Live Staking Work Day near Sugar Grove, NC

Come plant native trees with MountainTrue’s Watauga Riverkeeper at the historic former site of Wards Mill Dam! This project has been completed for 2 years, and we are able to continue repairing the vegetative buffer thanks to support from TVA’s Shade Your Stream program and the Tennessee River Basin Network.

If you’re looking to get outside and help us restore and replenish streambanks, these work days are a great way to meet new friends and do some good work for Mother Nature too! Live staking involves taking dormant cuttings of a living tree and planting them along the river’s edge. For our 2024 livestaking season, our goals prioritize improving riparian habitat connectivity at high-priority stream sites in the Watauga drainage following the historic Ward’s dam removal.

Please bring:

• Lunch/snacks
• Warm layers & gloves (we’ll be on the water, so dress for the weather and make sure it’s things you don’t mind getting dirty)
• Rubber boots and/or waders (We have some, but not many, so bring your own if you have them.)
• Water to drink

There is parking along the side of the road.