ASHEVILLE - A local land trust and conservation group is embarking on a mission to bring native river cane back to the French Broad River — a project to both restore traditions and protect from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rose Fisher Greer, one of the only basket weavers left in the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, holds a piece of river cane in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Rose Fisher is looking for river cane. “The cane has a sound to it. It makes that perfect sound that it’s ready to use,” said Fisher. Fisher is an elder with the Jena Choctaw ...

The land contains over three miles of river frontage, providing a critical habitat for the endangered Appalachian elktoe mussel. This acquisition protects one of North Carolina's largest remaining ...

Bruno Sagrera, a sixth generation Choctaw farmer is propagating river cane to help bring it back on his urban farm in Abbeville, LA. (March 15, 2024) Rose Fisher Greer and her daughter are the only ...

RIVER CANE (WVUE) - In central Louisiana, the U.S. Forest Service is spearheading efforts to restore river cane, a bamboo-like plant that played a vital role in Native American culture for thousands ...