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  The Western North Carolina (WENOCA) Group is the part of the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club. Its area of interest covers the counties of North Carolina west of Buncombe county except for Transylvania, Henderson and Polk counties. Those three counties are covered by our sister organization the Pisgah Group.

The group usually meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. The meetings start at 7:30 p.m. with half an hour of social get together from 7:00 p.m. until the start of the meeting. The meetings are held in Asheville at the Unitarian Church, One Edwin Place, (at the corner of Charlotte and Edwin Streets). The form of the meeting is a brief session of announcements and business followed by a presentation about an issue in which the WENOCA Group is interested. A list of the forthcoming programs can be found on the meetings page.


The WENOCA Group is an all-volunteer group with no paid staff. It is governed by an executive committee of seven members elected by the membership. Contact information for the members of the executive committee are provided on the excom page.

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If you are someone that cares about the world we live in you should be a member of the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club needs you.


If you are not a member, now is the time to join. You can join on line using our secure server. If you do you will receive a Sierra Club backpack as a welcome gift, so that is double value.

If you are a member, you can also renew your membership online via the same secure server.
If you are not sure about joining the Sierra Club follow this link to read why you should join us.


The WENOCA Group and the National Sierra Club are the same 501 C (4) non-profit legal entity. The local WENOCA Group is empowered to speak on behalf of the entire Sierra Club on issues that fall wholly within the Group's geographic jurisdiction. The Sierra Club engages in the full range of electoral politics allowed by law. Because the Club has registered political action committees at the federal and state level, the WENOCA Group is able to make political endorsements at every level of government within its political boundaries, from US Congress to local county commissioner and council elections.