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Volunteer needed! Work with the French Broad Riverkeeper on a ‘State of the River’ report
WNCA is looking for a volunteer with graphic design experience to help create a State of the River Report for Henderson County. You'll work directly with French Broad Riverkeeper to distill data from current reports into a simple, attractive and easy to understand...
WNCA adds faith-based environmental advocacy program: ‘Creation Care Alliance of WNC’ is network of clergy, lay leaders
WNCA is pleased to announce its newest program, the Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina (CCAWNC), focused on faith-inspired environmental advocacy. CCAWNC is a network of people of faith and congregations who work to bring practical and hopeful solutions...
DENR: Public invited to comment on rules for oil and gas development
Press release from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources RALEIGH – Officials with the state Mining and Energy Commission are seeking public input on proposed rules for regulating oil and gas development in North Carolina. Written comments from the...
WNCA, partners, offer ‘Waterkeeper Swim Guide’ app to help locate safe swimming spots
Western North Carolina Alliance recently partnered with the Waterkeeper Swim Guide to help answer a fundamentally important question about our waterways: “Are they safe to swim?” “Waterkeeper Swim Guide” is a website and free app that displays water quality data in...
WNCA receives recycling stations, grant from Oskar Blues Brewery
Western North Carolina Alliance is the recipient of a $5,000 grant and five new portable recycling stations from Oskar Blues Brewery’s non-profit CAN’d Aid Foundation. The goal of these recycling grants, according to Oskar Blues, is to empower individuals, events and...
7/29-30: Attend a public hearing in Atlanta to support EPA’s Carbon Pollution Rule
On Tuesday, July 29, and Wednesday, July 30, join WNCA and concerned citizens from around the region for EPA’s public hearing in Atlanta on the recently-proposed Clean Power Plan to set limits on carbon pollution. The hearings will convene at 9 a.m. and end at 8 p.m....
Forest Service sets meeting on wildlife habitat, wild and scenic rivers, and ecological integrity
Join WNCA and others who love our public lands from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. July 10 at the Crowne Plaza Resort in downtown Asheville. The meeting is part of the ongoing Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests Plan Revision and will focus on the areas outlined below. In each...
SELC: 10 leaking coal ash sites are contaminating water statewide
Southern Environmental Law Center Backgrounder: The current N.C. Senate Coal Ash Bill would leave at risk about 2.6 million people who rely on drinking water intakes downstream from 10 leaking Duke Energy coal ash sites not required to be cleaned up under the bill....
WCQS interviews partners in WNCA, ECO, J-MCA merger
WCQS News Director David Hurand recently interviewed WNCA Co-Director Bob Wagner, Environmental and Conservation Organization volunteer and former board member Katie Breckheimer and Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance Board Chairman Robert Smith about the three...
June 19: Asheville screening of ‘Coal Ash Stories’
ASHEVILLE -- Next Thursday, local organizations will host a free film night as part of Coal Ash Stories, a statewide screening tour featuring four short documentary films focused on coal ash, related public health concerns, and policy. The screening is free and open...
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