THE TAMASSEE GROUP’S MISSION is to establish programs that inform about the interconnections between humans and their environment.  We do this by creating initiatives that promote an environmentally and historically aware and engaged populace. 

OUR GOALS are to help communities:  a) learn about and explore the relationships between the natural environment and human endeavors; b) seek to balance human activities with environmental stewardship and appreciation of our shared cultural heritage; c) introduce and support sustainable ecological practices through educational programs; and, d) improve the physical and mental wellbeing of people through connection with the outdoors.

WE ARE a fellowship of educators, scientists, public health professionals and civic leaders who know that our health and survival are highly dependent on the health of the natural environment.  We are committed to maintaining  our natural and cultural resources through educational and ecological programs that are designed to benefit us and future generations.

OUR NAME is from a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills that the Cherokee called Tamassee (pron. tuh-mah-see), ‘place of the sunlight of god.’