Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife Conservation’
A Scientific Look at Predator-Prey Relationships and Efforts to Reduce Red Wolf and Coyote Hybridization
by Dr. Liz Rutledge, director of wildlife resources, and Katerina Ramos, red wolf education and outreach coordinator Finding a mate can be challenging with a limited number of red wolves…
Read MoreCongress Passes Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act
Crossing over into a new year, we look back on 2022 as one full of both challenges and victories for wildlife conservation. Among these victories is a crucial and monumental…
Read MoreWhite-tailed Deer: A North Carolina Conservation Success Story
Some call them the phantoms of the woods, noiseless silhouettes sleeking through old-growth forests and stately stands of pine. Others merely see them as the pesky neighbors who pillage our…
Read MoreRed Wolf Center Welcomes Two New Residents
Visitors to the Red Wolf Center on Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge will see a couple of new faces in the exhibit enclosure: 4-year-old red wolf brothers who were relocated…
Read MoreThe Long Journey to Recovering Red Wolves
Recovering Red Wolves in North Carolina Efforts to recover the endangered red wolf in North Carolina reveal the enormity of planning that goes into managing such a species in the…
Read MoreMeet Some of NC’s Most Intriguing Residents: Bats
Bat Appreciation Week is Oct. 24-31 Holy bat guano! Living right in our backyards and seen flying across North Carolina skies are some of the natural world’s most fascinating, ecologically…
Read MoreWatch Out for Wildlife: 6 Tips to Reduce Deer-Vehicle Collisions
We’re coming up on that time of the year — when daylight savings ends, days are shorter, and deer behavior and movement patterns change due to mating. Here are some…
Read MoreWildlife Policy & Conservation Actions Focus of NCWF Annual Meeting
Wildlife policy and actions to conserve wildlife species and habitats were the focus of North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s annual meeting on Sept. 10, 2022, in Cary. Manley Fuller, NCWF’s vice…
Read MoreWhat Chronic Wasting Disease Means for NC Deer and Hunters
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,…
Read MoreMust See & Read: Conservation Achievement Awards Banquet Highlights
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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