Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
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Please consider joining us for our July 21st, Third Friday Workday from 9am to 3pm. We'll meet at Warwoman Dell at 9am and shuttle the group to Earl's Ford to work the trail from there. We'll be back at Warwoman Dell by 3pm. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds […]
We'll plan to meet at the church parking lot in Franklin, across from the Lazy Hiker. This is a 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 […]
*** This trail maintenance day has been canceled. We hope to see you out on a future outing! ** Please consider joining us for our August 18th, Third Friday Workday from 9am to 3pm. Location TBD, we'll update with more details closer to the event date. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, […]
We’ll plan to meet at the church parking lot in Franklin, across from the Lazy Hiker. We'll plan to focus on the new route between the Macon County Fairgrounds and the Little Tennessee River Greenway. If we have enough folks, we'll also visit some of the trailheads in the area to clean up, restock information […]
Please join us for a great day of volunteering on the Bartram Trail for our Second Saturday Workday on September 9th, 2023. We'll be working between Wayah Bald and Harrison Gap to prep the trail for the upcoming Naturalist 25/50k trail run. We'll plan to meet at Wayah Bald at 9:30am (Map Below) at 9am […]
Please consider joining us for our September 15th, Third Friday Workday from 9am to 3pm. We'll be working out of the Warwoman Dell section of the trail. We'll meet at Warwoman Dell at 9am to get started. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de […]
We're excited to partner with the Nantahala Hiking Club and Appalachian Trail Conservancy to offer a trail maintenance and leadership training workshop on October 14-15. This workshop will be held at Appletree Campground with camping available on Friday and Saturday nights. Limited spots are available free of charge to volunteers and members. We'd be happy […]
Please consider joining us for our October 20th, Third Friday Workday from 9am to 3pm. Location TBD, we’ll update with more details closer to the event date. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. If you’re new to trail maintenance or just want […]
Please join us for a great day of volunteering on the Bartram Trail for our Second Saturday Workday on November 11th, 2023. This coming Saturday, November 11th, we'll be working the Bartram Trail from the Beechertown / Duke Energy trailhead. We'll meet there at 9am and shuttle up to the surge tank to same some […]
CORRECTION: I previously incorrectly stated the location to meet for this workday below. To clarify, we are meeting at Hwy 76 bridge near Bull Sluice in the parking lot on the SC side of the river. 34.814765907116694, -83.30384226039077 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hwy+76+Chattooga+River+Access/@34.817426,-83.3066103,16z/data=!4m22!1m15!4m14!1m6!1m2!1s0x8858c308ec0203f1:0x7050417ba34f827f!2sHwy+76+Chattooga+River+Access!2m2!1d-83.3038596!2d34.8143798!1m6!1m2!1s0x8858c308ec0203f1:0x7050417ba34f827f!2sHwy+76+Chattooga+River+Access,+Mountain+Rest,+SC+29664!2m2!1d-83.3038596!2d34.8143798!3m5!1s0x8858c308ec0203f1:0x7050417ba34f827f!8m2!3d34.8143798!4d-83.3038596!16s%2Fg%2F11g8v3pmcx?entry=ttu Apologies for the error! Please consider joining us for our November 17th, Third Friday Workday from […]
We’ll plan to meet at First United Methodist Church in Franklin at 1pm before heading out to clean up at Bartram Trail trailheads. This is a program for those looking to get involved with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. […]
Please join us for a great day of volunteering on the Bartram Trail for our Second Saturday Workday on December 9th, 2023 from 9am to 3pm. This week we'll be working on the section below Scaly Mountain near Tessentee Camp. Location is: https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B002'38.7%22N+83%C2%B017'49.1%22W/@35.0440802,-83.2995321,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d35.0440802!4d-83.2969572?hl=en-US&entry=ttu The paved road ends at the driveway to 555 Bob Long Road […]