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Henderson County Volunteer Spotlight: Fred Thompson
“MountainTrue’s Volunteer Water Information Network (VWIN) has some pretty terrific volunteers” says Lucy Butler, co-leader of the VWIN volunteer base in MountainTrue’s Southern Region. This month, we’re spotlighting the creative and much-appreciated work of Fred...
Take Action Against Single-Use Plastic Pollution in Asheville and Buncombe County
Plastic pollution: we've all seen it littered on the side of the road, blowing in the wind, floating down rivers and streams. Plastic pollution is a global problem, but we all have to be part of the solution. Together, we can stop plastic pollution at its...
Take Action Against Single-Use Plastic Pollution in Boone
Plastic pollution: we've all seen it littered on the side of the road, blowing in the wind, floating down rivers and streams. Plastic pollution is a global problem, but we all have to be part of the solution. Together, we can stop plastic pollution at its...
Asheville’s Merrimon Avenue Reconfiguration
Merrimon Avenue is dangerous - not only for pedestrians and cyclists but also for drivers. Has anyone else sat in your car waiting to turn left off Merrimon and watched your rearview mirror in horror as another driver comes flying up behind you and then swerves into...
Microplastic pollution is widespread throughout the waters of Western North Carolina
Testing by MountainTrue shows that microplastics are present throughout the Broad, French Broad, Green, Hiwassee, Little Tennessee, New River and Watauga River Basins. Western North Carolina — Regional conservation organization MountainTrue has documented the high...
MountainTrue FAQ: SMIE Volunteering
Let's chat bugs! Last December on the MountainTrue blog, we considered What's Bugging Our Rivers. Today, we'll take a deeper dive into our participation in the Stream Monitoring Information Exchange (SMIE) program and our partnership with the Environmental Quality...