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RiverLink

RiverLink promotes the environmental and economic vitality of the French Broad River and its watershed as a place to live, learn, work and play.

09/02/2026

Back to school is here and our RiverRATS program is ready to show students the magic of water!

We're already filling our calendar with teachers across Western North Carolina for another year of hands-on aquatic ecology lessons. Through RiverRATS, students investigate stream health, meet the macroinvertebrates living beneath the surface, test water quality, explore how water moves through a watershed, and more.

We still have some availability for the upcoming school year! If you're a teacher interested in connecting your students to local waterways, visit riverlink.org/riverrats to explore our free lesson offerings and request a program.

And as we kick off another year, we're especially grateful to Fred Anderson Subaru for their continued support of RiverLink's education work. Their generosity helps us offer these hands-on learning experiences to schools and community partners completely free of charge, ensuring that more students have the opportunity to get outside, get curious, and learn about the waterways in their own communities.

Thank you, Fred Anderson Subaru, for helping us get another year of RiverRATS underway!

08/28/2026

Prompt: draw a creek critter or creek memory

Beautiful sketches from our Art & Conservation collaboration with Sketchbook Club! Spencer Beals

Comment if you would like your art tagged!

08/26/2026

We're hiring!
RiverLink is looking for a River Cane Restoration Project Manager to lead an initiative that expands commercial river cane propagation and restoration across Western North Carolina.
This is a grant-funded contract position starting in October 2026.
The deadline to apply is September 13th.

Visit the link below to apply today!
https://lnkd.in/eFr67PJD

08/25/2026

As we gear up for the new school year, we’re looking back at all of the amazing memories from RiverCamp this summer! A huge thank you to everyone who joined in on the fun, we can’t wait to see you next year!

08/14/2026

Creek Week was a week of making memories & showing up for our local streams & rivers!

This inaugural year brought together 280 participants!

Special thank you to our sponsor Pratt & Whitney for supporting our vision.

We are incredibly grateful to ALL of our first-year partners who poured their time & energy into creating a unique experience for those in attendance.

Keep an eye out for Creek Week 2027!

08/06/2026

Mark your calendars! Fall volunteer dates have been added to our website. Spend a morning outdoors helping care for the places we all enjoy. Whether you can join us once or throughout the season, every volunteer makes a difference. Sign up at riverlink.org/volunteer. We hope you'll join us for a volunteer day this fall.

08/04/2026

Big thank you to Horizons at Carolina Day School - CDS for having us to their summer program for our River Tapestry art lesson. Students used acrylic paint to create a section of the French Broad River, which will then be taped together and displayed as a tapestry for each class.

If you're interested in learning more about our nature-based art lessons for Out of School programs, visit our website at the link below.

https://riverlink.org/work/out-of-school/

07/30/2026

We wanted to express our heartfelt thanks to Tyler Smith, our intern from UNCA, for an incredible summer spent water sampling, supporting our watershed initiatives, and removing invasive species from our project sites!

We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

07/29/2026

It turns out the best part of RiverCamp isn't the rivers, it's the kids and families.

Thank you to all our amazing campers who spent the summer exploring streams, hiking trails, turning over rocks, catching macroinvertebrates, floating the river, and finding joy in the outdoors. Thank you to the families who trusted us with your young explorers, and to our staff and partners who made each week such a memorable experience.

Watching campers encourage one another, celebrate each other's discoveries, and build confidence as they try new things outside is one of the best parts of our environmental education work! Thank you for an amazing summer. We can't wait to see what adventures next year brings.

07/24/2026

Water pennies are the larvae of aquatic beetles. Their flattened, disc-like bodies help them cling to rocks in fast-flowing streams, where they feed on algae. Because they require clean, well-oxygenated water, they're considered an excellent indicator of stream health.

Our fall in-school and out-of-school environmental education groups will explore local rivers and streams to search for water pennies and learn about pollution. Find out more in the link below.

https://riverlink.org/work/riverrats/

Address

170 Lyman Street
Asheville, NC
28801

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+18282528474

Website

http://www.riverlink.org/

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