Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
This Friday we will be on the Chattooga River Trail, starting on highway 76 east of Clayton. This trail is a long connector trail to the Bartram at Sandy Ford and is a beautiful section on the river. We will meet at the parking area on the South Carolina side of the river. Please bring […]
During Foxfire's Native Plant Week, Brent Martin of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy will lead a two-mile walk exploring the rich flora and fauna of Foxfire, and discuss the 18th century naturalist William Bartram’s travels through the area in May of 1775. Participants will learn basic birding techniques and bird species in the area, […]
One of the best birding and botany spots on the Bartram Trail. We'll talk a bit about Bartram's role in American ornithology and see some great diversity of neotropical songbirds.We'll meet at Jones Gap at 8AM and bird until 1030. All levels of experience welcome. Binoculars necessary. Led by Brent Martin.
If you haven't accomplished the road walk between Hickory Knoll and Wallace Branch, here's a fantastic alternative. We'll kayak from Riverside Drive near Hickory Knoll and take out at Tassee Shelter on the Little Tennessee Greenway. This is an easy eight mile paddle but some kayaking experience is necessary. Bring your own Kayak or rent […]
This Saturday we'll be working out of Appletree Campground towards Beechertown. The trail has had a lot of storm damage and also needs brushing out and lopping. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We'll start at 9AM and wrap up at 3. […]
This Friday we'll be moving the old stone steps from the old Hickory Knoll trailhead to their new home at Warwoman Dell. We will be incorporating the stones into the Bartram Trail at the steep section where it leaves the Dell and heads up to the road crossing. It is going to be a hot […]
Join us for another Walking with Bartram series hike. We're getting closer to completing the full Bartram Trail and then we're planning on doing it again! This month we'll be starting at Appletree Campground and walking a little over five miles to Piercy Creek and then 1.5 miles down the Piercy Creek trail to Wayah […]
On this coming second Saturday we'll be working on the Appletree section between Piercy Creek and the Duke Energy Surge tank. We'll meet at Appletree Campground at 9AM and will divide up into two teams there. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. […]
This month we'll be working the Bartram from its southern terminus at Russell bridge on the SC state line towards Holden farm. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We'll start at 9AM and wrap up at 3pm. If you're new to trail […]
This is a new program for those looking to get involved but with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. We're looking for folks to visit a set of selected trail heads to re-stock Bartram Trail information cards, complete a trail […]
This is the second half of the section from Appletree Group Campground that we split into two to manage the mileage. We'll start at the Beechertown trailhead and finish up with another crossing of the Nantahala River at the Piercy Creek pulloff. We'll plan to meet at the Piercy Creek pulloff at 9am and shuttle […]
We will be working the section between Harrison Gap an Wayah Bald. Brent Martin will be out of town for this volunteer day and we are fortunate to have Jim Chance taking lead. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We'll start at […]
