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Mountain Volunteer Information

Volunteers help to keep the Blue Ridge Mountains beautiful. Pictured here is Plott Balsams Preserve.

Plott Balsams Preserve in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains © David Ray/TNC

Story Highlights

Our volunteer hotline phone number is (828) 350-1431 ext. 201.
Our mountains volunteer coordinator, Tara Granke, can be reached at Mtns_Volunteers@tnc.org or (828) 350-1431 ext. 104.

Evan Raskin During Work Day in Mountains © Courtesy of Evan Raskin/TNC

TNC Americorps member Evan Raskin enjoys a work day in one of North Carolina's rare mountain bogs.

Join our listserv! Be the first to hear about upcoming TNC events in the mountains - email Tara at mtns_volunteers@tnc.org to be added.

List of Upcoming Opportunities: (See below for more details.)

Saturday March 9, 10am-3pm National Invasive Species Week Workday
Saturday March 16, 10am-4pm Southern Appalachian Bog Workday
Saturday March 23, 10am-3pm Spring has Sprung! Workday
Wednesday March 27, 10am-4pm Work & Learn Party Series: Salamander Crawl
Saturday April 6, 10am-4pm Bluff Mountain Spring Clean-up
Saturday April 13, 9am-3pm Work & Learn Party Series: Rich Cove Forest Wildflower Walk
Saturday May 11, 9am-3pm Work & Learn Party Series: Ferns and their Friends!

Work and Learn Parties

Join us in the spring and summer for our annual Work and Learn Party series held at the ecologically rich Bat Cave Preserve in the Hickory Nut Gorge. Participate in a group service project by the Rocky Broad River in the morning and then learn from an expert after lunch. Expert topics vary from salamander searching to wildflower walks.

Fall Kudzu Workday

Each fall, we make a dent in the encroaching kudzu vine attempting to strangle our beautiful native hardwoods in the Hickory Nut Gorge. Volunteer with us during this especially colorful time of year at the Bat Cave Preserve for a fulfilling day of removing the invasive kudzu vine. Help save our native trees for all to enjoy!

Mountain Bog Restoration Field Day

Southern Appalachian mountain bogs are a rare and fragile natural community and, in most cases, very degraded. Volunteer to get on board with our restoration efforts held at one of these precious bogs each spring.

March 13, 2013