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A Smart Resolution to Practice Stewardship

January 27, 2022
New Year resolution

New Year’s resolutions. Whether you love them or hate them, they are an opportunity for positive change. Sure, this can happen any time of the year, but developing a resolution…

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NCWF Affiliates Help Grow Grassroots Conservation Network 

January 26, 2022
Grassroots conservation network

Wildlife conservation groups and organizations across the state make up North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s grassroots conservation network. These affiliates are dedicated to improving conservation for all wildlife and wildlife habitat…

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Keeping it Clean and Green for NC Wildlife and Habitat

January 25, 2022

Clean and Green For decades, North Carolina Wildlife Federation has been restoring habitat for wildlife species across the state. Often habitat restoration starts by removing unsightly, harmful litter from the…

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February Calendar of Wildlife & Habitat Happenings

January 25, 2022

February 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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Ocean Advocacy Workshop Teaches Participants How to Champion for Oceans and Environment

January 18, 2022

A first-of-its-kind Ocean Advocacy Workshop (OAW) designed to teach participants how to champion for oceans and the environment is coming to North Carolina, March 25-26. The two-day workshop will educate…

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Digging in the Dirt: December Planting Projects

December 29, 2021

December planting highlights North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of dirt-digging and planting in December to promote healthy wildlife habitat and get…

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January Calendar of Wildlife & Habitat Happenings

December 27, 2021

January 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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Investing in Community and the Natural World

December 20, 2021

“Invest in community … educate yourself about the natural world” “Strive not for what you hope to have but rather the kind of person you want to be” is a…

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GoU Breaks Barriers to Connect Kids with the Great Outdoors

December 13, 2021

Great Outdoors University (GoU) isn’t your typical classroom. There aren’t any walls, desks or textbooks, and no test-taking under harsh fluorescent lights. Instead, there are green spaces, fresh air and…

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Shrimp Trawl Fishery Management Plan Defies Science, Fails Public Trust Resources

December 6, 2021

Marine Fishery Management Failure North Carolina is the only state on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that permits extensive trawling in inshore estuarine waters. There are, on average, over 100,000…

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Digging in the Dirt: November Planting Highlights 

December 2, 2021

November Planting Highlights North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of dirt-digging and planting in November to promote healthy wildlife habitat and get…

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Dam, That’s a Lot of Trash! Volunteers Collect 47K Pounds at Fontana Lake

December 1, 2021

Fontana Lake’s emerald waters and habitat-rich shoreline look even more pristine these days, thanks to the 150 volunteers who gathered at the remote area of western North Carolina for the…

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