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  • MountainTrue Riverkeeper Beer Series Clean-up in Asheville, NC with Hi-Wire Brewing 8/23

    Hi-Wire Brewing RAD location 284 Lyman St, Asheville, NC

    Our region’s rivers were heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene, and with breweries playing a key role in our tourism economy, MountainTrue, the French Broad Riverkeeper, and Hi-Wire Brewing are teaming up to help restore our waterways.

    Join us on August 23rd for a river cleanup! We'll head out for an on-the-water cleanup, then return to the brewery to celebrate with beer and prizes.

  • Old Fort Recovery Resource and Job Fair in Old Fort, NC 9/6

    49 E. Main St., Old Fort, NC 49 E. Main St., Old Fort, NC

    MountainTrue is partnering with the G5 Collective, the Conservation Corps of NC, and McDowell Tech Trail School to host a job and recovery resource fair in Old Fort. We have good jobs doing meaningful environmental recovery work right in McDowell County.

    MountainTrue will partner with the Catawba Riverkeeper to clean the upper Catawba from Helene damage, while G5 is hiring trailbuilders. Stop by to learn about these and other recovery efforts in Old Fort, and grab a hot dog on us!

  • 10th Annual Sarah Sweep and First Broad River Festival near Lawndale, NC 9/6

    Double Shoals Mill 199 Old Mill Rd., Shelby, NC, United States

    All are welcome to join us on this lovely section of the river that Sarah Spencer held dear to her heart. While paddling the shallow, shaded, cool waters between rock cliffs and rhododendrons, Sarah would always stop to pick up any litter along the way. Sarah, Beejay, Billy, and Davey died tragically in 2016 in a car accident. This event is in remembrance and honor of these friends and their love for our river.

  • Riverside Cleanup in Chimney Rock, NC 9/20

    Chimney Rock Village Public Parking 432 Main St, Chimney Rock, NC

    Join MountainTrue for a riverside cleanup in the heart of Chimney Rock Village. We will meet up at 10:00 am in the paved public parking lot beside Chimney Rock Smokehouse. MountainTrue will supply trash bags, gloves, safety vests, trash grabbers, shovels, a couple of trucks, a dump trailer, and a dumpster.

  • MountainTrue Trash Trout Cleanout with 828 Real Estate in Boone, NC 9/23

    Boone Fire Station #2 1075 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC

    Want to get in the river AND contribute to its health? Assist MountainTrue with cleanout and inventory of trash types and brands found within the Trash Trout. This trash trout cleanout will be at Winkler’s Creek. Made from recycled materials, this passive litter collection device will be sure to get you asking questions and feeling good about what we can do to mitigate the trash found in the river.

  • MountainTrue & NECHAMA Reverse Tashlich river clean-up & celebration near Asheville, NC 9/28

    Join Jewish disaster relief organization, NECHAMA, and MountainTrue for a river clean-up and celebration of Reverse Tashlich. Reverse Tashlich, an initiative by Repair the Sea, invites communities to take hands-on, meaningful action during the High Holidays by cleaning up our waterways. Clean-up will focus on Hurricane Helene Debris and will be land-based.

    Participants can expect to learn about NECHAMA and take part in a short ritual to honor Reverse Tashlich during the clean-up.

  • MountainTrue French Broad River Section 10 Clean-Up #1 in Tennessee 10/2

    Paint Rock Lower Paint Creek Rd, Greeneville, TN

    Volunteers are invited to help clean up Helene-deposited trash from the French Broad River in Cocke County, Tennessee with MountainTrue’s French Broad Riverkeeper team and outfitters associated with the Nolichucky Outdoor Recreation Association. This clean-up will be boat-based and focus on the river between the North Carolina / Tennessee state line at Paint Rock and Wolf Creek Boat Launch in Del Rio. This stretch of river is often referred to as “Section 10” and contains numerous class II rapids.

  • MountainTrue French Broad River Section 10 Clean-Up #2 in Tennessee 10/9

    Volunteers are invited to help clean up Helene-deposited trash from the French Broad River in Cocke County, Tennessee with MountainTrue’s French Broad Riverkeeper team and outfitters associated with the Nolichucky Outdoor Recreation Association. This clean-up will be boat-based and focus on the river between the North Carolina / Tennessee state line at Paint Rock and Wolf Creek Boat Launch in Del Rio. This stretch of river is often referred to as “Section 10” and contains numerous class II rapids.

  • MountainTrue French Broad River Section 10 Clean-Up #3 in Tennessee 10/16

    Volunteers are invited to help clean up Helene-deposited trash from the French Broad River in Cocke County, Tennessee with MountainTrue’s French Broad Riverkeeper team and outfitters associated with the Nolichucky Outdoor Recreation Association. This clean-up will be boat-based and focus on the river between the North Carolina / Tennessee state line at Paint Rock and Wolf Creek Boat Launch in Del Rio. This stretch of river is often referred to as “Section 10” and contains numerous class II rapids.