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Affiliate Buzz: Grace Ridge Retirement Community Residents Raise and Release Monarchs

June 22, 2022
Grace Ridge

As we continue National Pollinator Week, we’re sharing the latest buzz on Grace Ridge Retirement Community, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Morganton. While the community…

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July Calendar of Wildlife & Habitat Happenings

June 22, 2022

July Calendar Opportunities to experience natural North Carolina are as diverse as our state’s spectacular landscape. And there’s no shortage of things to do, see and hear this month –…

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Learn About the Birds and the Bees (and Other Pollinators!) 

June 22, 2022
National Pollinator Week

It’s National Pollinator Week (June 20-26), and North Carolina Wildlife Federation is continuing our celebration of pollinators – including butterflies, bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps and hummingbirds – and their…

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We’re All Abuzz for National Pollinator Week, June 20-26

June 20, 2022
National Pollinator Week

It’s National Pollinator Week (June 20-26), and North Carolina Wildlife Federation is celebrating birds, bees, bats, butterflies, hoverflies, moths, beetles and other species integral to the biodiversity of our ecosystems.…

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Take a Stroll Through Black Bear Territory, July 16

June 19, 2022
black bear

For some people, having to wake up before sunrise on a Saturday to go take a walk is a real bear, but for nature and wildlife lovers, it’s a rare…

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Summer Reminder: Share the Shore with Beach Nesting Birds

June 18, 2022
nesting birds

Wildlife Commission Asks Beachgoers to Watch for Nesting Birds Before hitting the beach this summer, visitors should remember to “share the shore” with beach-nesting birds, giving them, their eggs and chicks a…

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Guest Blog: How to Launch a Wildlife Habitat in Your Backyard

June 18, 2022
wildlife garden

DIY Backyard Wildlife Habitat Guest blog by Kate Gavaghan, Sci In The Tri founder, writer and editor, and member of North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s Neuse River Hawks Community Wildlife Chapter.…

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RAWA – Most Significant Wildlife Conservation Bill in Half Century – Passes U.S. House

June 15, 2022
RAWA

North Carolina would get up to $25M annually to help at-risk wildlife U.S. House members voted Tuesday night to pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), landmark legislation that will…

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Forage for Fungus with NCWF on Wild Mushroom Walk, June 25

June 8, 2022
mushroom walk

Fungus Among Us: Wild Mushroom Walk Chanterelles. Maitake. Shaggy Mane. Chicken-of-the-Woods. Morels. Destroying Angel. Jack o’Lantern. False Parasol. Deadly Galerina. Just as North Carolina’s habitat spanning the mountains to the…

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Digging in the Dirt: May Planting and Chapter Projects

June 8, 2022

May planting and chapter highlights North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of dirt-digging, planting, community education, bird watching and litter collecting in May…

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Delayed Harvest Trout Waters Open June 4

June 3, 2022

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 34 trout streams and two lakes classified as Delayed Harvest to trout harvest on June 4 through Sept. 30. From 6 a.m. until…

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Worn Shoes, Full Heart: Highlights from Luke Bennett’s 1,175-Mile Hike Across North Carolina

May 31, 2022

The poet Emerson said when we’ve worn out our shoes, the strength of the journey has passed into our body – a sentiment that certainly applies to Luke Bennett. The…

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