When: September 5, 2024 @ 9:00 am
FIND FRIENDSHIP AND FULFILLMENT WHILE HELPING THE EARTH
Join us every other Thursday from 9am-12pm to make friends and challenge your muscles while enjoying WNC’s beautiful scenery! Whether it’s building bridges and maintaining trails on one of our preserves or removing invasive species and planting trees on an easement property, volunteering with Mainspring will give you a chance to explore, protect, and restore the well-known spots and hidden gems of this region. There are opportunities to use all sorts of fun tools, from chainsaws to sledgehammers to good old fashioned elbow grease!
Location and duties vary per workday. To receive regular emails about the details of upcoming workdays, please fill out our volunteer form. This week, we will be at Gibson Bottoms (off Rain Ridge Rd in Franklin; please note that you will have to drive past a few houses to get to the parking area for Gibson Bottoms.) Our goal for this workday will be thinning the understory of the forested area by selectively removing small trees and shrubs using hand saws and loppers. We will be using a chainsaw to cut some of the larger trees (~3-6 inches in diameter). As usual, Mainspring will provide all tools and snacks. BUT, if you are chainsaw certified and wish to bring your own chainsaw, feel free to do so. Please bring your own water and work gloves!
Want to help protect the special places we know and love, but aren’t sure you’re up for digging in the dirt? We have indoor, low-exertion volunteer opportunities too! Check them out here.
To inquire about this workday, email Skye.
