“Conservation of the Jocassee Gorges for All”
Is the Mission of Friends of Jocassee, Inc.
Our mission is exclusively non-profit, charitable, educational, and environmental.
“What we have once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us." Helen Keller
Sherrie Whitten Hemlock Festival April 19th, 2025
Beautiful Rare Oconee Bell "Shortia Galacifolia"
View from Campground DFSP
Chris Rucker PaddleSplash, FOJ President
Adopt-A-Highway Roads To Paradise
Jocassee View From Jump Off Rock
BellFest Beth & Sherrie
Shortia Creek
BellFest
FOJ Proud 2025 Recipient of Extreme Terrain’s Clean Trail Grant. Click for more info.
Perk-Up-The-Park Sherrie and Chris
Annual Meeting 2016 Duke Energy Bad Creek Outdoor Classroom
❤️ Founded in 2011, Friends of Jocassee is a volunteer organization that shares a love for the Jocassee Gorges. We dedicate our work to preserve, protect & promote the history, culture, and exquisite natural resources of Lake Jocassee, and the Jocassee Gorges, encompassing the whole Blue Ridge Escarpment.
FOJ Fireside Chat: July TBD: Tricia Kyzer - Salamanders
VIP Day: Saturday, September 13, 2025
FOJ Fireside Chat: September 22 & 27: Ed Moorer and Betsy Lewis - Broad-winged hawks
Be sure to check out the webcam that the Friends of Jocassee sponsor at Devils Fork State Park
Become a Friend!
If you:
Swim or Scuba Dive
Boat or Fish
Enjoy Wildflowers or Love the Outdoors
Like to Camp, Hike or Backpack
Canoe, Kayak or SUP
