• Molly Tart, of Brevard, works in SHR’s nursery complex repotting young red spruce and is an avid supporter in the community. She is a member of the Waightstill Avery Daughters of the American Revolution and worked with that group to find the long-forgotten red spruce forest originally planted by the DAR in the 1940s, near Devil’s Courthouse off the Blue Ridge Parkway. 
• Paul Cooper, of Lake Toxaway, is a long-time volunteer at SHR. Every year, he logs more volunteer hours any anyone else, and his love of storytelling makes him a natural fit as a docent on visitors’ days. 

SHR is located near Lake Toxaway at 4,500 feet and works to sustain the natural ecosystems of the Blue Ridge Mountains through preservation, cultivation and display of native plants and by advocating for their value through preservation, cultivation and research. www.southernhighlandsreserve.org.