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Press Release: MountainTrue joins lawsuit against Trump administration’s moves on National Environmental Policy Act
“The National Environmental Policy Act has served as our basic national charter for protection of the environment since it was enacted in 1970,” said MountainTrue’s Co-Director Julie Mayfield. “It is a critical tool to ensure government transparency and gives affected citizens — especially communities of color and low income communities — a much-needed voice in agency decision making.”
July 2020 E-Newsletter
Check out what’s new with us this month: good news from the General Assembly for WNC’s waters, design solutions for Asheville’s affordable housing crisis, re-treating ash trees to protect them from the destructive emerald ash borer and much more.
Laurel Creek Inholding now part of Nantahala National Forest
On June 17, 2020, the U.S. Government purchased a 49.33-acre in-holding at the headwaters of Laurel Creek, in Clay and Cherokee counties, making the land public and part of Nantahala National Forest! The purchase from the Mainspring Conservation Trust closes the loop on a 12-year battle by the former Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition, MountainTrue and several other partners to prevent private landowners from building a road through the National Forest and cabins at the top of pristine headwaters of Fires Creek.
MT Raleigh Report: Some Good News at the General Assembly – Really!
Last week, the North Carolina General Assembly completed most of its work for the 2020 session – and among the flurry of late night meetings and last minute bills that are typical of the end of session, there was some good news for Western North Carolina’s rivers and...
June 2020 E-News All Regions
Read our latest newsletter and find out what’s happening across our service area.
2020 BioBlitz Documents over 1,100 Species
Each year, MountainTrue hosts a BioBlitz to record all the species we can find in a given area. Typically, we gather around 50 naturalists and novices together and document 300-500 species in a day. This year, we were unable to gather in person, so we used...