Asheville Office

Our headquarters and Central Regional Office is located in Asheville and serves Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties in addition to serving all 23 counties in our organization’s footprint.

MountainTrue Asheville Office

29 N. Market Street, Suite 610
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 258-8737

Julie Mayfield

Co-Director

(828) 258-8737 x 202

julie@mountaintrue.org

Bob Wagner

Co-Director

(828) 258-8737 x 213

wagner@mountaintrue.org

Gray Jernigan

Central Regional Director

828-423-0578 gray@mountaintrue.org

The Asheville Office serves the Western North Carolina community with the following key programs:

MountainTrue News

Speak Up for Old Growth Forests

by Karim Olaechea | Sep 11, 2024 | High Country News, Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan, Public Lands News, Resilient Forests, SRO News, Stay Informed, Take Action, Western Region News

This action has expiredWe need you to tell the US Forest Service to implement strong protections for old-growth forests. Please submit a comment urging the Forest Service to strengthen NOGA by clarifying its language and better considering eastern forests. The Forest...

MountainTrue’s September 2024 E-Newsletter

by Maddy Watson | Sep 9, 2024 | High Country News, SRO News, Stay Informed, Western Region News

September news from MountainTrue’s four regional offices in the Southern Blue Ridge. Read the blog version of our monthly e-newsletter!

Groups ask EPA to withdraw state authority over water permits

by Karim Olaechea | Aug 28, 2024 | MTRaleigh Report, Press Release, Stay Informed

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a petition on behalf of community groups with the Environmental Protection Agency asking it to take back North Carolina’s authority to regulate water pollution because the state legislature is...

MountainTrue Calls on EPA to Protect NC Waters from Legislative Sabotage

by Karim Olaechea | Aug 28, 2024 | Broad River Alliance, Clean Waters, French Broad Riverkeeper, Green Riverkeeper, High Country News, SRO News, Stay Informed, Uncategorized, Watauga Riverkeeper, Western Region News

The following is a letter sent to our members on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, announcing MountainTrue's decision to petition the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw North Carolina's authority to regulate water pollution. Dear members and supporters, I’m...

Meet the newest MountainTrue team member, Katherine Stahl

by Maddy Watson | Aug 15, 2024 | High Country News, Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan, Public Lands News, Resilient Forests, SRO News, Stay Informed, Western Region News

If you're a MountainTrue member, it's a safe bet to say you love America’s public lands. It’s pretty likely that places like Dupont State Forest, Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park are near and dear to your heart....