MountainTrue

Save our Ashes! Volunteer Training
2017-01-28 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
MountainTrue needs your help to Save our Ashes!
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is spreading rapidly across our region, destroying ash trees in their wake! We are helping the Forest Service to save some of our precious ashes in the region.
MountainTrue is launching a “Save our Ashes” program. Teams of volunteers supported by MountainTrue Staff will survey for ash along the Appalachian Trail. We’ll collect data density and size (diameter) of ash in plots located along trails, and plot and record each location a GPS. Participants will become proficient in identification of trees during winter, the use of forestry tools and a GPS unit. Data collected will be used to make an ash hotspot map that will help prioritize the preservation of a few ecologically and culturally significant sites for ash in our area.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
If you’re interested in participating, be sure you sign up for this training on January 28th, 11am-4pm at the Bartam Trail in the Nantahala Gorge.
Follow this link to sign up, or email forestkeeper@mountaintrue.org with any questions.

Live Staking Plant-n-Paddle
2017-01-24 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2016-12-20 10:00 - 16:00, 2016-12-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2016-12-07 10:00 - 16:00
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. These stakes will grow into trees that will stabilize the sides of the rivers and creeks where we plant them, and will reduce the overall amount of sediment getting into the river.
We’ll be planting all through March, so come out to one or more of our Paddle-n-Plant work days!
Follow this link to sign up & read more about what to bring, what to expect, and what other work day dates are coming up!

Volunteer at the 10th Anniversary Winter Warmer Beer Festival
2017-01-21 15:00 - 19:00 | U.S. Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
We need volunteers like you to help make this year’s Winter Warmer Beer Festival another success!
Get free access to a huge beer festival and help support MountainTrue in the process! Volunteer shifts run for 3.5 hours and include a variety of jobs, including selling merchandise, recycling management, and more! Volunteers can come before and stay after their volunteer shift, so they can enjoy the event to the full.
Note: There is a mandatory volunteer training Monday, January 16th from 5:30pm-6:30pm.
Click here to sign up & join us for what’s sure to be a good time!

Winter Warmer Beer Festival
2017-01-21 15:00 - 19:00 | U.S. Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Mark your calendars for the 10th Anniversary Asheville Winter Warmer Beer Festival on Saturday, January 21, 2017, from 3:00 – 7:00pm – provided to you by MountainTrue and ThreeSheets:Design.
This year’s Winter Warmer event will be held at the U.S. Cellular Center Asheville (Asheville Civic Center) again, in Downtown Asheville. Thanks to all of you, each year’s festival is bigger and better than the year before – so hopefully, 2017’s 10 Year Anniversary Winter Warmer Festival will be the best yet!
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW – Click HERE
We highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance, as previous years’ events have sold out.
Interested in volunteering to help make this event awesome?? Click HERE to sign up!!

Save our Ashes! Volunteer Training
2017-01-14 11:00 - 16:00
MountainTrue needs your help to Save our Ashes!
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is spreading rapidly across our region, destroying ash trees in their wake! We are helping the Forest Service to save some of our precious ashes in the region.
MountainTrue is launching a “Save our Ashes” program. Teams of volunteers supported by MountainTrue Staff will survey for ash along the Appalachian Trail. We’ll collect data density and size (diameter) of ash in plots located along trails, and plot and record each location a GPS. Participants will become proficient in identification of trees during winter, the use of forestry tools and a GPS unit. Data collected will be used to make an ash hotspot map that will help prioritize the preservation of a few ecologically and culturally significant sites for ash in our area.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
If you’re interested in participating, be sure you sign up for this training on January 14th, 11am-4pm at the Green River Gamelands.
There is another training day scheduled for January 28th, 11am-4pm at the Bartam Trail in the Nantahala Gorge.
Follow this link to sign up, or email forestkeeper@mountaintrue.org with any questions.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: 2017 Clean Energy Preview
2017-01-12 17:30 - 19:30 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
January 12: Hendersonville Green Drinks: 2017 Clean Energy Preview
Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, January 12, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speaker Ned Ryan Doyle, long time solar and sustainable community advocate, former coordinator of the Southern Energy & Environment Expo and host of ‘Our Southern Community’ radio, to speak on upcoming trends relating to solar and clean energy for WNC. Ned is currently the co-chair of the Technology Working Group of the WNC Energy Innovation Task Force.
Ned will discuss: What’s on the solar and clean energy horizon for WNC in 2017? Will changes in NC leadership offset developments on the federal level? How are things progressing with community engagement in WNC regarding Duke Energy’s Modernization Plan and the Energy Innovation Task Force, formed in 2016?
What: Hendersonville Green Drinks: Green Gifting.
Who: Ned Ryan Doyle, host of ‘Our Southern Community’ radio and co-chair of the Technology Working Group of the WNC Energy Innovation Task Force.
Where: Black Bear Coffee Co. 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
When: Thursday, January 12, networking at 5:30 p.m. , presentation at 6:00 p.m.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks: Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue and the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. 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.

After the Wildfires: Mitigating Climate Change and Adapting to the New Normal
2016-12-19 16:00 - 18:00 | The Collider, Suite 401, 1 Haywood St., Asheville, North Carolina, 28801
Jim Fox, Director of UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center, and Josh Kelly, Public Lands Field Biologist at MountainTrue, will discuss how climate change is impacting Western North Carolina at the Climate Collider on Monday, December 19 at 4 p.m..
In the wake of a historic wildfire season that has burned more than 150,000 acres throughout the Southeast, forced residents from their homes and cost the lives of 14 people in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the two speakers will address how climate change is affecting our region as well as strategies for mitigation and better management of our forests to reduce the threat of wildfires to human development. After their presentations, speakers will take questions from the crowd.
What: After the Wildfires: Mitigating Climate Change and Adapting to the New Normal
Who: Jim Fox, Director of UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center, and Josh Kelly, Public Lands Field Biologist at MountainTrue.
Where: Collider 1 Haywood St., Suite 401 (4th Floor Wells Fargo Building) Asheville, NC
When: Monday, December 19 at 4 p.m. to 6 p.m..
Interested in coming? Use this link to let us know you’re coming!

Richmond Hill Park Invasive Removal Work Day
2016-12-10 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
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! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park.
We’ll provide all gloves, equipment and necessary instructions. Please bring snacks, water and a rain jacket and wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes (no open shoes or sandals allowed for safety).
Sign up now!

December 8: Hendersonville Green Drinks: Green Gifting for the Holidays
2016-12-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
December 8: Hendersonville Green Drinks: Green Gifting for the Holidays
Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, December 8, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Adrienne Brown with Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Christine Brown with Asheville GreenWorks. The will be discussing “Green Gifting” — sustainable, environmentally friendly gift ideas for the holidays.

Adrienne Brown studied Environmental Studies and German at Dickinson College. She has been working in the Outreach sector of non-profits for nearly three years now. Currently she is serving a term with AmeriCorps Project Conserve at Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy doing Community Outreach and Environmental Education.
Christine Brown graduated Magna Cum Lauda from Auburn University with a degree in Environmental Science. She is currently an environmental educator at Asheville GreenWorks where she enjoys teaching the next generation about urban forestry, water quality and waste reduction through recycling and composting.

Creation Care Alliance General Meeting
2016-11-17 17:30 - 19:00 | First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak Street, Asheville, NE, 28801, United States
Join the Creation Care Alliance of WNC for a general meeting as we inspire one another to good work and discuss our work empowering care for creation. We will connect with one another and explore ways to care for creation. Everyone is welcome! The meeting will be held in the First Baptist Church of Asheville in Room MB306, which is upstairs. If you have any questions, please contact Scott Hardin-Nieri at scott@creationcarealliance.org.

Mavis Staples Concert to Benefit the French Broad River
2016-11-13 19:00 - 23:00 | The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
MountainTrue is proud to welcome Mavis Staples to Asheville for a concert to benefit the French Broad River on November 13 at The Orange Peel. Tickets are on sale now at The Orange Peels box office and on their website, theorangepeel.net
Proceeds from the concert support the work of the French Broad Riverkeeper, a program of MountainTrue and the primary protector and defender of the French Broad River watershed. Asheville-based artist Lyric will perform with her band as the opening act and will also perform a special acoustic set at a VIP event at PULP (The Orange Peel’s lower level private club) before the show.
The concert is presented by MountainTrue, 98.1 The River and Mountain Xpress and is generously sponsored by The Matt & Molly Team, Movement Mortgage and Prestige Subaru.
Mavis Staples is living, breathing history. She is an alchemist of American music, having continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles. Weaving herself into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip hop over the last 60 years, this iconic singer has seen and sung through so many changes, always rising up to meet every road.
Now in her seventh decade, with the release of her new album Livin’ on a High Note (ANTI-), she is only gaining momentum. Produced by M. Ward with songs by Neko Case, Justin Vernon, Nick Cave, Ben Harper, Tune-Yards, Aloe Blacc and others, the album serves as a summation and furtherance of her illustrious career.
Since her first recording at age 13 in 1954, Mavis Staples has learned from, worked with, and schooled countless legends, and has brought her own timeless talent to every performance. From the Delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s with her father, Pops, and her brother and sisters as The Staple Singers, to the freedom songs of the Civil Rights era, to pop radio stardom during the Stax era with hits “I’ll Take You There” and “Respect Yourself,” to The Last Waltz, to serving as muse to both Bob Dylan and Prince at the peak of their careers, to 21st century collaborations with Van Morrison, Billy Preston, Zac Brown, Ry Cooder, Chuck D. and Willie Nelson, to her GRAMMY®-winning partnership with fellow Chicagoan Jeff Tweedy, the one constant has been Mavis and her singular voice. She has embraced her evolution, absorbing new sounds and ideas, rising to meet the challenges of longevity and bringing her message of hope and positivity to new listeners, song after song, show after show.
About Lyric
With an enlightened mixture of pop, soul, funk and bowties, Lyric awakens an undiscovered spirit within their audience. Lyric; lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist plays a funky rhythm guitar with sizzling leads accompanied by her soul gripping lead vocals. Her father, Dave Matthews, has roots in 70’s funk style slap bass and holds down the foundation with a playful flare on funk. Mike Berlin locks down the beat on drums, with influences from his hometown of South Baton Rouge, New Orleans.

Richmond Hill Park Invasive Removal Work Day
2016-11-12 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
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! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park.
We’ll provide all gloves, equipment and necessary instructions. Please bring snacks, water and a rain jacket and wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes (no open shoes or sandals allowed for safety).
Sign up!

Hendersonville Green Drinks with the French Broad Riverkeeper
2016-11-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, November 10, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Jack Henderson, MountainTrue’s Americorps Water Quality Administrator, who will discuss MountainTrue’s various volunteer-driven water quality monitoring programs and the work the organization does to keep our rivers safe, clean places to paddle and play.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue and the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. 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.

Public Hearing: Cliffside Coal Ash Water Permit
2016-11-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Boiling Springs Town Hall, 114 East College Avenue , Boiling Springs, NC , 28152
Please attend a public hearing on Tuesday, November 10th at 6pm to tell the NC Department of Environmental Quality that our families deserve clean water, not a permit that allows Duke Energy to turn our streams into coal ash pollution ditches. Under the proposed permit, Duke Energy could dump unlimited arsenic, mercury and lead into our waterways from the leaking, unlined coal ash pits at its Cliffside power plant. Our state should protect people, not polluters!

Green River Game Land Hike
2016-11-06 12:30 - 17:00
Join us for a Fall hike through the Green River Game Lands! Hear from MountainTrue experts about nonnative invasive species, conservation efforts in the area, and more!
The hike is Sunday, November 6th from 12:30pm – 5pm, and will cover 3-4 miles of trail.
Click here to sign up & learn more!

MountainTrue Fall Gathering/Annual Meeting
2016-10-26 18:00 - 20:00 | New Belgium Brewing Company, 21 Craven St, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
Join MountainTrue staff, board members, general body members and other community members at New Belgium for our 2016 Annual Gathering to talk about the organization and meet environmental advocates in Western North Carolina.
. Expect great beer, delicious food and some sweet, sweet jams from Asheville’s very own The Midnight Plowboys.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL CURRENT MEMBERS.
MountainTrue 2016 Fall Gathering
Wednesday October 26 from 6 PM to 8 PM
New Belgium Brewery’s Brewhouse
21 Craven Street, Asheville

If you’re a current member, RSVP HERE.

If you would like to join or renew your membership, CLICK HERE.
(Once you’ve joined or renewed, don’t forget to rsvp!)

If you’re not sure about your member status, see if your name is on our current member list. CLICK HERE.

We look forward to seeing you!

Fall Scenic Hike
2016-10-16 09:00 - 15:30
Join MountainTrue Ecologist & Public Lands Director Bob Gale for a Fall Scenery Hike to remember! We’ll be doing a light trek on the Pilot Cove Loop up to a rock face with a beautiful vista of the Pisgah National Forest and some bright fall foliage. If we’re really lucky, we’ll get to see some migrating monarch butterflies surfing the warm thermal wind over the outcrop. Monarch populations have suffered in recent years, so keep your fingers crossed. Bob will discuss the challenges to their incredible migrating journey, and will also interpret the flora and fauna along the way.
This is a 3-3/4 mile round-trip loop, which begins along a creek, goes through old growth and other forest communities, and offers distant views. Bob will discuss forestry practices, and a walk through beaver-altered habitat.
Hiking (and resting time): approximately 4 hours. Involves an initial short of somewhat steep climb and a couple of other short uphill climbs along a ridge before descending for the second half of the trip.
Location: Meet at Earthfare in the Westgate Shopping Center, 66 Westgate Pkwy, Asheville at 8:45am (we will depart at 9am)
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 14th, 2016 at noon!
What to Bring:
-Hiking boots, lunch/snacks, water bottle (make sure to bring lots of water!), sturdy clothing to hike in (no flip-flops!), camera, sunscreen, medications for any allergies, etc.
*Be prepared for rainy or cold weather – raincoat, warm jacket/layers as needed*
Sign up today!

Richmond Hill Invasive Removal Work Day
2016-10-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

Harvest Celebration Potluck Dinner - Creation Care Alliance WNC
2016-10-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC, 28804, United States
Tour a community garden and learn how to start one at a Harvest Celebration Potluck Dinner on Thursday, October 6 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave. Bring a seasonal covered dish to share and a plate/utensils for everyone in your party. Drinks will be provided. Hosted by Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolinahttp://www.creationcarealliance.org.
Harvest Celebration Potluck Dinner
Speaker: Susan Sides
Founder and Director of the Lord’s Acre Garden in Fairview

Bring a seasonal covered dish to share in thanks for locally grown food.
Tour the Grace Covenant garden with Buzz Durham and see what is being harvested.
Learn about starting a community garden from Susan Sides of the Lord’s Acre.
Get involved with Creation Care Alliance this fall!

Bring a plate/utensils for everyone in your party. Drinks will be provided.
Hosted by Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina http://www.creationcarealliance.org

French Broad River Flotilla
2016-10-06 14:45 - 17:00
It’s time to act like a pirate and steal all the booty from the French Broad. We’re aiming to create a Litter Flotilla to help clean the river and celebrate the 5Point Film Festival!
Sign up to help today!

Second Annual Cane Creek Tire Pull & River Clean-Up
2016-09-28 10:00 - 17:00
Come on out to de-tire Cane Creek! We filled all our boats with dozens of tires from Cane Creek last year. We couldn’t get them all, so we want to tackle the rest. We’ll meet at Fletcher Community Park at 10am on September 28, 2016, and will provide boats, gloves and gear! Click here to find out more and sign up to join us on the 28!

Nonnative Invasive Species Removal Work Day
2016-09-26 09:00 - 13:00
Come on out to join us for a work day to remove Japanese Stiltgrass from a wetland forest near the North Carolina Arboretum! Japanese Stiltgrass is a widespread invasive species in the Western North Carolina region, and it doesn’t spread its seeds until late September or early October. Help us remove as many of the invasive plants as possible on Monday, September 26 from 9am-1pm before they spread seeds and become even more widespread!
Signup now and you’ll receive more information from us on what to bring & where to meet!

Section Paddle: Paint Rock to Del Rio
2016-09-24 10:00 - 17:00
Join the French Broad Riverkeeper for a section paddle trip on the French Broad River! This trip will be from Paint Rock to Del Rio as a class II/III rapids section with stretches of moderate paddling water. The cost is $10 per person. You can bring your own boat if you have one or we encourage you to rent from local outfitters since this trip will be in whitewater.
Mileage: 12.5
Meet at 10 a.m. at Paint Rock.
We’ll run shuttle before putting on the river. Just bring yourself, your boat/gear, your lunch, your sunscreen, your water bottle and your best high five.
Sign up for a paddle trip today!
Contact Anna Alsobrook if you have questions at anna@mountaintrue.org or at (828) 258-8737 ext 212.

Pisgah Pride Day 2016
2016-09-24 08:00 - 14:00 | The Pisgah Forest, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, 28768
Join volunteers for the first ever Pisgah Pride Day! Volunteers will be working with The Pisgah Conservancy and the Forest Service to complete projects all over Pisgah National Forest as a part of National Public Lands Day. Follow the link to sign up and for more information on this fun volunteer opportunity!
