“I would love to volunteer, but never can because workdays fall during the week and I work.”
We hear this often, so are planning some Saturday workdays for folks interested in helping. This workday will be at Mainspring’s Tessentee Bottomland Preserve, performing tread and trail maintenance on the Loop Trail. For more information, call our office or email Jeffrey Chandler.
Join us on the Annual Stewartia Flower Walk led by Jack Johnson.
Meet at 9 a.m. at Mainspring’s Queen Branch property. We will caravan to the different locations and will be done around noon. Please wear comfortable shoes, as we will walk through the woods and potentially some muddy areas.
“I would love to volunteer, but never can because workdays fall during the week and I work.”
We hear this often, so are planning some Saturday workdays for folks interested in helping. This workday will be at Mainspring’s Tessentee Bottomland Preserve, performing tread and trail maintenance on the Loop Trail. For more information, call our office or email Jeffrey Chandler.
Help clean up the trash in and on the banks of the Little Tennessee River. Civic and youth groups welcome; pizza offered at noon to all volunteers. Meet at Big Bear Park in downtown Franklin to get instructions, bags, and choose your location. Boats are needed to help put trash in.
What to bring: Water, snacks, hiking shoes, long pants, sun screen
Limited to how many people: 15
Degree of difficulty: Between 1.5 and 2 miles. 150-foot elevation gain. A moderate hike, mostly on narrow forest trails and old roadbeds.
Highlights: In addition to typical fall and late summer flowers, participants will also see rare and fire-dependent plants.
What to bring?: Water, snacks, hiking shoes, sun screen
Limited to how many people: 15
Degree of difficulty: Easy. Trail is a level walk along the Valley River.
Highlights: In addition to typical fall and late summer flowers, participants will also see plants along the Valley River and in Welch Farm’s unique oxbow wetlands.
Join others in the community to help clean Hiwassee Lake! Groups are welcome; snacks and lunch to be provided for volunteers.
What to bring: Water, snacks, hiking shoes, sun screen
Limited to how many people: 15
Degree of difficulty: Between 1.5 and 2 miles. 100-foot elevation gain. A moderate hike – most of the trails are on old road beds, so it’s wide and has a fairly gentle grade. In a few places it’s steeper and has trickier footing.
Highlights: In addition to typical fall and late summer flowers, participants will also see culturally important plants for the Cherokee.
