Blue Ridge RC&D\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/outdoors\\\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville\",\"description\":\"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\",\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amy Pryor\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC - The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC - The Laurel of Asheville","og_description":"The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_published_time":"2025-02-07T03:01:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-07T03:01:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":735,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amy Pryor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_site":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amy Pryor","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/"},"author":{"name":"Amy Pryor","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"headline":"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC","datePublished":"2025-02-07T03:01:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-07T03:01:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/"},"wordCount":605,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg","articleSection":["Conservation","Outdoors"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/","name":"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC - The Laurel of Asheville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-07T03:01:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-07T03:01:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"description":"The Appalachian Watershed Alliance (AWA) is a new collective working to restore the watersheds of Western North Carolina and implement regenerative practices across the region in the wake of Hurricane Helene and beyond.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spotlight-On-Appalachian-Watershed-Alliance-IMG_6735-4-copy-2.jpg","width":1200,"height":735,"caption":"At Price and Cane creeks in Burnsville, the site of a planned collaborative clean-up by AWA, Riverlink and Blue Ridge RC&D"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/spotlight-on-appalachian-watershed-alliance-restoring-watersheds-communities-in-wnc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spotlight On: Appalachian Watershed Alliance ~ Restoring Watersheds and Communities in WNC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00","name":"Amy Pryor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amy Pryor"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77808"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77822,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77808\/revisions\/77822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}