In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.
Audrey and Frank Peterman are the authors of Legacy on the Land: A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care, and Our True Nature: Finding a Zest for Life in the National Park System! They will deliver the keynote talk to UNC Asheville's 2018 Spring Greenfest, don't miss it!
In the interest of ensuring that the next 15 year management plan for our national forests is one that reflects our interests and priorities, MountainTrue is hosting this panel discussion to engage in constructive dialogue about working toward the common goal of a win-win forest management plan. Join the conversation!
In the interest of ensuring that the next 15 year management plan for our national forests is one that reflects our interests and priorities, MountainTrue is hosting this panel discussion to engage in constructive dialogue about working toward the common goal of a win-win forest management plan. Join the conversation!
On April 3, the Building Our City Speaker Series will welcome Hunter Franks, the Founder and Artistic Director of the League of Creative Interventionists. The event is free and open to the public.
Celebrate the arrival of Spring with this moderate 6.8 mile out-and-back hike into the Green River Gorge and join us in seeking out the season’s first ephemeral wildflowers such as trillium, bloodroot, and toothwort. Led by expert ecologist and MountainTrue Public Lands Director Bob Gale, we will explore the Green River Game Lands and its many forest communities and habitats.
Hartwell Carson, the French Broad Riverkeeper, will discuss the French Broad River Paddle Trail and the annual MountainTrue French Broad River Paddle Trip.
For the first time in a full-length documentary, contract farmers tell their stories, and industry experts reveal how the corporate production model pits farmer against farmer. Under Contract: Farmers and the Fine Print takes audiences across the American South and to Southern India to understand what’s happening to farmers living under contract and what we can do to change our food system for the better. Representatives from the Rural Advancement Foundation International and MountainTrue's French Broad Riverkeeper will be on hand to answer questions after the film
Come help MountainTrue add a new campsite to the French Broad Paddle Trail!
This month, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Mike Huffman, the Stormwater Quality Specialist for the City of Hendersonville. His talk will focus on different stormwater management techniques and how homeowners can implement these in their own homes.
Join the Green Riverkeeper, fellow paddlers and enthusiasts for a clean up of the Green River Gorge!
Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Wes Burlingame, an active volunteer with the Hendersonville Tree Board, Bullington Gardens, the Hendersonville Food Co-Op, Conserving Carolina (formerly CMLC), Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, and his favorite botanical gardens. Burlingame will address how to identify and utilize native plants in your home garden.
Join MountainTrue, 98.1 The River, and Lazy Otter Outfitters at Sanctuary Brewery for the next great installment of the Riverkeeper Beer Series! Come ready to float, clean up our river, and taste the release of the Riverkeeper Beer at the afterparty.
After a month of lending a hand, expanding environmental knowledge, and enjoying the beauty of WNC its time to celebrate all the good work the community has done. Come join us at New Belgium for some beer and good times!
The Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina, a program of MountainTrue, invites you to join us for a vigil celebrating God’s creation and calling on people of faith to care for it.
Elected officials from City of Asheville and Buncombe County will be making big decisions about government budgets in the next few months. This workshop will help you be an advocate for good community investment.
Come help MountainTrue and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to preserve our native biodiversity by engaging in the fight against non-native invasive plants!
It's time for Saluda's best block party of the year! Headliner Aaron Burdett Band will be playing a benefit concert for our Green Riverkeeper program.
Have you ever experienced the gritty charm of downtown Asheville’s largely undiscovered Carolina Lane? Perhaps you are more familiar with its more famous cousin, Chicken Alley? On May 5, these alleyways and nearby streets will host a Creative Intervention - that is, a one-day event that prototypes design interventions and art-based solutions that shift how the public interacts with urban spaces.