Programs

Programs that keep the French Broad cold.

Restoration crews, classroom adopters and easement buyers each receive a work plan with measurable outcomes.

Restoration crew staging mulch and a wheelbarrow at a planting site

Restoration grid

Every grant lists acres treated, trees planted and samples logged.

Volunteer planting a native sapling in fresh soil

Buffer plantings

Native sycamore and willow go in cattle crossings with local contractor crews.

Volunteer photographing a river monitoring site

Citizen science

Volunteers photo-log sites and upload results that feed the public basin chart.

Stewardship walk through protected farmland in the hills

Easement purchases

Steep farms above tributaries can sell development rights with stewardship visits.

Basin impact

Miles of stream buffer restored
42
Volunteer samples logged
1,280
School adopt-a-reach partners
9