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Balsam Stewards: Operation Plant Rescue

Join Amy and Michael O. as we work to transplant some very special and vulnerable rare plants to more secure locations on the Preserve. Bring your work gloves, your favorite gardening tools, and your TLC! Please note that we will be working off-trail in locations with potentially steep slopes and uneven ground. Participants must RSVP […]

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Balsam Naturalist Club

Calling all book and nature lovers, artists, scientists, poets… All are welcome! Bring your copy of The Forest Unseen, journal, and favorite tea mug, and join us at the Outpost, or drop in on Zoom if you’re away from the Mountain. Contact Amy for this month’s reading at aduggins@bmtrust.org.  

Moths: The Natural History of Nature’s Nightshift

Jackson County Public Library 310 Keener St,, Sylva

The Jackson County Public Library will host Dr. Michael Wall of Balsam Mountain Trust for a presentation on moths. Moths, mysterious fairies of the night, are incredibly diverse. For every species of butterfly, there are at least seven species of their (mostly) nocturnal cousins, moths. Pollinators, prey, herbivores, and sometime predators, moths are critical to […]