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What Chronic Wasting Disease Means for NC Deer and Hunters 

September 19, 2022

It’s Here: Chronic Wasting Disease has been detected in North Carolina. Here’s what that means for deer—and for deer hunters. Article written by Robert D. Brown, Ph.D. and Liz Rutledge,…

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Must See & Read: Conservation Achievement Awards Banquet Highlights

September 14, 2022

Awards Banquet Highlights *Scroll to end for awards banquet photo gallery* Conservation works, but it takes work to turn issues understanding into stewardship and stewardship into meaningful action. And the 58th…

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Registration Open for Bradford Pear ‘Bounty’ Exchanges in Matthews and Monroe

September 2, 2022
A Bradford pear image with a line through it.

North Carolina residents can remove an invasive Bradford pear tree from their property and exchange it for a free native tree at Bradford Pear Bounty NC events in Matthews on Saturday, Oct.…

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Spotlight on Seven Species for National Wildlife Day, Sept. 4

August 31, 2022

National Wildlife Day is Sept. 4 “The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.” Theodore Roosevelt North Carolina is perhaps the most ecologically unique state…

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Digging in the Dirt: August Planting & Chapter Projects

August 29, 2022

August planting and chapter highlights North Carolina Wildlife Federation staff and Community Wildlife Chapter volunteers did a whole lot of wildlife watching,  moonlight paddling, trash collecting and pond exploring in August…

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Head Outdoors Sept. 24 for Free Hunting and Fishing Day and Public Lands Day Activities 

August 29, 2022

Saturday, Sept. 24, marks a day of celebration and conservation for North Carolina’s wild lives and wild places: It’s National Hunting and Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day! Free…

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September Calendar of Wildlife & Habitat Happenings

August 25, 2022

September 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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Guest Blog: Ultimate Environmental Education Journey Kicks Off For Wake Forest Kids

August 24, 2022

Environmental Education for Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club 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…

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GoU Update: Adventure and Discovery Continue for Summer Campers 

August 17, 2022

GoU Update from Director Mary Bures What a summer of fun, exploration, discovery and adventure with Great Outdoors University (GoU). Kids from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Charlotte,…

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Charlie Shaw Society Donor Spotlight: Pamela Judson

August 12, 2022
Pamela Judson

When Luck Finds You, Share It with Others Some people search for hours for a four-leaf clover. For Pamela Judson, she’s had luck finding them easily ever since she was…

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Restoring the Balance of Nature: Battling Invasive Plant Species, Preserving Natives

August 5, 2022
Invasive plant species in NC

While at first glance they seem attractive, the ugly truth is nonnative invasive plant species can wreak havoc on the balance of nature.   We’ve all witnessed the carnage of kudzu…

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John Robbins Elected as First North Carolinian to Chair National Wildlife Federation 

July 31, 2022

Lifelong conservationist and outdoorsman John Robbins, former chair of North Carolina Wildlife Federation, is the first North Carolinian elected to lead the National Wildlife Federation’s Board of Directors.   The National…

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