For many environmental organizations across Western North Carolina, COVID-19 fell like a lightning-struck tree across the path to progress. But like an intrepid hiker, WNC’s activists and organizers have bushwhacked new trails for action in the world of the pandemic.
![Clockwise from top left, Cari Barcas, Adam Colette, Victoria Estes, Kieran Roe, Steffi Rausch and Sara Landry](https://mountainx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Green-1-330x236.png)