NC Sierra Club--Headwaters Group

There is a lot to do at the park, from lots of weeding to trail work to some repairs to the Sandy Creek Bridge, which was the first major project of the Friends of Sandy Creek at the Creek. If you can come and work for a while that would be great.

Join naturalist Scott Dean for a discussion and photos of our region’s native spring wildflowers. As we emerge from winter, so do many of our most beautiful flowers.

Dean will discuss natural history, adaptations for life in the mountains, and the folklore of these wondrous things. He will also talk about some of the animals that make the region their home.

A biologist, Scott Dean has called Western North Carolina home since 1992. He was a walk leader and featured speaker for the UNC-Asheville Wildflower Pilgrimage from 1995 until 2015. Dean has led wildlife and wildflower walks at the Western North Carolina Nature Center, where he worked for a year building the cougar and bobcat habitats. He served as First Vice President of the Friends of the Nature Center as well as serving on the Town of Weaverville Tree Board. With his photography, he was a featured speaker at the 2011 Great Smoky Mountains Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. He developed original curricula and still teaches field classes for the Blue Ridge Naturalist program now offered at the NC Arboretum.

This is the monthly meeting of the Sierra Club group in Asheville. If you happen to be in western NC, the talk will take place in the UNCA OLLI/Reuter Center, at 300 Campus Drive. The Zoom link is on WNCSierraClub.org