MountainTrue

River Cleanup and Hi-Wire Beer Release
2016-08-06 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Want to get into the French Broad, work hard and make a difference and then enjoy a craft brew afterwards? Want to have a chance to win cool raffle prizes from Watershed Dry Bags or Southern Raft Supply? This clean-up is part of our Riverkeeper Beer Series, which is a series of sponsored paddles and cleanups by local breweries and gear-builders. August is sponsored by Hi-Wire Brewing. We need as many volunteers as possible to make a big impact on cleaning our waterways. Come ready to get dirty and have fun, and at 5 p.m., join us for a beer tasting at the Big Top of Hi-Wire Brewing located at 2A Huntsman Place, Asheville, NC 28803!
There will be prizes for the most interesting trash pulled from the river. If you find something interesting, weird or unusual during the river cleanup, post a picture of your trash on Instagram with the hashtag #wncriverbeers.
Sign up here!

Section Paddle: Redmond Dam to Barnard
2016-08-13 10:00 - 17:00 | NC
Join the French Broad Riverkeeper for a section paddle trip on the French Broad River! The cost is $10 per person. You can bring your own boat if you have one or we encourage you to rent from local outfitters since this trip will be in whitewater.
This section trip will be from Redmond Dam to Barnard.
Mileage: 5.5
Meet at 10 a.m. at Marshall Restaurant, Mama’s Kitchen.
We’ll follow each other to the put-in at the dam from the restaurant. This section has one small class II rapid, lots of rock dodging and passes by an awesome Paddle Trail campsite, Evan’s Island. We’ll run shuttle before putting in the river. Just bring yourself, your boat/gear, your lunch, your sunscreen, your water bottle and your best high five.
Sign up for a paddle trip today!
Contact Anna Alsobrook if you have questions at anna@mountaintrue.org or at (828) 258-8737 ext 212.

Section Paddle: Barnard to Stackhouse
2016-08-27 14:00 - 17:00 | NC
Join the French Broad Riverkeeper for a section paddle trip on the French Broad River! This trip will be from Barnard to Stackhouse and has several class III rapids. The Nantahala Outdoor Center will be guiding rafts and/or providing duckies (depending on water levels) for this section of the paddle.
Meet at NOC Outpost at 2 p.m. (9825 U.S. 25/70, Marshall, NC 28743)
Bring water, wear shoes that stay on your feet and clothes that can get wet. We should be done by 4:30 or 5.
Cost: $45.00
Sign up for a paddle trip today!
Contact Anna Alsobrook if you have questions at anna@mountaintrue.org or at (828) 258-8737 ext 212.

River Cleanup and Wicked Weed Beer Release
2016-09-03 10:00 - 17:00 | NC
Want to get into the French Broad, get dirty and then enjoy a craft brew afterwards? Want to win a Versa stand up paddle board and other prizes from Liquid Logic? This cleanup is part of our Riverkeeper Beer Series, which is a series of sponsored paddles and cleanups by local breweries and gear-builders. September is sponsored by Wicked Weed Brewing. We need as many volunteers as possible to make a big impact on cleaning up the French Broad. Come ready to make a difference and have fun! Join us after the cleanup for a beer tasting at 5 p.m. at Wicked Weed Brewing located at 91 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801.
There will be prizes for the most interesting trash pulled from the river. If you find something interesting, weird or unusual during the river cleanup, post a picture of your trash on Instagram with the hashtag #wncriverbeers.
Sign up to help in this river clean up!

Section Paddle: Hot Springs to Paint Rock
2016-09-10 10:00 - 17:00 | NC
Join the French Broad Riverkeeper for a section paddle trip on the French Broad River! This trip will be from Hot Springs to Paint Rock as a class II rapids section with stretches of moderate paddling water. The cost is $10 per person. You can bring your own boat if you have one or we encourage you to rent from local outfitters since this trip will be in whitewater.
Mileage: 7.5
Meet at 10 a.m. at Hot Springs Resort and Spa parking lot.
We’ll run shuttle before putting on the river. Just bring yourself, your boat/gear, your lunch, your sunscreen, your water bottle and your best high five.
Sign up for a paddle trip today!
Contact Anna Alsobrook if you have questions at anna@mountaintrue.org or at (828) 258-8737 ext 212.

Section Paddle: Paint Rock to Del Rio
2016-09-24 10:00 - 17:00 | NC
Join the French Broad Riverkeeper for a section paddle trip on the French Broad River! This trip will be from Paint Rock to Del Rio as a class II/III rapids section with stretches of moderate paddling water. The cost is $10 per person. You can bring your own boat if you have one or we encourage you to rent from local outfitters since this trip will be in whitewater.
Mileage: 12.5
Meet at 10 a.m. at Paint Rock.
We’ll run shuttle before putting on the river. Just bring yourself, your boat/gear, your lunch, your sunscreen, your water bottle and your best high five.
Sign up for a paddle trip today!
Contact Anna Alsobrook if you have questions at anna@mountaintrue.org or at (828) 258-8737 ext 212.

Second Annual Cane Creek Tire Pull & River Clean-Up
2016-09-28 10:00 - 17:00 | NC
Come on out to de-tire Cane Creek! We filled all our boats with dozens of tires from Cane Creek last year. We couldn’t get them all, so we want to tackle the rest. We’ll meet at Fletcher Community Park at 10am on September 28, 2016, and will provide boats, gloves and gear! Click here to find out more and sign up to join us on the 28!

Hendersonville Green Drinks with the French Broad Riverkeeper
2016-11-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, November 10, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Jack Henderson, MountainTrue’s Americorps Water Quality Administrator, who will discuss MountainTrue’s various volunteer-driven water quality monitoring programs and the work the organization does to keep our rivers safe, clean places to paddle and play.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue and the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Mavis Staples Concert to Benefit the French Broad River
2016-11-13 19:00 - 23:00 | The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
MountainTrue is proud to welcome Mavis Staples to Asheville for a concert to benefit the French Broad River on November 13 at The Orange Peel. Tickets are on sale now at The Orange Peels box office and on their website, theorangepeel.net
Proceeds from the concert support the work of the French Broad Riverkeeper, a program of MountainTrue and the primary protector and defender of the French Broad River watershed. Asheville-based artist Lyric will perform with her band as the opening act and will also perform a special acoustic set at a VIP event at PULP (The Orange Peel’s lower level private club) before the show.
The concert is presented by MountainTrue, 98.1 The River and Mountain Xpress and is generously sponsored by The Matt & Molly Team, Movement Mortgage and Prestige Subaru.
Mavis Staples is living, breathing history. She is an alchemist of American music, having continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles. Weaving herself into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip hop over the last 60 years, this iconic singer has seen and sung through so many changes, always rising up to meet every road.
Now in her seventh decade, with the release of her new album Livin’ on a High Note (ANTI-), she is only gaining momentum. Produced by M. Ward with songs by Neko Case, Justin Vernon, Nick Cave, Ben Harper, Tune-Yards, Aloe Blacc and others, the album serves as a summation and furtherance of her illustrious career.
Since her first recording at age 13 in 1954, Mavis Staples has learned from, worked with, and schooled countless legends, and has brought her own timeless talent to every performance. From the Delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s with her father, Pops, and her brother and sisters as The Staple Singers, to the freedom songs of the Civil Rights era, to pop radio stardom during the Stax era with hits “I’ll Take You There” and “Respect Yourself,” to The Last Waltz, to serving as muse to both Bob Dylan and Prince at the peak of their careers, to 21st century collaborations with Van Morrison, Billy Preston, Zac Brown, Ry Cooder, Chuck D. and Willie Nelson, to her GRAMMY®-winning partnership with fellow Chicagoan Jeff Tweedy, the one constant has been Mavis and her singular voice. She has embraced her evolution, absorbing new sounds and ideas, rising to meet the challenges of longevity and bringing her message of hope and positivity to new listeners, song after song, show after show.
About Lyric
With an enlightened mixture of pop, soul, funk and bowties, Lyric awakens an undiscovered spirit within their audience. Lyric; lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist plays a funky rhythm guitar with sizzling leads accompanied by her soul gripping lead vocals. Her father, Dave Matthews, has roots in 70’s funk style slap bass and holds down the foundation with a playful flare on funk. Mike Berlin locks down the beat on drums, with influences from his hometown of South Baton Rouge, New Orleans.

Live Staking Plant-n-Paddle
2016-12-07 10:00 - 16:00, 2016-12-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2016-12-20 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-24 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-31 10:00 - 16:00 and 7 more dates | NC
The French Broad Riverkeeper and MountainTrue are combating sediment erosion in our local waterways. Sediment is a major polluter in our river basin, clogging fish and aquatic habitats, increasing water temperatures, and transporting toxic substances. We are helping to reduce the amount of sediment that flows into our rivers by planting live-stakes along eroding riverbanks. These stakes will grow into trees that will stabilize the sides of the rivers and creeks where we plant them, and will reduce the overall amount of sediment getting into the river.
We’ll be planting all through March, so come out to one or more of our Paddle-n-Plant work days!
Follow this link to sign up & read more about what to bring, what to expect, and what other work day dates are coming up!

7th Annual Green River Spring Cleaning
2017-04-08 10:00 - 18:00 | Fishtop Access, Fishtop Access, Green River Cove Rd, Saluda, North Carolina, 28773
This year MountainTrue is partnering with the Green River community to help support their annual Green River Cleaning! Whether you want to hop in a boat or walk along the shore, all kinds of volunteers are needed to help clear the Green River of trash and debris.
We’ll meet at 10am at the Fish Top Access Point on Green River Cove Rd near Saluda, and meet back up at 5:00pm at The Gorge Zipline for an after party of great views and beverages.
Volunteers should bring sturdy shoes, clothing that can get wet, appropriate weather gear, lunch & snacks, water, sunscreen, etc. MountainTrue will provide boats and PFD’s for volunteers who want to be on the water!
Click here to sign up now!

Swim Guide 2017
2017-04-17 18:00 - 20:00 | MountainTrue — Asheville, 29 North Market Street, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
We couldn’t do our job without our volunteers! We are looking for more people for our bacteriological monitoring program. Every week volunteers go out and help us monitor the water ways of the French Broad River basin. You can choose which county from Transylvania, Henderson, Buncombe, Madison and Haywood counties you prefer to do montioring in and we give you all the tools and training you need to participate. It’s kind of like an adopt-a-spot where you go to the same place every week, take the samples, incubate them, read and post the results onto the swimguide.org website. It’s a really quick testing process, so it’s not a huge time commitment. It’s super fun and educational, a great opportunity if you have kids or friends interested in environmental science. You could use it to teach your family members, friends, coworkers, classrooms etc. all about water quality. Or, you could also just use it as an excuse to hang out by the river! If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form below and plan to attend an orientation session on
April 17 at 6PM in our office (29 N. Market St. #610 Asheville NC 28801).
Here’s the link to sign up and learn more!

Buchi Sponsored River Cleanup with RiverLink, GreenWorks & MountainTrue
2017-04-29 09:00 - 12:00 | NC
Join RiverLink, Asheville GreenWorks, and Mountain True on our first big river cleanup of the season. This event has been generously sponsored by Buchi Kombucha, who will be providing delicious refreshing drinks for all volunteers who participate. There is limited space for this volunteer day, so sign up fast!
For more information and to sign up, click here!

Green Riverkeeper Launch at 11th Annual Spring Green Bash
2017-05-06 17:30 - 21:00 | Green River Adventures, 111 E. Main Street, Saluda, NC, 28773, United States
Join MountainTrue on Saturday, May 6 from 5:30-9 p.m. for the 11th Annual Spring Green Bash as we celebrate our new Green Riverkeeper! MountainTrue is pleased to announce that Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue’s Southern Regional Director, is now also the new Green Riverkeeper and will serve as a fundamental protector of the Green River watershed. MountainTrue’s Riverkeeper programs are key to our endeavors to monitor and protect the quality of our region’s waterways. Gray will be present to meet the community, and fifty percent of the ticket price for river, zipline, and rappelling trips booked for the day of the festival will be donated by Green River Adventures and The Gorge to help fund the work of the Green Riverkeeper.
Event Details:
What: 11th Annual Spring Green Bash
Who: presented by Green River Adventures and sponsored by Oskar Blues Brewery, Prestige Subaru, WNCW and Liquidlogic Kayaks. Music by the Honeycutters. A portion of proceeds benefit MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper.
Where: Green River Adventures, 111 E. Main Street, Saluda, NC
When: Saturday, May 6, 5:30-9 p.m.

“I’m thrilled to get such a warm welcome to the community from Green River Adventures and all the generous sponsors of the Green Spring Bash, including Oskar Blues, Prestige Subaru, WNCW and Liquidlogic Kayaks,” says Gray Jernigan, the Green Riverkeeper. “We have a lot of great activities and programs planned for the year ahead; I’m looking forward to meeting some folks and getting people involved in protecting the Green River.”
We hope to see you Saturday, May 6!
Book your trip for May 6 at greenriveradventures.com with the code: GREENRIVERKEEPER.
About MoutainTrue:
MountainTrue is Western North Carolina’s premier advocate for environmental stewardship. We are committed to keeping our mountain region a beautiful place to live, work and play. Our members protect our forests, clean up our rivers, plan vibrant and livable communities, and advocate for a sound and sustainable future for all residents of WNC. MountainTrue is home to the Broad River Alliance, French Broad Riverkeeper, Green Riverkeeper and Watauga Riverkeeper — the protectors and defenders of their respective watersheds. www.mountaintrue.org
About Waterkeeper Alliance:

Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement uniting more than 300 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates around the world, focusing citizen advocacy on issues that affect our waterways, from pollution to climate change. Waterkeepers patrol and protect over 2.5 million square miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. For more information please visit: www.waterkeeper.org

Riverkeeper Beer Series Launch with River Float, Clean-up and Mango IPA from Hi-Wire Brewing
2017-06-17 13:00 - 20:00 | Hi-Wire Brewing – Big Top, 2A Huntsman Pl, Asheville, NC, 28803, United States
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Father’s Day River Clean-Up
2017-06-18 12:30 - 15:00 | Jean Webb River Park, 30 Riverside Dr., Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Join us for a SPECIAL Dad’s Day River Clean Up with MountainTrue, Asheville GreenWorks, and RiverLink. Dads, moms, sisters, brothers, sons, and daughters….everyone’s invited! We’ll put in at Jean Webb River Park and float on down to the Salvage Station, picking trash and tires from the river the whole way. French Broad Chocolates has promised some goodies for us at the take-out, and we encourage folks to cool off with a cold brew at the Salvage Station.

Details:
– June 18 at 12:30pm – 3pm
– 1.5 mile paddle on French Broad

Meet at Jean Webb River Park (30 Riverside Dr. Asheville NC 28801). We’ll put on the river and float down to the Salvage Station. French Broad Outfitters will shuttle us back to our cars at the end of the paddle.

Boats, gloves, trash bags, and paddle gear will be supplied by MountainTrue, Riverlink, and Asheville Greenworks. Bring some water, a hat, and sunscreen.

This event is a great opportunity to celebrate Father’s Day, make a tangible contribution to Asheville’s most important natural asset, and raise awareness about issues that affect the cleanliness of our French Broad River.

Follow this link to sign up today!
