Every summer, the French Broad Riverkeeper team needs help collecting weekly, water samples around our beautiful watershed. Thousands of people float, boat, and swim in our streams everyday, so we want to make sure it's safe for them to enjoy. Sign up here! As a Water Ranger, you'll go out each Wednesday morning to collect […]
Interested in helping protect the Watauga River? Join our Watauga Riverkeeper for this half-day volunteer training. This training will cover everything you need to know about water quality monitoring to get you started as a volunteer.
Join us and help restore native plant communities by controlling non-native invasive plants at Richmond Hill Park. This is the City of Asheville’s only forested park and is home to many special native plant and animal species! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park.
The Rhythm & Brews concerts series brings together live music, great food, and local beer, wine and cider! These FREE concerts close part of South Main Street to make room for all of this fun, as well as a children's area with games and activities.We will kick off the series on May 16th with Opener: Screamin J's at 5:30pm and Headliner: The Broadcast at 7:30pm. The concert will be on Main Street between Allen & Caswell Streets in Hendersonville.
Join us for the 43nd annual "Clean Streams Day River, Roadside, and Stream Cleanup", presented by New Belgium Brewing. We're seeking teams to clean up trashed roads, rivers, and waterways. Groups will schedule times to come by the GreenWorks office to pick up supplies, maps and gear NO LATER than May 17th. You will then […]
Join us for our Annual BioBlitz! This year we will be blitzing the Nantahala National Forest in the area surrounding the Nantahala Outdoor Center. During the BioBlitz, volunteers will be paired with expert naturalists to conduct a detailed inventory of the diverse natural communities in the area. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the amazing flora and fauna in our local forests. Data from the BioBlitz will help us continue protecting these unique environments.
You'll get a brief training on identifying target invasive plants and control methods (manual and herbicide application). Then we'll walk to a section of the Greenway near the wetland forest and remove three invasive species to restore native wetland habitat.
Join us and help restore native plant communities by controlling non-native invasive plants at Richmond Hill Park. This is the City of Asheville’s only forested park and is home to many special native plant and animal species! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park.
The Rhythm & Brews concerts series brings together live music, great food, and local beer, wine and cider! These FREE concerts close part of South Main Street to make room for all of this fun, as well as a children's area with games and activities. Our second concert in the series is June 20th! Our opener will be Big Daddy Love at 5:30pm and the headliner is Travers Brothership at 7:30pm. The concert will be on Main Street between Allen & Caswell Streets in Hendersonville. We hope to see you there!
Join Asheville GreenWorks, MountainTrue, and 98.1 The River at French Broad Outfitters for the next great installment of the Riverkeeper Beer Series! Come ready to float, cleanup our river, and taste the release of the Riverkeeper Beer at the after party. We will meet at Wicked Weed after to celebrate a successful day cleaning up the river.
