In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.
Join us on Thursday, May 11, as Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Kate Lis from Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy to speak on the issue of food waste components of our food system that can be altered to become more sustainable for all.
Join MountainTrue for the 2017 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, featuring the year’s best short-form nature, wilderness and outdoor adventure films. This year's festival takes place on the beautiful grounds of Sierra Nevada’s Mills River Brewery under the open sky of an outdoor amphitheater carved into the side of a hill and located on the banks of the French Broad River. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Get there early to grab a drink, explore the gardens and snag a prime viewing spot!
Join MountainTrue on Saturday, May 13th from 9am-12pm as we explore the legacy of Urban Renewal policies, their impacts on Asheville’s communities of color, and the continuing tensions that threaten our community’s future.
With Asheville rated as one of the fastest gentrifying cities in the U.S., it is critically important that we make land use, planning and development choices thoughtfully and inclusively. This program will include a facilitated discussion at the Wesley Grant Center featuring guest speakers Sheneika Smith, founder of Date My City, and Sarah Judson, history professor at UNC Asheville. After the discussion, the group will board a Gray Line Trolley for a custom tour led by Hood Huggers International's DeWayne Barton and MountainTrue's Co-Director Julie Mayfield.
Are you interested in helping to restore native plants to Asheville’s largest forested park? Take part in one of MountainTrue’s Invasive Plant Removal Days at Richmond Hill Park. The park is home to many special native plant and animal species, and with your help we can help them thrive.
Join MountainTrue for the second annual Bluff Mountain Bio-Blitz, a citizen-science program to inventory the biological diversity of Bluff Mountain near Hot Springs, North Carolina.
To hear updates from MountainTrue's Julie Mayfield and other members of the Energy Innovation Task Force, a partnership formed to reduce energy use in Buncombe County, attend this Sierra Club meeting on June 7.
Want to get involved in Hendersonville's Pollinator Month this June? Join MountainTrue experts for this hike along a meandering creek in Edneyville, NC to observe many habitats for local wildlife and plants.
Join us on Thursday, June 8, as Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Jonathan Feldman from Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy as he presents on disaster preparedness in the backcountry to include essential gear, basic survival tips and common scenarios one might encounter in the backcountry.
Join us for a morning in the mountains with an ecology lesson from MountainTrue's expert ecologist Bob Gale and some gentle yoga led by Inner Wild Yoga's Nathalie Claes. We'll be hiking Sam's Knob Summit Trail near Black Balsam along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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