Join us as we celebrate World Water Day throughout our regions. What is World Water Day, you might ask? It's a day to acknowledge and appreciate the importance of water and the hard work we do around protecting and conserving this precious resource.
Come plant native trees with MountainTrue’s Watauga Riverkeeper at the historic former site of Wards Mill Dam! This project has been completed for 2 years, and we are able to continue repairing the vegetative buffer thanks to support from TVA’s Shade Your Stream program and the Tennessee River Basin Network.
For over four decades the town of Blowing Rock has held the Trout Derby to celebrate the beginning of Trout season with some friendly competition and many prizes! Join the MountainTrue team and your Watauga Riverkeeper for a family-friendly day of fun!
Appalachian State University's Earth Day Expo will be centered around the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, with Watauga Riverkeeper representing Goal #6, Clean Water and Sanitation.
Join the MountainTrue team and the Town of Boone in celebrating Earth Day at the Jones House downtown! This will be a great opportunity to meet community members who are dedicated to keeping our high country beautiful! You won't want to miss this fun-filled town event!
The 2024 International Fly Fishing Film Festival, sponsored by Boone’s Fly Shop and benefiting MountainTrue and the Watauga Riverkeeper, is coming to the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country on Saturday, April 20.
Calling all budding artists aged 10-14. In Honor of Earth Day, MountainTrue is hosting our first Kid's Merchandise Design Contest.
The winner will receive the chance to work with a professional designer to make their design merchandise ready AND a wearable item with their design on it. They will also be featured in a MountainTrue e-newsletter as the contest winner.
Due to chilly weather, we unfortunately must cancel our planned snorkel. Please view the calendar for other upcoming snorkel adventures.
Join us at Valle Crucis Community Park as we celebrate the launch of the 2024 Swim Guide Season. At the event, we will provide training on Swim Guide methods and interested folks will have the opportunity to register to volunteer for the 2024 Swim Guide season. This is also a chance to meet our hard-working Water Team Staff, corporate sponsors, and other volunteers!
Join our High Country Water Team in exploring aquatic wildlife in the Watauga River. We will get up close and personal with many native fish species, such as the tangerine darter. Using view buckets, we can see under the water’s surface and observe the life teeming below.