Buncombe County residents recycled at the third-highest rate in the state in fiscal year 2009-2010. Other recycling leaders in Western North Carolina included Swain, Macon, Haywood, Jackson and Transylvania counties which ranked in the top fourth of North Carolina’s 100 counties in terms of participation.
Author Archives: Jess Clarke
Jessica "Jess" Clarke has written about the ordinary and extraordinary
in the worlds of people and nature for 30 years: the environment, the arts, health and social issues, higher education and other topics. From ice climbing and tracking saw-whet owls and hibernating bats, to visiting a nude resort and digging ramps on a West Virginia mountainside, to talking with Virginia's death row inmates, interviewing suicide survivors and following AIDS patients, Clarke has brought the world to readers. After a career as an award-winning newspaper reporter, the Virginia native now writes and edits for a
wide variety of national and regional print publications and websites. Based in Asheville, N.C., Clarke also is a marketing communications consultant who has worked with such sectors as public relations, tourism, financial, construction, health care and real estate. One of her passions is writing poetry, and she hosts a poetry group in Asheville. Reach her at jcpoet@bellsouth.net.