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World Water Day 2024 with MountainTrue’s Clean Water Teams

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.

Green Drinks in Hendersonville, NC: Hendersonville Water and Sewer – Utility Update

Trailside Brewing 873 Lenox Park Dr, Hendersonville, NC, United States

Join us for an informative session led by Adam Steurer, Utilities Director, who will summarize utility history, operations, project updates, and initiatives. Hendersonville provides 80,000 people with water service and 21,000 people with sewer service in Hendersonville and surrounding Henderson County.

Spring Wildflower Hike near Shelby, NC 4-12

Broad River Greenway Canoe Access 126 Broad River Drive, Shelby, NC

Join our MountainTrue Public Lands Field Biologist, Josh Kelly, and Broad Riverkeeper, David Caldwell, as we explore the downstream trail at our Broad River Greenway. David will discuss the value and concerns associated with the Broad River, while Josh informs us all about the flowers, plants and animals we find there.

$5 – $25

Earth Day Kid’s Merchandise Design Contest

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.

Invasive Removal at Double Head Knob near Arden, NC 4/24

Mountains To Sea Trail Arden, NC

Join  MountainTrue Biologist, Josh Kelly for an invasive plant removal workday. This workday will include a scenic and strenuous 3-mile hike to Double Head Knob, an excellent example of a montane grassland growing over a sloping rock outcrop. The site is being threatened by several species of invasive plants, which participants will help control mechanically and with herbicide.

Green Drinks in Hendersonville, NC: The French Broad Paddle Trail & Henderson County

Trailside Brewing 873 Lenox Park Dr, Hendersonville, NC, United States

Come learn about the history, present condition, and opportunities for growth facing the French Broad Paddle Trail in Henderson County and abroad. Placed in the context of challenges from proposed dams, degraded water quality, and short-sighted growth, the French Broad River is an ongoing success story due to the work of passionate local communities, well-organized advocacy campaigns, and strong partnerships between non-profits, government agencies, and local businesses.

Headwaters Outfitters’ Annual Upper French Broad River Clean-Up Day in Rosman, NC

Headwater Outfitters Outdoor Adventures 25 Parkway Rd, Rosman, NC

Join French Broad Paddle Trail Manager, Jack Henderson, as he participates in the Headwaters Outfitters' Annual Upper French Broad River Clean-up Day.

This is not a MountainTrue-hosted event. Headwaters Outfitters supports MountainTrue, and we would love to help them in return.

2024 MountainTrue Nolichucky BioBlitz in Erwin, TN

USA Raft 2 Jones Branch Road, Erwin, TN

SAVE THE DATE! Each year, MountainTrue hosts a BioBlitz to record all the species we can find in a given area. We identify and catalog organisms using the online app iNaturalist. The BioBiltz this year will be on June 1st in Erwin, TN.

Headwaters Fun Float near Casar, NC

NC Wildlife Resources Commission boat launch NC 10 PFA, 4933 Casar Roa, Casar, NC

We are heading up to the South Mountain foothills for a fun paddle on the cool shady waters of the First Broad River. Just downstream from the South Mountain Game Lands and one of our few Outstanding Resource Waters, this is some of the cleanest and life-filled water in the Broad River basin. The water is likely to be pretty shallow and “bony”, that is, we will be scraping and dragging over quite a few rocks and gravel beds.

$15 – $25

Green Drinks in Hendersonville, NC: Why should environmentalists support building more housing?

Trailside Brewing 873 Lenox Park Dr, Hendersonville, NC, United States

Come learn about the history, present condition, and opportunities for growth facing the French Broad Paddle Trail in Henderson County and abroad. Placed in the context of challenges from proposed dams, degraded water quality, and short-sighted growth, the French Broad River is an ongoing success story due to the work of passionate local communities, well-organized advocacy campaigns, and strong partnerships between non-profits, government agencies, and local businesses.