MountainTrue is excited to announce the hiring of Gray Jernigan as regional director for the Southern Regional Office, located in Hendersonville and serving Henderson, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania counties. Gray comes to MountainTrue from Waterkeeper Alliance, where he served in Raleigh as a staff attorney and communications coordinator. To welcome Gray to WNC, MountainTrue is […]

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! We’ll provide all gloves, equipment and instruction needed. Please bring snacks, water, rain jacket and wear long pants, […]

A new section of Hendersonville’s Oklawaha Greenway was recently opened, creating a three-mile-long paved walkway meandering through meadows, wetlands, and forests and linking Jackson Park, Patton Park, and Berkley Park. Over the next several months, the Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway will introduce “Oklawaha Greenway Walks and Talks,” a series of educational outings for the […]

Want to get into the river and make a difference? Want to work really hard and then enjoy a craft brew afterwards with a chance to win a chance to whitewater raft the French Broad?  This clean-up is part of our Riverkeeper Beer Series, which is a series of sponsored paddles and cleanups by local […]