MountainTrue University: How Local governments are responding to Climate Change
2021-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NC

Solarize Asheville-Buncombe Launch Event
2021-04-07 18:00 - 19:00 | NC
Solarize Asheville-Buncombe will kick off our long-awaited community-based group purchasing campaign to help local property owners access affordable solar power with a virtual launch event on April 7. The event will feature Vice-Mayor Sheneika Smith, Buncombe County Commission Chair Brownie Newman, local campaign organizers and others!

Solarize campaigns harness the power of the crowd to save some major green while residences and businesses go green; the more community members that participate, the greater the savings!

The Solarize campaign is guided by a coalition of 11 local organizations including MountainTrue, Green Built Alliance, Green Opportunities and Hood Huggers International. The April 7 launch event will introduce and explain how solar power equipment, battery storage and energy-saving technologies are available for the first time locally through a group-purchasing platform this year in Buncombe County.

Participants will learn about the benefits of solar, new clean energy technologies such as battery storage, available incentives and how the program works. Participants will also get the chance to meet the campaign organizers and the selected contractors!

Click here to sign up for the event and access the zoom link

Spring Headwaters & Wildflower Hike
2021-04-09 10:00 - 16:00 | NC

Socially Distant Green River Spring Cleaning
2021-04-10 10:00 - 16:00 | NC

PHHAT Workday
2021-04-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-04-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-04-23 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-04-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Fishtop Access, 2302 Green River Cove, Saluda, North Carolina, 28773
Join the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT) as we work to protect hemlock trees along the Green River from the deadly woolly adelgid. PHHAT works in areas only accessible by boat in the Green River Game Lands. Treatment areas will be selected based on need, conditions, and paddling experience of crew members and may involve Class II up to Class V whitewater. Boats and gear may be available to borrow for Class II sections, but for Class III and up you are required to bring your own gear and have the skills necessary to navigate the rapids safely.
Please email our Green Riverkeeper at gray@mountaintrue.org for more information and to get involved.

Socially Distant Lake Adger Spring Cleaning
2021-04-17 09:00 - 16:00 | NC

Canceled: Island Park Invasive Plant Volunteer Work Session
2021-04-17 11:00 - 14:00 | NC

Source Tracking in the French Broad: What is it, and what does it mean for our water quality?
2021-04-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar–online

Mud Creek Non-native Invasive Species Removal Volunteer Workday
2021-04-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Mud Creek Campsite on the French Broad River

Bearwallow CCA Spring Hike
2021-04-22 09:00 - 12:00 | NC

Earth Day Vigil
2021-04-25 18:00 - 19:15 | NC

Western Region Spring Hike
2021-05-08 09:30 - 14:30 | NC

RESCHEDULED - High Country Wildflower Hike
2021-05-09 13:00 - 17:00 | NC

Wildflower Hike
2021-05-12 10:00 - 15:00 | NC

Getting Around Car-Free: Strive Not To Drive Webinar
2021-05-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Webinar–online
MountainTrue and AARP, in cooperation with partners of Strive Not to Drive, will be hosting a webinar on May 13 at 12:30pm to highlight some alternative modes of getting around town that might inspire people to leave their cars in park for a while. The goal is to inform people about recent infrastructure changes, plans for future improvements, and new facilities.
The program will cover three main topic areas: transit, streets & sidewalks (make-overs to complete streets), and greenways. To cover each topic we will show a couple of short videos highlighting a local user of that mode of transport talking about how and why they use it, followed by Q&A with the audience and expert guests. The hope is to both inspire people through the storytellers and videos, but also field specific questions about how to access and use any new infrastructure developments in our area.
Register here through the AARP website to sign up and receive the zoom link: https://bit.ly/3mnfNso

MTU Climate Series: Climate Change in our Mountains and Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation
2021-05-20 11:00 - 12:00 | NC

Spring Tree ID Hike
2021-05-22 10:00 - 12:00 | NC

Building Our City with Heather Worthington
2021-05-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar–online

Broad River Spring Sweep
2021-05-29 10:00 - 16:00 | NC

Lewis Creek Preserve Nature Walk
2021-06-01 09:00 - 11:00 | NC

Upper Green River Inflatable Kayak Trip
2021-06-04 09:00 - 13:00 | NC

HCO June Snorkel
2021-06-04 10:00 - 12:00 | NC

2021 BioBlitz: Tri-County Smackdown!
2021-06-05 - 2021-06-19 | NC
With Spring finally in tow, we are excited to announce our 2021 BioBlitz! Every year, MountainTrue hosts this event to get experts, naturalists, and learners outdoors to document every living organism we can find. This year, we will host a regional competition, a tri-county smackdown to determine the 2021 champion of biodiversity. Our competitors will show off their county pride and natural curiosity in this WNC regional bio-battle. We’re thrilled to share that our competitors in the 2021 BioBlitz are Jackson, Watauga, and Transylvania counties!
The competition kicks off on June 5th, when we will launch the events on iNaturalist and begin accepting submissions. Scores will be tallied by county and by individual, with prizes and bragging rights in store for our winners (note: you must sign up using the form below to be eligible to win). Scoring categories for counties will include numbers of observations, species, and participants, while scoring categories for individuals will include overall best observation as well as numbers of observations, species, birds, arthropods (including insects!), and fungi. Submit the form below to register to participate and be eligible to win!
In 2020 when we launched our very first iNaturalist-powered BioBlitz, we were blown away to find that 97 observers documented over 1,100 unique species! This year, with a hybrid event consisting of remote and in-person activities, and expanding the blitz from one county to three, we can’t wait to see what kinds of observations our participants will have to share. Tell your friends, neighbors, family, and fellow naturalists and citizen scientists, and get prepared for a BioBlitz like no other!

High Elevation In-Person BioBlitz in Jackson County
2021-06-06 14:00 - 17:00 | Richland Balsam Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Richland Balsam Overlook, Canton, 28716

No Man's Land Film Festival 2021
2021-06-11 18:30 - 23:30 | NC
MountainTrue is excited to host our 4th Annual screening of the No Man’s Land Film Festival to celebrate the many opportunities we have to play outside in the Southern Blue Ridge and the need to protect the places we play for the future. This year’s film program will highlight intrepid climate activists, conservationists, problem solvers, committed grassroots organizers, and environmental justice champions – all women, and all inspiring! We will also showcase a few of MountainTrue’s own intrepid adventurers and climate activists who will share how their love for mountains and rivers compelled them to join the movement for climate justice.
Since we aren’t able to host the festival in person, we will be screening it virtually. After registering, you’ll receive a link and log in information to use to watch the films. You will have a 24-hour time frame in which to watch the ~90 minutes of films, starting at 6:30pm on June 11th.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Broad River Race Day and Fun Float
2021-06-12 13:00 - 15:30 | Lake Houser, Township 2, Boiling Springs, NC, 28017, United States

Riverkeeper Beer Series River Clean Up with Wicked Weed
2021-06-12 13:00 - 17:00 | NC
