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NCWF Receives Group Achievement Award from The Wilderness Society
This article originally appeared in the NC Wildlifer newsletter. It’s being republished with permission from North Carolina The Wilderness Society. North Carolina is rich with ecological diversity from the Great…
December Calendar of Wildlife & Habitat Happenings
December 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 –…
Win for NC Wildlife: State Budget Invests in Land and Water Conservation, Habitat Protection, Flood Mitigation
In a monumental win for North Carolina’s wild lives and wild places, the 2021 state budget invests more overall funds into conservation than ever before. The historic budget also provides…
Lifelong Educator and Conservationist Dr. Anne Marie Radke Joins NCWF’s Board of Directors
Dr. Anne Marie Radke, a lifelong educator and principal of Moyock Middle School in Currituck County, has joined North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s Board of Directors. Not only has Radke lived…
Board Director Rocky Carter: My Dream of Abundant Waters
My Dream of Abundant Waters by Rocky Carter, NCWF board director My dad was Cherokee Indian. He started taking me fishing when I was a little boy. We lived…
Wild Collaboration + Road Ecology 101 = Safe Passage for Wildlife
From Spring 2021 NCWF Journal article, “Wild Collaboration: Safe Passage project applies road ecology principles in Western North Carolina,” by Frances Figart A coalition of local, state, tribal and federal…
North Carolina’s History, Commitment and Plans for Safe Passages
Highlights from North Carolina’s Safe Passages Commitment Q&A with Travis W. Wilson, a biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Habitat Conservation Division. Wilson assesses impacts from transportation projects…
Recovering the Wild: The Best Chance for Imperiled Wildlife Species
from Wild Lives Wild Places, Summer 2021 Journal Many of North Carolina’s most beloved wildlife species are well known and pretty easy to spot. Many wildlife species, however, are rarely…
Community Wildlife Chapters Get People Outside in October
From Kids in Nature Days to school plantings to cleanup events, NCWF’s community wildlife chapters spent October restoring habitats statewide and getting people of all ages engaged in the outdoors.…
Deer Donation Program Combats Food Insecurity, Connects Communities
November marks the start of giving season for South Wake Conservationists (SWC) and Gaston County Piedmont Area Wildlife Stewards (Gaston PAWS) as community wildlife chapter members help feed neighbors and…
