Central Regional Office
MountainTrue's Central Regional Office and headquarters is located in Asheville, serving all 26 counties in our organization's footprint. VolunteerAbout the Central Regional Office
29 N. Market Street, Suite 610
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 258-8737
The Central Regional Office partners with and serves communities in Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties through the following programs and initiatives:
- French Broad Riverkeeper
- Water monitoring programs
- Muddy Water Watch
- The Creation Care Alliance
- Green Energy projects
- Sustainable transportation and land use planning for Healthy Communities
- Invasive species removal
Central Region Team
Volunteer with us!
We have many regular volunteer opportunities throughout the warmer months – visit our events calendar to view upcoming volunteer opportunities. Please note that volunteer event dates and times are subject to change due to weather conditions with short notice.
Central Region News
MT Raleigh Report, COVID-19 Edition: What To Expect From NC Lawmakers This Week
With the legislative session beginning tomorrow, here’s what you should know about where things stand in Raleigh and what MountainTrue’s priorities are for the session.
Introducing Topic-Specific Info Sessions on the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Management Plan
MountainTrue will kick off our series of topic-specific info session on the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest Management Plan on Tuesday, April 28 with a deep dive into water quality issues in the draft plan.
Celebrate 50 Years of Earth Day with MountainTrue
As social creatures, we need to maintain our connections and find new ways to lean on each other during hard times. As creatures of nature, we need to connect with our forests, our rivers and the plants and animals we share this planet with. Today more than ever, we appreciate how important clean water and healthy forests are to our mountain communities.
It may have started with a bat in a cave, but human activity set it loose
COVID-19 is new and especially contagious, but it is not unique. It is among a growing number of animal-borne viruses, bacteria, parasites and other pathogens on the rise due to the twin threats of habitat destruction and climate change. These diseases are seen as exotic and foreign, but the same conditions of habitat destruction, degradation of biodiversity and increased human-wildlife interaction are happening right here in our mountain region.
Have Your Say In How Our Forests Are Managed
The Forest Service is accepting public comment on the draft forest management plan for all 1.045 million acres of Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests — a plan that will set priorities and protections for the next 15-20 years of these public lands. This current comment period is our last meaningful chance to provide input on how these public lands are managed.
News About MountainTrue’s Work In the Coming Weeks — And Our COVID-19 Activity Guide
As our mountain communities brace for the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, MountainTrue is doing our part to help reduce the spread of the virus, and mitigate the health risks to our communities and our staff. As of Monday, March 16, our four offices in Asheville, Boone, Hendersonville and Murphy are closed to the public. Our staff will still be working hard to protect the places we share, but many of us will be doing so from home or out in the field where we’ll be following recommended protocols. Following the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and public health officials, we are also canceling all of our public events, hikes and training sessions for this spring, and our volunteer-based water monitoring programs, river cleanups and public lands workdays will be on hiatus until further notice.