Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife’
For the Love of Birds: Six Birds from North Carolina’s list of Species of Greatest Conservation Need
Donate To The Birds This Giving Tuesday Birds have always fascinated us. Two of the oldest expressions of this fascination are a 40,000-year-old cave painting of giant birds in…
Read MoreWild Bird Essentials: How to Provide Birds with Shelter, Food, and Water
A significant aspect of conserving wildlife involves the ongoing task of advocating for wildlife and raising voices for those that do not have a voice. This can be achieved by…
Read MoreBirdwatching Essentials: Your Guide to Birding Success in Cities, Suburbs, and Countrysides
Birds are found just about everywhere in North Carolina. From the friendly backyard catbird to the high-flying osprey, birds occupy just about every ecological niche you could imagine. Dabbling ducks…
Read MoreNext in The Field: NCWF’s 2025 Scholarship Winners
Black bears, seagrass meadows, white-tailed deer genetics, oyster reefs, and endangered crayfish. Seven undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students attending NC State University and Duke University received 2025 North Carolina Wildlife…
Read MoreNCWF Announces 7th Annual Photo Contest Winners
Photographers across the state perfectly captured the beauty and diversity of our state’s natural resources for North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s 7th Annual Wildlife Photography Contest. NCWF received over 1,000 submissions…
Read MoreWildlife on Public Lands: 7 Species That Rely on NC’s Parks, Forests, and Refuges
North Carolina is home to over five million acres of public land, comprising both state and federal properties. This means roughly 16% of the state’s land area is designated as…
Read MoreUPDATE! Cerulean Warbler and Avian Diversity Survey: A Successful Season in the Field
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) recently released the draft of the 2025 North Carolina State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP)—a document that plays a foundational role in guiding wildlife…
Read MoreLife Above Us : A Night of Bat Discovery at Haw River State Park
A chorus of car doors, plastic folding chair legs clunking against one another and rubber soled hiking shoes scuffling about the pavement filled the Haw River State Park parking lot…
Read MoreGood News For Red Wolves: USFWS Celebrates Successful Red Wolf Pup Season and More Updates
NCWF is excited to share the latest updates from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Recovery Program, celebrating a successful pup season and continued conservation progress in eastern…
Read MoreInto the Forest: How Great Outdoors University Connects Kids with the Wide World of Trees and the Wildlife They Host
At North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s Great Outdoors University (GoU), education doesn’t happen behind a desk. It happens under the canopy of towering oaks, beside fallen logs teeming with decomposer species,…
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