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Digging in the Dirt: April 2024 Chapter Highlights

April 30, 2024

North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of seed packing, nature walking, shoreline installing, wildlife workshopping, participatory science training, Earth Day celebrating, environmental…

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NCWF Scholarship Recipient Bailey Kephart Researches Federally Threatened Black Rails

April 30, 2024

Nestled within the high marshes of North Carolina’s coastline, an entire ecosystem thrives, hidden from plain sight amid the grass and needlerush. Life unfolds discreetly here, contributing to an orchestra…

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Passing By: Remembering Extinct Wildlife in North Carolina

April 30, 2024

According to LandScope America and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, there are at least 990 vertebrate species (excluding marine fishes), more than 3,500 invertebrates, and over 5,500 species of plants…

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High Hopes: North Carolina Treefrogs

March 27, 2024

As the season shifts towards warmer weather and longer days, many wildlife species emerge from hibernation and begin the search for food and mates. This emergence looks different across species,…

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Digging in the Dirt: March Chapter Highlights 2024

March 27, 2024

North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of tree planting, soil digging, nest installing, creek cleaning, moth viewing, invasive plant removing, environmental educating…

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Get Squirrely: What You May Not Know About NC’s Five Squirrel Species

March 27, 2024

Eastern gray squirrels are a constant presence throughout the state, appearing in suburban yards, town parks, and even in remote backcountry areas. This omnipresence even earned them the spot as…

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Treetop Wildlife and Forest Habitats Face Threats from Invasive Species

March 27, 2024

Nature operates in a delicate balance, where each species has a specialized role to play in its ecosystem. But this balance is threatened by many modern-day factors that have impacts…

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North Carolina Wild Turkeys – Wildlife in the Overstory 2024 Revised Edition

March 27, 2024

What do you know about wild turkeys and their treetop roosting habits? “For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird [than the bald eagle], and…

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Remembering Dale Mosteller, NCWF Board Member and Champion for Wildlife

March 25, 2024

NCWF is saddened to report that Dale Mosteller, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, passed away earlier this year. Mosteller was a stalwart Federation board member and board officer, and a longtime…

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Catch The Buzz – Cicadas and the Wild Phenomenon of Dual Emergence

March 25, 2024

It would be easy to believe that they originated from a distant planet, boasting robust and armored bodies, glistening eyes ranging from crimson to ebony, wings reminiscent of a character…

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Rooted in Purpose: NCWF’s Chapter Impact for Tree Canopy Wildlife Habitat

March 25, 2024

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Richard Powers, The Overstory Trees are not just silent witnesses to the…

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Looking Up: NCWF Scholarship Winner Michelle Kirchner, Rare Ants, and Tree Canopy Ecology

March 25, 2024

Climbing trees is a uniquely exploratory activity, one that many of us learned to appreciate during the outdoor adventuring of childhood. All it took was a branch close enough to…

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