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Riverkeeper Float Fest
July 29, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
$25
Join the Watauga Riverkeeper, Appalachian Mountain Brewery and River & Earth Adventures for a float down the New River!
Come out for the long-awaited Riverkeeper Float Fest sponsored by the We Can So You Can Foundation and Appalachian Mountain Brewery, and hosted by River & Earth Adventures. Proceeds benefit MountainTrue’s Watauga Riverkeeper and help protect clean water in the High Country.
This will be a family-friendly, experiential educational event and a fun day out on the water. Tickets for floats are sorted into three launch times to keep the river from getting too crowded, but all participants are welcome all day at the River and Earth Adventures outpost for the festival. The riverside fest will have a barbecue with volleyball, cornhole and other yard games. MountainTrue staff and Riverkeepers will lead environmental education activities including kick-net sampling for macro invertebrates, snorkel tours and watershed modeling.
Appalachian Mountain Brewery will offer local craft beer tastings. River & Earth Adventures will provide tubes and shuttles. Ticket price includes free shuttle from Boone. BBQ, grill items and beer will be for sale on site.