In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.
The French Broad Riverkeeper and MountainTrue are combating sediment erosion in our local waterways. Sediment is a major polluter in our river basin, clogging fish and aquatic habitats, increasing water temperatures, and transporting toxic substances. We are helping to reduce the amount of sediment that flows into our rivers by planting live-stakes along eroding riverbanks. […]
Author and film producer Justin Rhodes will speak about raising permaculture chickens. Rhodes has taught thousands of folks how to live more sustainable (freedom filled) lives. Learn more at AbundantPermaculture.com What: Stop Working So Hard - Let Chickens Do It Who: Justin Rhodes, author and film producer. Where: Black Bear Coffee Co. 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, […]
MountainTrue relies on our volunteers to monitor stream health throughout Henderson County. Volunteers are encouraged to participate in biomonitoring twice per year, once in April and once in October. Stream Monitoring Information Exchange (SMIE) is a biomonitoring program in which we sample aquatic macro-invertebrates, or aquatic insects, as indicators of water quality. Participants will learn […]
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! We’ll provide all gloves, equipment and instruction needed. Please bring snacks, water, rain jacket and wear long pants, […]
Join us for a moderate 7-mile Saturday hike along the Green River with MountainTrue’s very own ecologist Bob Gale! This is a great late winter hike which follows the Green River and offers continuous views from the river's quiet stretches to its most intense rapids. We’ll look for early wildflowers and migrating warblers. Because it lies at […]
Coal ash dumpsites at Cliffside power plant (Rogers Energy Complex) have been dumping toxic pollution to ground and surface waters for years. However, N.C.'s Department of Environmental Quality(DEQ) is currently not requiring Duke Energy to clean up Cliffside. Attend one of the two hearings in both affected counties and tell DEQ that these sites need […]
Get your "green" on with MountainTrue, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative this St. Patrick's Day for a workday in Sandy Mush to tackle trash & debris and promote hemlock health. We need hard workers who can tote tires up slope and out of the […]
Join MountainTrue and the OM Sanctuary to help remove invasive plant species from their conservation easement! The OM Sanctuary's conservation easement is very close to Richmond Hill Park and removing invasive plant species from the area is good news for native plants, birds, and other wildlife! The first restoration workday will be on Saturday, March […]
Join the collaboration between MountainTrue and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative as we treat hemlocks in an effort to protect them from the hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA). Eastern and Carolina hemlock populations are declining due to the HWA, a small pest thriving off the hemlock's stored and available nutrients. MountainTrue and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative are […]
MountainTrue, the Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina and Krull & Company – socially and environmentally responsible investment management and financial planning – are pleased to present climate scientist and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe for four special events, April 5-6. Katharine Hayhoe is featured in the Showtime documentary, “Years of Living Dangerously” and is […]
