Western Regional Office
The Western Regional Office is located in Murphy, serving communities in Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Graham, Clay and Cherokee counties in North Carolina, and Town and Union counties in Georgia.
90 Tennessee St. Suite D
Murphy, NC 28906
Phone (828) 837-5414
Callie Moore, Western Regional Director
Tony Ward, Western Regional Program Coordinator
MountainTrue West News
2024 Holman Water Quality Award Winner: Rev. Dr. John Kay of Young Harris, GA
John Kay of Young Harris, GA, is the 2024 recipient of the Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award Rev. Dr. John Kay of Young Harris, Georgia, received the 2024 Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award at MountainTrue's 16th Annual Hiwassee Watershed Gala in the Charles...
Making a Difference in the Blue Ridge Mountains: MountainTrue and Sugar Hollow Solar Join Forces
Photos: MountainTrue Executive Director Bob Wagner (left) and Sugar Hollow Solar CEO and co-founder Doug Ager (right). Something exciting is brewing in the heart of the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains — a new collaboration between MountainTrue, an organization deeply...
MountainTrue’s February 2024 E-Newsletter
February news from MountainTrue’s four regional offices in the Southern Blue Ridge. Read the blog version of our monthly e-newsletter!
It Shouldn’t Take A Lawsuit to Make the Forest Service Comply With Federal Law
Pictured above: Part of the Nantahala National Forest within the scope of the Southside Timber Project. Photo credit: Will Harlan, Center for Biological Diversity, via Michaela Gregory of the Southern Environmental Law Center. A letter to MountainTrue supporters...
MountainTrue’s January 2024 E-Newsletter: Events Roundup
January events roundup from MountainTrue’s four regional offices in the Southern Blue Ridge. Read the blog version of our monthly e-newsletter!
Take Action to Protect Old-Growth and Mature Forests in Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests
The U.S. Forest Service has announced a plan to amend all 128 forest management plans nationwide — including the plan for the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests — in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order directing his administration to conserve old-growth...
MountainTrue’s December 2023 E-Newsletter
December news from MountainTrue’s four regional offices in the Southern Blue Ridge. Read the blog version of our monthly e-newsletter!
MountainTrue’s November 2023 E-Newsletter
November news from MountainTrue’s four regional offices in the Southern Blue Ridge. Read the blog version of our monthly e-newsletter!
Restoring Habitat at Island Park in Bryson City, NC
Pictured above: Streambank restoration work completed mid-October 2023 along the Tuckasegee River at Island Park in Bryson City, NC. Recently, MountainTrue and the Town of Bryson City, NC, completed a project to re-grade and stabilize eroding banks at Island...
Thank You to Our 2023 Swim Guide Sponsors
Thanks to all our sponsors in the Broad, Elk, French Broad, Green, Hiwassee, Little Tennessee, New, Nottely, Savannah, & Watauga river watersheds!