NCWF Featured Events

Name: Elk Shoals River Clean Up (West Jefferson)
Start: 2025-09-14T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-14T14:00:00-04:00

Pollinator Garden Planting at Sandy Pines (Wendell)

Pollinator Pitstop Prep (Charlotte)

Herps & Habitats – Education & Exploration (Gatesville)

SWC Kids In Nature Day (Garner)

Invasive Removal at Brumley Preserve (Chapel Hill)

Naked Creek Volunteer Planting Day (Jefferson)

Creepy Crawlies & Wicked Bugs of the Piedmont (Monroe)

WILD Social at Terra Nova

Calendar of Events

9:00 am

September 14, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Elk Shoals River Clean Up (West Jefferson)

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News & Blog

August 17, Bumble Bee Atlas Survey: NCWF Charlotte Wildlife Stewards chapter partnered with the Central Carolinas Master Naturalist Program to participate in the Southeast Bumble Bee Atlas, a community science project led by the Xerces Society to track bumble bee populations across the Southeast. Volunteers collected and captured bumble bees for documentation and data collection. While there weren’t many bumble bees, participants caught and studied other native bees and wasps before releasing them.

Thanks to Our Volunteers! – August 2025 Community Wildlife Chapter Updates

September 1, 2025

UPDATE! Cerulean Warbler and Avian Diversity Survey: A Successful Season in the Field

August 28, 2025

Batty about BATS – Exploring & Protecting North Carolina Bat Species

August 26, 2025

Life Above Us : A Night of Bat Discovery at Haw River State Park

August 26, 2025

Six week old Red Wolf pups in an acclimation pen on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge prior to their release into the wild with their parents, 2409F and 2371M. Photo by USFWS

Good News For Red Wolves: USFWS Celebrates Successful Red Wolf Pup Season and More Updates

August 14, 2025

Into the Forest: How Great Outdoors University Connects Kids with the Wide World of Trees and the Wildlife They Host

August 12, 2025

Photo: Eastern painted bunting (Passerina ciris) by Haley Harris, NCWF Photo Contest Submission

Singing in Color – Eastern Painted Buntings in North Carolina

August 5, 2025

July 25, Bowditch Bottoms Invasive Species Removal. NCWF and Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy joined forces once again to tackle invasive plant species at Bowditch Bottoms in Yancey County. The crew has already removed the majority of the multiflora rose and autumn olive in one of the wetland areas with the goal of replanting with native wetland species in the fall and over the course of the next few years. On this workday, we directed our focus toward the Japanese knotweed growing along the creek on the property. Knotweed is a highly successful invasive plant of wetlands, stream corridors, forest edges, and drainage ditches across the country. Fortunately, we caught it early enough at Bowditch Bottoms and are confident that we'll be able to manage its spread. Big thanks to all the volunteers who helped with this effort! More work days are being planned, so stay tuned for opportunities to volunteer at Bowditch Bottoms and learn about the project and the partnership!

Thanks to Our Volunteers! – July 2025 Community Wildlife Chapter Updates

July 31, 2025

Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) by Heather Russell, NCWF Photo Contest Submission

Mountain Waters, Mountain Wildlife: The Fight to Save Western North Carolina’s Stream Ecosystems

July 16, 2025

June 28, New River Clean Up: New River Conservancy, Keep Ashe Beautiful, and NCWF’s High Country Wild got together for a clean-up and debris removal on the New River in Ashe County. Trash and debris in waterways create a host of problems for wildlife including entanglement, ingestion, habitat contamination, and degraded water quality. Cleanup efforts are vital in keeping our waterways clean and maintaining suitable habitat for wildlife. The crew removed nearly 2 thousand pounds of garbage!

Thanks to Our Volunteers! – June 2025 Community Wildlife Chapter Updates

June 30, 2025