Mills River Partnership

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Mills River Partnership

Our mission is to coordinate resources to monitor, preserve, protect, and improve water quality.

The Mills River Partnership is a non-profit, non-governmental corporation whose purpose is to provide leadership in addressing water quality issues in the Mills River watershed. The Partnership will further develop cooperation among existing agencies, conservation organizations, agricultural businesses, land owners and residents in the watershed and will enable these groups and the MRP to continuously work together to protect and improve the water supply for consumers and other users.

06/05/2026

Come next Monday morning at 10 am to plant native sedges on Mills River Partnership’s newest stream restoration project on Brandy Branch off Banner Farm Road. Work was completed last month and this picture shows that it clearly needs some vegetation! Get more info and sign up for Monday’s volunteer session on our homepage (link in bio).

05/20/2026

Just in time for the swimming and boating season, Mills River Partnership is proud to help organize a new recreational water quality monitoring project with the Henderson County Environmental Advisory Committee. In addition to the Mills River, the program with collect weekly samples in Cane Creek and the French Broad. Results will be publicly available on the website of Swim Guide. Thanks to Sierra Nevada Mills River for providing logistical support. More info available on the News page of our website (link in bio).

05/11/2026

Had a great birding walk this morning at Foster Creek, a key tributary of the Mills River. We heard a lot of species and spotted some including a black and white warbler and a scarlet tanager. Thanks to Tom and Nancy, two previous presidents of Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter for leading the walk! Also thanks to Pete who has been maintaining the trails in Foster Creek for Carolina Mountain Club. Check out our website for more events this summer like hikes and river cleanups (link in bio).

05/05/2026

Levi West, noted Cherokee potter, stopped by our stream restoration project on Brandy Branch off Banner Farm Road yesterday to pick up some rare white clay that he will use to produce pottery in the coming months. We were happy to facilitate this unique cultural side benefit of our water quality improvement project. Levi’s work can be seen at Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual

04/29/2026

Join us this Saturday at Mills River Day from 11 am to 5 pm at North River Farms (3333 N Mills River Rd). This free event will feature environmental exhibitors like us, live music, vendors, food trucks, a kid zone with bounce houses, a horse show and a farm tour. C’mon down and see us!!!

04/28/2026

On a kayak survey of the Mills River this afternoon, Executive Director and Chief Hellbender Spotter Maria Wise saw this guy on the move. Great to see healthy river life out there— another beneficiary of the work done by Mills River Partnership.

04/23/2026

Last Tuesday Mills River Partnership presented to all the 8th graders at A.C. Reynolds Middle School in Asheville at their field day organized by Buncombe County Soil & Water Conservation District. The kids got in the creek and collected macroinvertebrates which we identified in order to determine water quality. What a great day!

04/21/2026

We had a great turnout for our tree planting and giveaway last Friday! We had lots of new neighbors and long-time volunteers come by our office and get free trees for their property. We also planted trees on the restored banks of the South Mills River where we livestaked in January. Scroll through the pics to see how they have leafed out already! Thanks again to our friemds at Trout Unlimited and Arbor Day Foundation for the donation of the trees!

04/18/2026

C’mon out and see us at Hendo Earth Fest today between 10 am and 3 pm! Our booth is right across from our friends at The Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited and down the road from our friends at Conserving Carolina.

04/16/2026

If you haven’t driven past our office on South Mills River Road recently, you might not have seen our sign advertising our FREE tree planting and giveaway TOMORROW, Friday 4/17, from 11 am - 2 pm. We’ll be planting trees at 12:30 on the South Mills River and giving away trees (max 5/person) to our neighbors in the watershed. Come by our office at 596 S. Mills River Road and grab some trees and hear how you can help protect the Mills River. Thanks to our partners at Trout Unlimited and Arbor Day Foundation for the donated trees! More info at our website (link in bio).

Address

596 South Mills River Road
Mills River, NC
28759

Telephone

+18287087388

Website

http://www.millsriverwater.org/

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