Community Events

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…

Wait – so you’re saying that you did NOT read the 150+ page report that came out just before the holidays? We feel you. And this event is for you. We want everyone to understand what is meant by the term middle housing – because it may not be what you expect. We also want…

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.

Join our MountainTrue Public Lands Field Biologist, Josh Kelly, and Broad Riverkeeper, David Caldwell, as we explore the downstream trail at our Broad River Greenway. David will discuss the value and concerns associated with the Broad River, while Josh informs us all about the flowers, plants and animals we find there.

Jackson county folks! Don’t miss this film being offered TWICE in your community thanks to our newest covenant partner congregation, Cullowhee United Methodist Church! The first showing will be at 3:00 pm on April 13th in the Community Room on the Jackson County Public Library. The second showing will be at Cullowhee United Methodist Church…

Join us and Blessed Tomorrow for the 2024 National Faith + Climate Forum on April 16th to deepen your faith, strengthen your congregation, and connect with other faith leaders through creation care! This is a great opportunity to explore how to integrate creation care into your faith journey, engage in meaningful discussions, and connect with…

Want to learn what MountainTrue has been doing to address single-use plastics and how you can help? Join us for a lunch and learn, hosted by MountainTrue and Green Sage Cafe. We see them all over the road, clogging storm drains, and in the river, but plastics are more than just a trash issue. Single-use…

Faith communities have new options for making significant upgrades to their places of worship through the Inflation Reduction Act. On April 17th at 2:00 pm, you are invited to a webinar tailored for faith communities which will help congregations understand what is available to them and how to start planning. Register by clicking this link:…

In honor of Earth Day MountainTrue members and the general public are invited to help clean up trash at Redmon Dam River Access in Madison County. Come help remove litter, illegally-dumped construction and industrial garbage, and tires from an otherwise lovely public access point to the French Broad River near the town of Marshall. MountainTrue…

Brannen Basham and Jill Jacobs, owners of Spriggly’s Beescaping, will be the featured guests with our covenant partner congregation, The Congregational Church, UCC, in Tryon, as they celebrate Earth Day 2024. Spriggly’s concentrates on habitat restoration and landscape design that supports and protects our native bees and pollinators. Their main focus is on education. Brannen…

Jackson county folks! Don’t miss this film being offered TWICE in your community thanks to our newest covenant partner congregation, Cullowhee United Methodist Church! The second showing will be at 7:00 pm on April 22nd at Cullowhee United Methodist Church. We hope you’ll attend this event to learn about ways to invest in the health…

Friends in Asheville! We're excited to co-sponsor the showing of this important film alongside our covenant partner congregation Jubilee Community! Join us at the West Asheville Library in the community room from 6-8pm on April 23rd. We look forward to being with you!   About the film: Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the…