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Invasive Plant Workday at Rivers Park House near Boone, NC 4/11
Rivers Park House 150 Clay House Dr, Boone, NCTo celebrate the Northern Peaks State Trail coming to Boone, join us for an afternoon of eradicating invasive plants on the property! In partnership with The Town of Boone and Blue Ridge Conservancy, this workday focuses on the history, eradication, and uses of some of the plants we'll see. As the new southern terminus of the Northern Peaks State Trail (NPST) in downtown Boone, we are excited to revitalize the property and allow native flora to begin finding new life at the site! Flora and fauna expert Will Bennett, our friends from Blue Ridge Conservancy, and Town of Boone folks will be joining us for both workdays. Our main focuses will be garlic mustard and oriental bittersweet.
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North Fork New River Clean Up with New River Conservancy in Creston, NC 4/12
Creston Fire Station 167 3 Top Rd, Creston, NCJoin MountainTrue and New River Conservancy in Creston, North Carolina for a North Fork clean-up on April 12, 2025. This will be a floating cleanup so folks will need to prepare to be on the water for ~5 hours.
MountainTrue Helene Clean-up along the Upper Broad River below Lake Lure 4/13
Join MountainTrue’s Broad Riverkeeper and River Clean-up Coordinator, along with help from Rutherford Outdoor Coalition, as we clean up trash left behind by Hurricane Helene in Rutherford County along the Upper Broad River, about 4 miles below Lake Lure.
MountainTrue Invasive Plant workday in Blairsville, Georgia at Union County Farmers Market 4/17
290 Farmers Mkt Wy, Blairsville, GA 30512 290 Farmers Mkt Wy, Blairsville, GAMountainTrue, in coordination with Union County Government, is hosting a community volunteer workday to control non-native invasive plants and restore native habitats along Butternut Creek, in preparation for more trail development and planting of native plants. We will primarily be pulling up roots and using hand tools to remove invasive plants like Chinese privet, Autumn olive, kudzu and multiflora rose. We have large and small tasks available, so you don’t need to be able to do strenuous physical labor in order to participate. No prior experience is necessary; we will provide tools and training.
MountainTrue Earth Day River Clean-up and Plastics Audit near Asheville, NC 4/19
Come help us celebrate Earth Day as we clean our rivers. In the process, we'll inventory all the types of plastic we find, creating a database of all the types of plastic litter we see.
Invasive Plant Removal Workday at Little Tennessee Greenway, Franklin, NC 4/19
803 Ulco drive TASSEE SHELTER 803 Ulco Drive, Franklin, North CarolinaMountainTrue, in partnership with the Mainspring Conservation Trust and the Friends of the Greenway (FROGs), is hosting a community volunteer workday to control non-native invasive plants and restore native habitats at the Little Tennessee Greenway in Franklin, NC.
MountainTrue River Clean-up in Buncombe County, NC 4/22
Help the French Broad Riverkeeper celebrate Earth Day as we clean up the trash left behind by Hurricane Helene in Buncombe County. We will be removing trash and debris along the riparian areas. This is a land-based clean-up.
Earth Day Riverside Cleanup with Thomas Jefferson Academy near Rutherfordton, NC on 4/22
Public Boating Access on the Broad River at Hwy 221A 35.217227, -81.779467 35.217227, -81.779467, NCJoin your Broad Riverkeeper and students from Thomas Jefferson Academy for a riverside litter sweep at our newest public river access. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has added another public boating access to the Broad River Paddle Trail and we want to give it a good spring cleaning.
Black Mountain Parks Clean up with MountainTrue and Black Mountain Recreation & Parks 4/23
Come join the French Broad Riverkeeper and the Black Mountain Recreation and Parks team as we clean up the trash left behind by Hurricane Helene in Black Mountain, NC. We will be removing trash and debris along the riparian areas.
Please note this will be a land-based clean-up.