In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.
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.
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.
This event has regretfully been canceled. Join your Green Riverkeeper for a full day of volunteer training for our Clean Water programs! Most of the day, you will learn about our SMIE (Stream Monitoring Information Exchange) program, which looks for macro-invertebrates in our local creeks and streams to determine stream health.
Join us for a tour of the Henderson County Convenience Center and Compost Facility. Learn about the recycling options Henderson County offers to residents including single-stream recycling, glass recycling, food waste collection, Hard to recycle items like foam packaging, florescent lights, electronics, cooking oil, appliances, and more.
Join MountainTrue at the City of Hendersonville's Hendo Earth Fest! The purpose of the Hendo Earth Fest is to promote community education for all ages on environmental and sustainable practices, inspire action, and renew and expand commitments to protect our planet. Local and regional environmental allies focus on participation/hands-on activities and demonstrations designed to educate, renew, and expand action to protect our Western North Carolina environment and natural resources.
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.
The Gallery at Flat Rock invites you to Earth Day Reflections: An Artistic Celebration. This evening event will kick off at the gallery at 5:00 pm on Monday, April 22 (Earth Day 2024). Proceeds from this event will benefit MountainTrue.
Support MountainTrue and the Broad Riverkeeper with your raffle ticket purchase. Enter to win a paddle designed and crafted by Broad Riverkeeper, David Caldwell.
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.
Join MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper and Liquidlogic Co-founder Shane Benedict for the 14th Annual Green River Spring Cleaning!
Get ready for an exciting day full of kayaking trips, waterfall rappelling, treks, cold beer, and good music when the Spring Green Bash — Saluda's favorite river and block party — returns on Saturday, May 4th! The whole Green River community is invited to the Spring Green Bash block party at Green River Adventures in downtown Saluda, NC.
Join us on the Upper section of the Green River (class III) on May 5th and/or May 25th and become a member of the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT).
This collaboration between the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, American Whitewater, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper utilizes experienced whitewater paddlers to treat trees along the Green River. We use a custom protocol to protect hemlock trees from infestation and death by the woolly adelgid (a non-native sap-sucking insect), whilst ensuring the safety and protection of water quality.