The Mills River Partnership (MRP) is pleased to hold its third annual “Mills River Day” on Sunday, May 22nd from 1-5 p.m., at the Mills River Park at 124 Town Center Drive, Mills River, NC. MountainTrue is on the board of the Mills River Partnership and a major sponsor of the event. This great event […]
Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, June 9, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Lyuba Zuyeva, Director of the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Tristan Winkler, Senior Transportation Planner with the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, who will discuss how transportation projects go from concept to funded project. The State of North Carolina […]
Help improve the Oklawaha Greenway and have fun doing it. Join us for a satisfying day of removing the plants that choke out the desirable native plants. Have fun and make new friends! Bob Gale has an amazing store of knowledge about native and non-native plants. This is a good project for groups, clubs and […]
Want to get into the river and make a difference? Want to work really hard and then enjoy a craft brew afterwards with a chance to win a chance to whitewater raft the French Broad? This clean-up is part of our Riverkeeper Beer Series, which is a series of sponsored paddles and cleanups by local […]
About the image: still life depicts Life, Death and Time in this 17th-century painting by Philippe de Champaigne Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, July 14, Hendersonville Green Drinks will address “green burials” with speaker Michele Skeele, death doula, funeral home aid and member of the WNC chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national advocacy organization. […]
Over the next several months, the Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway will host “Oklawaha Greenway Walks and Talks,” a series of educational outings. The second in the series -- on Saturday, August 20, at 10 a.m. -- focuses on the glory of fall wildflowers growing along the Greenway. The program is open to the public at no charge. Meet at Patton Park in the circular pavilion near the basketball courts. The walk will be about 90 minutes, returning to Patton Park. The hike will be held rain or shine.
Join MountainTrue for the 2016 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, featuring the year’s best short-form nature, wilderness and outdoor adventure films. This year's festival takes place on the beautiful grounds of Sierra Nevada’s Mills River Brewery under the open sky of an outdoor amphitheater carved into the side of a hill and located on the banks of the French Broad River. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Get there early to grab a drink, explore the gardens and snag a prime viewing spot!
The community is invited to lend a hand and help clean up Henderson County’s rivers and streams on Saturday, September 10 during the annual Henderson County Big Sweep. This year, MountainTrue is hosting the event. The Big Sweep is a county-wide litter cleanup program that brings citizens and community organizations together to clear trash from their […]
Join us for a Fall hike through the Green River Game Lands! Hear from MountainTrue experts about nonnative invasive species, conservation efforts in the area, and more!
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 […]