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NCWF Joins Challenge to EPA’s Gutting of Clean Water Protections in Federal Court
EPA Rule Paves Way for Wetlands and Small Streams Destruction On Wednesday, conservation groups challenged in federal court the administration’s effort to gut clean water protections from wetlands and streams that feed drinking-water sources for 200 million Americans and 32 million people in the South, or seven out of ten Southerners. The legal challenge, filed…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Wildlife Federation hosting statewide trash cleanup project, May 11-17
Trees4Trash program challenge encourages residents to help wildlife, waterways and habitats by removing trash from their neighborhoods The North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) is hosting a statewide Trees4Trash (T4T) volunteer cleanup effort May 11-17, to help protect wildlife from trash ingestion, strangulation and entrapment. Click here to register for the Trees4Trash Neighborhood Challenge. “With COVID-19…
Read MoreNCWF Weighs in on Deer Urine Ban
North Carolina Wildlife Federation CEO, Tim Gestwicki, shared his thoughts on the NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s new rule to prevent people from spreading chronic wasting disease through deer and elk urine and excretion. The new rule states: No person may possess or use any substance or material that contains or claims to contain any excretion…
Read MoreRestoration underway for Great Blue Heron rookery in Lake Norman
Earlier this week we started shoreline and vegetation restoration of an eroding Great Blue Heron rookery located on one of Lake Norman’s most exposed islands. The stabilization project will help conserve Heron Island, an ecologically significant and diminishing wildlife habitat. The islands are natural resources and sanctuaries for wildlife as shore front property has been…
Read MorePress Release: NC Wildlife Federation Restoring Great Blue Heron Rookery in Lake Norman
Restoration of ‘Heron Island’ will help protect the natural resource from further shoreline degradation caused by erosion CHARLOTTE, NC (Feb. 21, 2020) – Local wildlife conservationists have begun shoreline and vegetation restoration of an eroding Great Blue Heron rookery located on one of Lake Norman’s most exposed islands. The North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) is…
Read MoreTrees4Trash: New program takes action on behalf of wildlife and habitats
Register now to be part of the Trees4Trash Neighborhood Cleanup Challenge! You can help protect wildlife from being harmed by trash and keep waterways clean and clear. Join North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Plastic Ocean Project, and wildlife volunteers throughout the state to collect 5,000 pounds of trash from May 11-17, 2020. We’ll plant a tree and…
Read MoreSomething Fishy: NCWF’s Fisheries Management 2019 Year in Review
For decades, conflict, intense arguments of opposing opinions and stakeholders, and inability to unite for a common good has hindered effective fisheries management in North Carolina. Despite promises of reform by the current state administration, North Carolina fisheries and marine ecosystems continue to collapse in the wake of fisheries management stalemates and politics. Yields of…
Read MoreNCWF’s Vision for One Mission, One Commission
North Carolina Wildlife Federation proposes a Consolidation of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries into the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to Eliminate Redundancy and Improve Natural Resource Management Efficacy. Read the full Resolution. Click here to review the One Mission, One Commission Executive Summary.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Support for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Letter to Members of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation We, the undersigned North Carolina groups and organizations, support preventing fish and wildlife from becoming endangered by dedicating general treasury funds annually to the federal Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program. We believe that collaborative conservation is the most effective way to recover wildlife populations and strongly…
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Let ‘Em Spawn Before They’re Gone:
Fix Our Fisheries Now!
NCWF has been working fiercely for NC marine fisheries reform. We’ve collaborated with NC legislators to produce a slate of bills that will protect and enhance NC marine fisheries. Read more about our declining fisheries and the science behind Let ‘Em Spawn reforms. Hundreds of millions of fishes too young to spawn or reproduce die…
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