Annual Spring Wildflower Walk.

Photo by P. Reed

Thursday, April 12th (rain date April 13th). Join us as we identify spring wildflowers on an easy hike at Big Creek, in GSMNP. Bring a lunch to this members only event. Carpool from Asheville at 8:45 AM, at the K-Mart Plaza on Patton Avenue in West Asheville about 1/2 mile off Jeff Bowen Bridge or meet at 9:20 AM at the Exon Station on Jonathan Creek Road south of I-40, exit #20. This is one of our favorite yearly events and a spectacular venue.

Photo by Kathy Hardy

Barred Owl photo by Jim Poling

Simon Thompson a nationally recognized ornithologist and owner of Venture Birding Tours will present valuable information on bird watching and identification in Western North Carolina 5:30 to 7:00pm at the West Asheville Library.
Free and Open to the Public

Marci Spencer friend of the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network and a certified Blue Ridge Naturalist is the author of Clingmans Dome: Highest Mountain in Great Smokies, Pisgah National Forest: A History and Nantahala National Forest: A History all three published by The History Press. Her children’s book, Potluck, Message delivered:” the Great Smoky Mountains Are Saved”, was published by Grateful Steps. The Yosemite Conservancy included Marci’s essay “Pine Siskins make history” in its book, The Wonder of IT All: 100 Stories from the National Park Service, published to celebrate the centennial of the national park system. Please bring a check or cash if you would like to purchase a book.

Ken Czarnomski`s Nantahala Maps (two) a color rendition (worth framing) 13″ x 19″ and the black and white watershed shed map 8.5″ X 11″ will be available at an additional $5 donation.