Month: February 2020

YES Opportunities, Posted February 13, 2020- Includes links and ways to impact climate change locally

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Hello YES! 

 
A big thank you to our partner Asheville GreenWorks and the hardworking volunteers that helped to plant trees with us on Sunday at Erwin HS! 
 
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Please encourage your students/friends to sign up to get these YES emails by visiting bit.ly/joinYES (it’s super quick and easy!). 
 
Our next workday will be Sunday, March 1st – look for more details next week.   In the meantime, here are a few other opportunities around town you might be interested in!  
 
* The last Friday of every month, Asheville’s Community Garden Network hosts a workday at George Washington Carver Edible Park, details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/914666425557465/?event_time_id=914666442224130
 
*Next week, a panel of experts will discuss management plans for the national forests in our region.  Details and registration information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/newsmakers-forum-pisgah-nantahala-national-forest-management-plan-tickets-92759475087 
 
* The Collider, an awesome organization in downtown, partners with the Asheville Museum of Science and other local groups to offer frequent free events: https://thecollider.org/events/
 
* If you want to get more involved with Asheville GreenWorks in addition to our monthly workdays, they have a full calendar of events, including an upcoming tree giveaway that you/your family can sign up for to receive two free trees!  
 
*And don’t forget the Sierra Club meeting to learn more about funding the renewable energy initiative YES has been working towards for two years as well as an urban forestry master plan for Asheville coming up on March 5th – the flyer is attached again! 
 
Thanks and see you soon! 
 
Youth for Environmental Stewardship
* Several YES students attended the Spotted Skunk Monitoring Project training last spring.  The NC Wildlife Federation, along with many local partners, is continuing to work to monitor this rare species little is known about.  Here are two ways to get involved: 
 
1. Fill out this information sheet to indicate your volunteer interests: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkocWWYkeamg7BhTyPQB6SZBzsXDwOmui-XMy2NFX9L9fCWg/viewform?usp=sf_link
You may indicate on this form whether you would like to help build hair snares, deploy hair snares or process camera trap photos (among other tasks).
 
2. Attend the spotted skunk snare building workshop on Sunday, February 23rd at 1pm at WNC Nature Center in Asheville.  
 
For more information about the project,  email Tara Moore: tara@ncwf.org   For more information on the spotted skunk, please reference this page.: https://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Mammals/Spotted-skunk