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April 2019
Living with Bears in North Carolina
On Wednesday, April 24 at 5:30 PM Ashley Hobbs with NC Wildlife Resources Commission will present on “Being BearWise in North Carolina” at St. Pauls Mountain Vineyard located on Flat Rock Square. With springtime in full bloom, black bears have begun their annual awakening from winter hibernation. During this time, we tend to see bears move around heavily populated areas in search of food. This presentation will serve to educate the citizens of Western North Carolina on the natural history of black bears in our state and will provide tools to better co-exist with black bears in our day-to-day lives. We will cover how to become a “BearWise” community or business in North Carolina and provide an update regarding the second phase of NC State’s Urban/Suburban Bear Study. Refreshments will be served. The event is co-sponsored by MountainTrue, Ivester Jackson Blackstream Properties, and Movement Mortgage.
Find out more »Volunteer to be a weekly Water Ranger
Every summer, the French Broad Riverkeeper team needs help collecting weekly, water samples around our beautiful watershed. Thousands of people float, boat, and swim in our streams everyday, so we want to make sure it's safe for them to enjoy. Sign up here! As a Water Ranger, you'll go out each Wednesday morning to collect a water sample, drop it off at a community site nearby and then we'll tell the world the results on the Swimguide website. We'll teach you everything…
Find out more »Practicing Shalom in Our Time of Climate Change
We are happy to present this 4-part series for our church and our community to examine climate change. We will consider its effects on our world, and explore the role of our Christian faith in response. Join us as leaders share their expertise. April 24 – “Living in this time of Climate Change” Deke Arndt, Chief, Monitoring Branch, National Center for Environmental Information, NOAA From his experience as climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Deke will speak…
Find out more »No Man’s Land Film Festival – Asheville
Join us for the premier all-women adventure film festival featuring short films about women adventurers who will inspire you with their tenacity, their spunk and their femininity - all interwoven to showcase the full scope of woman-identified athletes and adventurers, looking to undefine what it means to be a woman in adventure, sport and film.
Find out more »Water Quality Volunteer Training
Interested in helping protect the Watauga River? Join our Watauga Riverkeeper for this half-day volunteer training. This training will cover everything you need to know about water quality monitoring to get you started as a volunteer.
Find out more »Earth Day Vigil
The Creation Care Alliance of WNC welcomes people of all faiths to an Earth Day Vigil on Sunday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.(Labyrinth walk at 4:15) at the Sacred Garden/Labyrinth of First Baptist Church, 5 Oak Street in downtown Asheville. This event is a celebration of creation, and a call to spiritually grounded action to care for it during a time when it is in peril. The theme is “Walking the Path” and will include interactive and…
Find out more »May 2019
The Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: Film Screening and Q&A
MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will host a screening of the documentary The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: A Film About the Loss of an Ecosystem at the Lanier Library in Tryon. The 30-minute long documentary was produced in 2016 by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and won the award for Best Appalachian Environment Film at the Boone Film Festival. The groups hope that screening the film will help increase public awareness and build momentum to save more hemlock…
Find out more »Green River Spring Bash
Join us on May 4 for the 13th Annual Green River Spring Bash block party at Green River Adventures in downtown Saluda! Festivities start at 5 p.m. and the event is free and open to the public. We'll have great beer from Oskar Blues Brewing and live music from The Aaron Burdett Band. There will be a charity raffle where one lucky person will win a LiquidLogic Remix XP 10 kayak valued at $1,000.00. Proceeds from the raffle benefit MountainTrue’s…
Find out more »Snorkeling with the Watauga Riverkeeper
Join MountainTrue’s Watauga Riverkeeper, Andy Hill, and take the plunge to explore the unique ecosystems of the Watauga River. Much like ocean reef snorkeling, river snorkeling allows you an unparalleled viewpoint to explore all the nooks and crannies of your local river. By peeking under the water, you can find yourself swimming alongside darting fish or face-to-face with the tiny insect larvae that feed them. After years of fishing and protecting this river, no one is more qualified to show you the best places to look for underwater marvels than Andy. If you’re lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of a Hellbender.
Find out more »Richmond Hill Invasive Species Workday
Join us and help restore native plant communities by controlling non-native invasive plants at Richmond Hill Park. This is the City of Asheville’s only forested park and is home to many special native plant and animal species! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park.
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