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Thanks to Our Volunteers! – August 2024 Community Wildlife Chapter Highlights

August 30, 2024

North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers came back full force from their annual summer breather. In August, NCWF did a whole lot of webinar hosting, pollinator…

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Ponds, Pines, and Pocosins – A Deep Dive into 5+ NC Ecological Communities and the Wildlife Within Them

August 29, 2024

North Carolina has many types of ecological communities, which produce subsequently varied ecosystems, perhaps too many to list here. They vary across region (mountains, piedmont, and coastal plain) . These…

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Forest Dynamics – On Wildlife and Ecological Succession

August 27, 2024

Landscapes are ever-changing, constantly evolving under the influence of both natural and unnatural factors. Landscapes can change suddenly (as in the case of fires or flooding), or very slowly over…

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“What is an ecosystem, anyway?” : How wildlife fits into ecological communities and drives ecosystem function

August 21, 2024
Wetland communities contain complex ecosystem dynamics

“Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left…The land is one organism. Its parts, like our own parts,…

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North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s APNEP Funded Engagement & Stewardship Projects

August 9, 2024

At the heart of APNEP’s Engagement and Stewardship Grant is a desire to foster watershed stewardship across the Albemarle-Pamlico region. Laura Frazier, the Refuge Conservation Coordinator with NCWF, says this is the overall goal of the upcoming project Experiencing the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary: Fostering Watershed Stewardship, for which she serves as project manager.

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Thanks to Our Volunteers! – July 2024 Chapter Highlights

July 31, 2024

North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers took their annual summer breather. Despite a sleepy July, NCWF engaged 150 folks at the annual Eno River festival, did…

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Connecting Kids and Families to Wildlife in Northeastern North Carolina

July 25, 2024

In the Northeastern region of the state, the NCWF Wildlife Habitat Stewards of Northeastern NC Chapter works diligently year-round to provide opportunities to get people of all ages outside and…

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New Coastal Community Wildlife Habitat Benefits Wildlife and Neighborhoods

July 16, 2024

North Carolina is one of the most rapidly growing states in the country. Though there may be some benefits to such an increase, a surge in population numbers inevitably leads to heightened competition for resources…

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Wildlife Wonder: The Ins and Outs of Ethical Nature Photography

July 16, 2024

From full color to black-and-white, posed to candid, narrative to abstract, photographs have a unique ability to tell a story, kindle emotions, raise awareness, and even inspire action. Captured images…

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Natural Solutions: Creating Living Shorelines for Wildlife

July 1, 2024

Living shorelines are an effective and natural solution. A living shoreline is a protected, stabilized coastal edge made of natural elements including oyster shells, limestone, and native marsh grasses…

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Digging in the Dirt: June 2024 Chapter Highlights

June 29, 2024

North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of webinar hosting, engaging kids in nature, soil exploring, mushroom meeting, wildlife watching, native planting, nest…

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10+ Powerful Ways to Connect Kids to Nature, and Foster a Future for Wildlife

June 24, 2024

“We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall –…

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