MountainStrong Hurricane Recovery Fund

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.

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Buy Tickets for the 2025 Paddling Film Festival World Tour Screening in Asheville, NC benefiting MountainTrue (Screening March 6th)

The Grey Eagle 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

It's back!! MountainTrue is excited to bring the Paddling Film Festival World Tour back to Asheville, North Carolina on Thursday, March 6th in honor of World Water Day. World Water Day, held on March 22nd every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater.  

What better way to celebrate than by watching the best paddling films and being in community with other clean water supporters?! You’ll be inspired to explore rivers, lakes, and oceans, push extremes, embrace the paddling lifestyle, and appreciate the wild places. 

$15 – $20

Everett Rd. Transylvania County Clean-up with MountainTrue & Conserving Carolina 2/8

Everett Rd. Clean-up 44 Everett Rd, Pisgah Forest, NC

Come join the French Broad Riverkeeper team and Conserving Carolina as we clean up the trash left behind by Hurricane Helene in Transylvania County. We will be removing trash and debris along the riparian areas upstream and downstream. Please note this will be a land-based clean up.

French Broad River Live Staking Workday near Fletcher or Brevard 2/20-CANCELED

Due to extremely cold weather, we are forced to cancel this event. The ground will be too cold. Please check out our other live staking event on February 22nd! Come help us start to restore riverbanks of the French Broad after Hurricane Helene. We'll plant stakes that will eventually grow into trees.

Water Quality Sample Blitz in French Broad Watershed-March 13, 20 and 27th

Ingles on Tunnel Rd. 29 Tunnel Rd., Asheville, NC

Help the French Broad Riverkeeper sample around the Swannanoa watershed, looking for any weak or impaired sewer and septic infrastructure that might have been damaged from Hurricane Helene. We'll teach you everything you need to know on how to sample and give you all the supplies. You'll go to predetermined sites, grab samples, and meet us back to drop the samples off.

French Broad River Hurricane Helene Clean-up in Marshall, NC 3/19

Please join the French Broad Riverkeeper team as we partner with the National Forest Service to reopen the Stackhouse parking point. We will work to remove mud from the stairs and ramp area and clean trash in and around the access point. If you have shovels, rakes, and mud boots, please bring them. Please note this will be a land-based clean-up.

Water Quality Sample Blitz in French Broad Watershed-March 13, 20 and 27th

Ingles on Tunnel Rd. 29 Tunnel Rd., Asheville, NC

Help the French Broad Riverkeeper sample around the Swannanoa watershed, looking for any weak or impaired sewer and septic infrastructure that might have been damaged from Hurricane Helene. We'll teach you everything you need to know on how to sample and give you all the supplies. You'll go to predetermined sites, grab samples, and meet us back to drop the samples off.