MountainTrue has collected 150,000 pounds of debris while cleaning up rivers and streams in the Watauga and Upper New River watersheds since Hurricane Helene. The organization's cleanup efforts have recovered various items ranging from tires and plastic bags to household contents from damaged homes.
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Nearly two years out and MountainTrue is still pulling wreckage from our waters. One hundred fifty thousand pounds of it. That's the kind of steady, unglamorous work that keeps a watershed healthy for us and wildlife. They're in the creeks now, where it matters.
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