1st Annual Broad River Race Day
2019-06-01 12:45 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NC

Oklawaha Greenway Non-Native Invasive Plant Removal
2019-06-05 09:00 - 12:00 | NC

Saving Ash Trees from the Emerald Ash Borer
2019-06-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Transylvania County Public Library, Brevard, 212 South Gaston Street, Brevard, NC, 28712, United States
Josh Kelly, Public Lands Biologist for MountainTrue will give an informational presentation on the emerald ash borer beetle. The presentation will include information on the ecology and abundance of ash in the region, what landowners can do to save treasured trees, and the efforts of MountainTrue and the Pisgah Conservancy to “Save Pisgah’s Ashes”.

Richmond Hill Invasive Species Workday
2019-06-08 09:00 - 13:00, 2019-07-13 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

Lewis Creek Preserve Nature Walk
2019-06-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Edneyville Community Center, 15 Ida Rogers Drive, Hendersonville, NC

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Climate Change
2019-06-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
We will hear from climate scientist Deke Arndt. Check back later for more details.

Green River Fun Float
2019-06-14 11:00 - 16:00 | Polk County Parks and Recreation, 105 N Peak St, Columbus, NC, 28722

Paddlein' & Pints Day
2019-06-15 12:00 - 18:00 | Oskar Blues Brewery, 342 Mountain Industrial Drive, Brevard, NC, 28712
On June 15th Oskar Blues is hosting a day-long celebration of rivers, boating and beer, and they will be releasing a specialty beer that benefits MountainTrue.
Oskar Blues will have an expo of paddling companies and a public paddle trip down the French Broad River (hosted by Headwaters Outfitters). Aaron Burdett (www.aaronburdett.com) is going to be the headlining music act performing at 6pm. We will have table at the event, so come stop by and support us by drinking some beer! It’s going to be a fun day of celebrating rivers, paddlers everywhere, river conservation and good beer.

Rhythm & Brews: Big Daddy Love and Travers Brothership
2019-06-20 17:30 - 21:30 | Downtown Hendersonville, 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States

Upper French Broad Riverfest
2019-06-22 10:00 - 15:30 | Champion Park and Rosman Town Hall, 6 Main St, Rosman, NC, 28772
A free, family-oriented festival takes place riverside at Rosman’s Champion Park. Enjoy food trucks, music and lots of games and activities for kids – including tubing rides, archery, fishing, a scavenger hunt, live reptiles, balloons, face painting and more! Come watch the start of the 20-mile Hellbender Paddle Relay sponsored by Headwaters Outfitters, visit with our vendors and exhibitors and celebrate the River. Come check out our table!

Invasive Plant Species Workshop and Workday
2019-06-28 09:00 - 12:00 | The Valle Crucis Community Park, 2892 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, NC, 28604, United States
The High Country Habitat Restoration Coalition is comprised of local agencies, consultants, and non-profit organizations with the mission to battle non-native species in our area.
Please join us for a one hour classroom presentation by MountainTrue’s non-native plants species expert Bob Gale. Participants will then have the opportunity to implement the skills they’ve learned by helping remove Knotweed in beautiful Valle Crucis Community Park.
The program is scheduled from 9am-12pm. Feel free to bring a lunch and stay longer.
Please bring work gloves if you have them and a water bottle. Be prepared to be outside!

Riverkeeper Beer Series with Wicked Weed
2019-06-29 13:00 - 17:00 | Wicked Weed, 91 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Food Security: Rescuing and Growing Food toward Community Flourishing
2019-07-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
For this month’s Green Drinks we will be joined by Kevin Todd, a Gleaner and Food Security Activist. His talk is entitled: Food Security: Rescuing and Growing Food toward Community Flourishing and will focus on issues of food security in WNC and ways that gleaners and other food security activists are tackling the issue. Join us for networking at 5:30pm before the talk at 6:00pm.
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Day Hike with Museum of the Cherokee Indian Staff
2019-07-13 10:00 - 13:00 | Wesser Creek Trail

Riverkeeper Beer Series with French Broad River Brewery
2019-07-13 13:00 - 17:00 | French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road #D, Asheville, NC, 28803

Legislative Wrap Up Event
2019-07-17 18:30 - 20:00 | The Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St., Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Come out to the Wedge at Foundation to hear MountainTrue’s lobbyist, Rob Lamme, share his main takeaways from the latest legislative session and answer questions on how to impact environmental issues in Raleigh from our mountains. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the political context in which our elected state representatives make decisions and get involved with the MountainTrue’s work to influence state policy.

Rhythm & Brews: Kenny George Band and Colby Dietz Band
2019-07-18 17:30 - 21:30 | Downtown Hendersonville, 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States

Snorkeling with the Watauga Riverkeeper
2019-07-27 09:00 - 12:00 | The Valle Crucis Community Park, 2892 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, NC, 28604, United States

French Broad Float
2019-07-31 - 2019-08-02 | NC

Building Our City: Kristen Jeffers
2019-08-07 18:00 - 19:30 | The Collider, Suite 401, 1 Haywood St., Asheville, North Carolina, 28801
Kristen E. Jeffers is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Black Urbanist multimedia platform, author of A Black Urbanist (second edition forthcoming), creator of the public speaking course Plan to Speak and 1/2 of the podcast Third Wave Urbanism, as well as a freelance writer, urban planner and advocate. She holds a Master of Public Affairs focused on community and economic development from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Arts in communication with a concentration in public relations from North Carolina State University.
More info about the specifics of Kristen’s talk coming soon, stay tuned. Please RSVP here.
Doors open at 5:30pm. Program begins at 6pm.

Richmond Hill Invasive Species Removal Workday
2019-08-10 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

One Cello, One Planet: Winston-Salem
2019-08-11 15:00 - 16:30 | Parkway United Church of Christ, 1465 Irving St, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103

Muddy Water Watch Training
2019-08-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Mill Spring Agricultural Center, 156 School Rd, Mill Spring, NC, 28756

Rhythm & Brews: Tellico and Fireside Collective 7
2019-08-15 17:30 - 21:30 | Downtown Hendersonville, 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States

One Cello, One Planet: Black Mountain
2019-08-16 19:30 - 21:00 | First Christian Church of Black Mountain, 201 Blue Ridge Rd., Black Mountain, NC, 28711, United States

Renewal: Celebrating the Merger of the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition and MountainTrue
2019-08-17 17:30 - 21:00 | Staurolite Farm, 60 Staurolite Drive, Brasstown, NC, 28902

One Cello, One Planet: Tryon
2019-08-18 15:00 - 16:30 | The Congregational Church – United Church of Christ, 210 Melrose Ave, Tryon, NC, 28782

One Cello, One Planet: Hendersonville
2019-08-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe street, Hendersonville, NC, 28791

Riverkeeper Beer Series with the Wedge
2019-08-24 13:00 - 17:00 | The Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St., Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
