Pisgah Project Day

Volunteers working together

Mark Your Calendar For April 25th, 2026!

Pisgah Project Day (PPD) is Pisgah’s largest volunteer day. Each spring, hundreds of community volunteers join forces with The Pisgah Conservancy, our event sponsors and partners, and the U.S. Forest Service to complete dozens of improvement projects throughout the Pisgah Ranger District.

During PPD 2025, 500 volunteers joined forces with us to complete 25 projects in a single day during our biggest PPD event to date.

PPD 2026 will be held on Saturday, April 25th, and the event will take place on the last Saturday in April going forward.

Volunteer registration will open in mid-March. Stay tuned for more details!

Project highlights from PPD 2025 include:

Turnpike construction, brushing, drainage improvements, bridge construction, and more on 10+ trails
Invasive plant removal at three sites in the forest
Gardening improvements at the Pisgah Ranger Station / Visitor Center
Planting of native trees and shrubs at the site of the new NCDOT pedestrian bridge over the Davidson River
Red spruce tree planting at Graveyard Fields
Gardening and trail improvements at the Cradle of Forestry
Trash cleanup along Davidson River Road and at multiple dumpsites in the Highway 215 corridor
Bridge demolition and removal at two sites
Rebuilding of damaged split rail fence at two recreation sites
Maintenance at the Courthouse Creek Wildlife Opening and improvements to the access road

Check out the full event recap for a list of everything we accomplished together during PPD 2025.