2024 Spring Green Kayak Raffle to support the Green Riverkeeper
Support our Southern Region Clean Water Team and Green Riverkeeper with your raffle ticket purchase. Enter to win a brand new Liquidlogic Coupe named....Saluda.
$10 – $25
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2024 5Point Film Screening Raffle benefiting MountainTrue in Asheville, NC
Support MountainTrue with your raffle ticket purchase. Enter to win one of three raffle packages.
Earth Day Kid’s Merchandise Design Contest
Calling all budding artists aged 10-14. In Honor of Earth Day, MountainTrue is hosting our first Kid's Merchandise Design Contest.
The winner will receive the chance to work with a professional designer to make their design merchandise ready AND a wearable item with their design on it. They will also be featured in a MountainTrue e-newsletter as the contest winner.
2024 Paddle Raffle to support MountainTrue and the Broad Riverkeeper
Support MountainTrue and the Broad Riverkeeper with your raffle ticket purchase. Enter to win a paddle designed and crafted by Broad Riverkeeper, David Caldwell.
$10 – $25
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MountainTrue Spring Clean on the Green with Co-Founder of LiquidLogic Kayaks, Shane Benedict in Saluda, NC
MountainTrue Spring Clean on the Green with Co-Founder of LiquidLogic Kayaks, Shane Benedict in Saluda, NC
Join MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper and Liquidlogic Co-founder Shane Benedict for the 14th Annual Green River Spring Cleaning!
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2024 Spring Green Bash in Saluda, NC
2024 Spring Green Bash in Saluda, NC
Get ready for an exciting day full of kayaking trips, waterfall rappelling, treks, cold beer, and good music when the Spring Green Bash — Saluda's favorite river and block party — returns on Saturday, May 4th! The whole Green River community is invited to the Spring Green Bash block party at Green River Adventures in downtown Saluda, NC.
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PHHAT Treatment Days on the Green with Hemlock Restoration Initiative on May 5th and May 25th
Join us on the Upper section of the Green River (class III) on May 5th and/or May 25th and become a member of the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT).
This collaboration between the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, American Whitewater, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper utilizes experienced whitewater paddlers to treat trees along the Green River. We use a custom protocol to protect hemlock trees from infestation and death by the woolly adelgid (a non-native sap-sucking insect), whilst ensuring the safety and protection of water quality.
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Coffee Hour with MountainTrue: French Broad Paddle Trail in Asheville, NC
Coffee Hour with MountainTrue: French Broad Paddle Trail in Asheville, NC
Join MountainTrue's French Broad Paddle Trail Manager, Jack Henderson, for a presentation and discussion focused on the history, current status, and upcoming opportunities for growth along the French Broad Paddle Trail here in North Carolina and Tennessee.
This talk will educate attendees on what Paddle Trail staff and partners do, where funding comes from and how it's used, the importance of equitable access, and some of the current projects we're most excited about.
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Invasive Plant Workday at Pinnacle Park in Sylva, NC Spring Series 2024
Invasive Plant Workday at Pinnacle Park in Sylva, NC Spring Series 2024
MountainTrue, in partnership with the Mainspring Conservation Trust and Pinnacle Park Foundation, will be hosting an invasive plant removal workday at the Pinnacle Park in Sylva, NC. This workday will be targeting nonnative invasive vines and shrubs like English Ivy, Burning Bush, and Multiflora Rose which are notorious for outcompeting native flora.
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Green Drinks in Hendersonville, NC: The French Broad Paddle Trail & Henderson County
Green Drinks in Hendersonville, NC: The French Broad Paddle Trail & Henderson County
Come learn about the history, present condition, and opportunities for growth facing the French Broad Paddle Trail in Henderson County and abroad. Placed in the context of challenges from proposed dams, degraded water quality, and short-sighted growth, the French Broad River is an ongoing success story due to the work of passionate local communities, well-organized advocacy campaigns, and strong partnerships between non-profits, government agencies, and local businesses.
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Lake Adger Celebration in Mill Spring, NC
Lake Adger Celebration in Mill Spring, NC
The community is invited to attend the Lake Adger Celebration, a free, family-friendly event. Come on out and celebrate the lake! The Celebration will be fun for the whole family with guided kayak tours, fishing demonstrations, guided bird walks, activities for kids, and more!
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Swim Guide 2024 Kickoff Meeting in Banner Elk, NC
Swim Guide 2024 Kickoff Meeting in Banner Elk, NC
Join us at Valle Crucis Community Park as we celebrate the launch of the 2024 Swim Guide Season. At the event, we will provide training on Swim Guide methods and interested folks will have the opportunity to register to volunteer for the 2024 Swim Guide season. This is also a chance to meet our hard-working Water Team Staff, corporate sponsors, and other volunteers!
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Headwaters Outfitters’ Annual Upper French Broad River Clean-Up Day in Rosman, NC
Headwaters Outfitters’ Annual Upper French Broad River Clean-Up Day in Rosman, NC
Join French Broad Paddle Trail Manager, Jack Henderson, as he participates in the Headwaters Outfitters' Annual Upper French Broad River Clean-up Day.
This is not a MountainTrue-hosted event. Headwaters Outfitters supports MountainTrue, and we would love to help them in return.
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5Point Adventure Film Screening benefiting MountainTrue in Brasstown, NC
5Point Adventure Film Screening benefiting MountainTrue in Brasstown, NC
MountainTrue is excited to announce the 5 Point Film Festival and raffle presented by Mosaic Realty!
Join us at Kula Wellness Center on Tuesday, May 21st for an evening of fun, adventure and community. Beer and wine will be available for purchase and we will have simple movie snacks.
$15 – $20
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5Point Adventure Film Screening benefiting MountainTrue in Etowah, NC
5Point Adventure Film Screening benefiting MountainTrue in Etowah, NC
MountainTrue is excited to announce the 5 Point Film Festival and raffle presented by Mosaic Realty!
Join us at the Etowah Lions Club on Tuesday, May 21st for an evening of fun, adventure and community.
$15 – $20
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5Point Adventure Film Screening in Asheville, NC benefiting MountainTrue
5Point Adventure Film Screening in Asheville, NC benefiting MountainTrue
MountainTrue is excited to announce the 5 Point Film Festival and raffle presented by Mosaic Realty!
Join us at The Grey Eagle on Tuesday, May 21st for an evening of fun, adventure and community. Check worrying about a weeknight dinner off your list and grab food from the Grey Eagle Taqueria. Drinks will be available for purchase from the bar.
**This was previously scheduled for May 16th at The Outpost but due to scheduling conflicts, has been rescheduled to May 21st at The Grey Eagle.
$15 – $25
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Guided River Snorkel near Sugar Grove, NC 5/24
Guided River Snorkel near Sugar Grove, NC 5/24
Join our High Country Water Team in exploring aquatic wildlife in the Watauga River. We will get up close and personal with many native fish species, such as the tangerine darter. Using view buckets, we can see under the water’s surface and observe the life teeming below.
$15 – $60
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2024 MountainTrue Nolichucky BioBlitz in Erwin, TN
2024 MountainTrue Nolichucky BioBlitz in Erwin, TN
SAVE THE DATE! Each year, MountainTrue hosts a BioBlitz to record all the species we can find in a given area. We identify and catalog organisms using the online app iNaturalist. The BioBiltz this year will be on June 1st in Erwin, TN.
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Catch MountainTrue tabling at “Acid on the River” hosted by plēb urban winery in Asheville, NC
Catch MountainTrue tabling at “Acid on the River” hosted by plēb urban winery in Asheville, NC
Catch MountainTrue staff tabling at "Acid on the River" hosted by our friends at plēb urban winery in Asheville, NC.