The Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River is a grassroots organization working to improve the water quality and habitat of the Tuckasegee River.

upcoming events

Hey!  It’s getting to be that time of year! 

Let’s Party on Monday December 8 at 6:00 PM

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming events (click here).

What's New on the web site

Rejection of Planned Housing Development by Sylva Is Disappointing; Low Impact Development Becoming a Trend (click)

WATR removes hazardous abandoned car from the Tuck (click).

List of Links to Recent News Coverage in Jackson County About Legasus Properties' Webster Creek Project Near Tuckasegee (click)

WATR Celebrates at Annual Dinner on September 15 (see our Calendar page; click here)

REGULAR events

Come to our Monthly Lunch Meetings (open to members and non-members alike).

• First Wednesday of each month in Bryson City at the River Grill (near Na-Bers)
• Second Wednesday of each month in Sylva at the Soul Infusion Teahouse on State Road 107

WATR Policies, Positions  and plans

WATR ByLaws

WATR Policies and Positions Page

WATR Strategic Plan (click), updated on June 17, 2008.

What do you think of the Strategic Plan? Send in your comments (click).

Backyard Buffers

Ron Arps, known for his contract organic gardening and for his contra-dancing calling, is exploring ways that WATR can inform citizens of the importance of making their stream-side property river-friendly.  Mowed grass down to the river's edge is not healthy for trout, bugs in the water, and for animals who live on the river bank. Let's go for BACKYARD BUFFERS!  Interested? Call the office at 488-8418. 

A picture is worth a thousand....

Myrtle Schraeder took a series of pictures showning runoff from a development along the Tuckasegee River near Cullowhee.  See for yourself!

Volunteer  help  is  still needed

As with most volunteer groups, our events are based on members' interests . . . where can you contribute?

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