Rhythm & Brews: Kenny George Band and Colby Dietz Band
2019-07-18 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 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

One Cello, One Planet: Asheville
2019-08-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Jubilee! Community Church, 46 Wall St, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States

Riverkeeper Beer Series with HiWire
2019-08-31 13:00 - 17:00 | French Broad Outfitters, 230 Hominy Creek Road, Asheville, NC, 28806

Plugged in Buncombe: Planning and Zoning Commission
2019-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | City Hall, 70 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC, 28801
In an effort to encourage Buncombe County residents to get plugged into our local democracy, we want you to join us at advisory board or committee meetings. These meetings are designed to encourage residents’ input on specific community issues at the city and county level. Staff from our organizations regularly attend these meetings, but for the next three months we will serve as your guide to understanding and engaging with these committees. We will be available before the meetings for questions and will stick around after to discuss the meeting.
The Planning and Zoning Commission is an advisory board to City Council that reviews text for proposed amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance; hears proposals to zone or change the zoning of property regulated under the UDO and then makes recommendations to City Council for final action; performs studies and surveys of the present conditions and probable future development of the City and its environs.
Plugged in Buncombe Representative: Chris Joyell, Director of Asheville Design Center, a program of MountainTrue that works to build healthy communities throughout WNC.

Open House at Mountain Research Station
2019-09-05 11:00 - 15:00 | Mountain Research Station, 265 Test Farm Road, Waynesville, NC, 28786
The Mountain Research Station is opening its doors to the public to highlight the work being done in North Carolina to combat the impact of the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive pest that is killing hemlocks throughout the eastern range of the tree. They will be offering a tour of the facilities of the Forest Restoration Alliance (FRA) at MRS beginning at 11 a.m. and concluding around 3 p.m.
A poster room on the station will provide information about other hemlock projects in NC. Subjects will include the challenges NC faces with other invasive exotic pests, the hemlock nursery work of the NC Forest Service, the efforts to save surviving hemlocks by the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, research to breed hemlocks resistant to HWA by FRA, the gene conservation work of Camcore, saving hemlocks in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and hemlock silvicultural research of the US Forest Service. Work on American chestnut restoration by The American Chestnut Foundation will also be displayed, and MountainTrue will be displaying information about our work protecting ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer.

Fourth Annual Sarah Sweep
2019-09-07 10:00 - 21:00 | Double Shoals Mill, 199 Old Mill Rd., Shelby, NC, 28150, United States

Riverkeeper Beer Series with Catawba
2019-09-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Catawba Brewing Company, 63 Brook Street, Asheville, NC, 28801

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Get to Know Your Local Environmental Non-Profits
2019-09-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
This month’s Green Drinks will present a panel discussion featuring representatives from Conserving Carolina and MountainTrue. The environmental work that goes on in WNC is vitally important to sustaining the health, beauty, and well-being of our region and communities. On this panel, representatives from these two local environmental non-profits, both leaders in their field, will discuss what they do to protect the environment, clarify how their work supports and complements the other, and highlight ways you can get involved. The panel will also accept audience questions about the two organizations’ work. Join us for networking at 5:30pm before the panel 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.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Get to Know Your Local Environmental Orgs
2019-09-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, September 12th, Hendersonville Green Drinks presents a panel discussion featuring representatives from Conserving Carolina and MountainTrue. The environmental work that goes on in WNC is vitally important to sustaining the health, beauty, and well-being of our region and communities. On this panel, representatives from these two local environmental non-profits, both leaders in their field, will discuss what they do to protect the environment, clarify how their work supports and complements the other, and highlight ways you can get involved. The panel will also accept audience questions about the two organizations’ work.

Why Plant Natives?
2019-09-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Moss Memorial Library, 26 Anderson St, Hayesville, NC, 28904
MountainTrue Western Regional Program Coordinator, Tony Ward will discuss the importance of native plants for ornamental/landscape uses. He will identify native plants’ value as food for wildlife (and humans too!), wildlife habitat, and resistance to common pests and diseases. The talk will also cover the importance of native trees and shrubs along streams for sustaining good water quality. Several different native species will be highlighted and tips for identification provided.

Plugged in Buncombe: Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and Environment
2019-09-18 15:30 - 17:30 | City Hall, 70 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC, 28801
In an effort to encourage Buncombe County residents to get plugged into our local democracy, we want you to join us at advisory board or committee meetings. These meetings are designed to encourage residents’ input on specific community issues at the city and county level. Staff from our organizations regularly attend these meetings, but for the next three months we will serve as your guide to understanding and engaging with these committees. We will be available before the meetings for questions and will stick around after to discuss the meeting.
The Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment is the committee responsible for developing and recommending policy to support topics such as sustainable energy, waste reduction, sustainable economic development and land use planning. You can find other committees we will be attending as part of the Plugged in Buncombe initiative here.
Plugged in Buncombe Representative: Susan Bean, Community Engagement Manager for MountainTrue, an environmental advocacy non-profit that works to promote clean waters, resilient forests, and healthy communities.
Sign up here to let us know you’ll be attending.

Rhythm & Brews: Rad Trads and Honey Island Swamp Band
2019-09-19 17:30 - 21:30 | Downtown Hendersonville, 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States

Asheville Urban Tour
2019-09-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Vance Memorial

Cherokee Heritage Festival: Native Plant Walks
2019-09-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Cherokee Homestead Exhibit, 21 Davis Loop, Hayesville, NC, 28904
We will again participate in the Clay County Communities Revitalization Association’s Cherokee Heritage Festival at the Cherokee Homestead Exhibit in downtown Hayesville, NC. Enjoy traditional Cherokee dancing, cultural arts demonstrations, storytelling, frybread, singing and flute music during this free festival at the outdoor 17th century Cherokee Homestead Exhibit, one of five attractions along a 2-mile Cherokee History Trail in Hayesville. Featured Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will include nationally recognized storyteller and artist Davy Arch and the Oconaluftee Village dancers, as well as other award winning dancers and artisans from Cherokee, North Carolina.
At 11:30 and 1:30, MountainTrue Western Regional Program Coordinator, Tony Ward will guide participants along the easy Quanassee Path, identifying native and exotic species, as well as the problems associated with invasive plants. Tony will also discuss a bank stabilization project on Town Creek which flows beside the path and how native riparian vegetation along streams can have long-lasting benefits for erosion control, wildlife habitat and more. Please sign up for the walks at our table upon arrival to the festival.
There is no admission fee for the festival, parking, shuttle bus or Native Plant Walks.

Big Sweep at Westfeldt Park
2019-09-21 10:00 - 18:00 | Westfeldt Park, 83 Fanning Bridge Rd., Fletcher, NC, 28732, United States

Big Sweep on the Green River
2019-09-21 11:00 - 17:00 | Fishtop Access, 2302 Green River Cove, Saluda, North Carolina, 28773

Big Sweep on Lake Adger
2019-09-21 11:00 - 17:00 | Lake Adger Marina, 4585 State Rd 1138, Mill Spring, NC, 28756

Guardians of Our Troubled Waters – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
2019-09-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Lake Junaluska Assembly, Terrace Auditorium, 689 North Lakeshore Drive, Waynesville, NC, 28745, United States
What if we could smell our local rivers long before we could see them? What if our legacy was dead streams, poisonous water and a dying ecosystem? This was the story of our community not very long ago. Meet the River Heroes who said NO to the destruction of our Troubled Waters.Their passion, their activism and their call to save our waterways awoke our communities to the need for river stewardship. Their call still echoes today in the environmental efforts, land conservancies, river keepers, green businesses and engaged communities who are working to be the stewards nature is asking us to be.
Award-winning film director David Weintraub’s new documentary Guardians of Our Troubled Waters, tells the story of our communities and their deep connections to their rivers and streams as a source of spiritual and physical sustenance. With a focus on the French Broad and the Pigeon Rivers, the film presents lessons learned for today’s world.
This film screening is presented by WNC Climate Action Coalition. A panel discussion will follow the film screening featuring:
• David Weintraub, Director of the film
• Eric Romaniszyn, Haywood Waterways Executive Director
• Callie Moore, Western Regional Office Director, Mountain True
• and others to be announced
The panel will discuss rivers and water, but also climate change related to rivers and water.
