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NCWF Featured Events

Name: Kids In Nature Day (Matthews)
Start: 2025-10-04T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-04T13:00:00-04:00

Insects: Love ’em, Hate ’em, Gotta have ’em (Greensboro)

Scary to Smart: who do you want in your backyard? (Concord)

Wildlife Paddle at Merchants Millpond State Park (Gatesville)

Uwharrie Chapter Interest Meeting (Albemarle)

Bowditch Bottoms Invasive Removal (Burnsville)

Timber Rattlesnakes (Greensboro)

Backyard Nature Photography (Greensboro)

Calendar of Events

8:00 am

October 4, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Learn TO Hunt (LTH) Deer Hunting Workshop (Gastonia)

9:00 am

October 4, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Three Sisters Swamp Black River Tour (Ivanhoe)

10:00 am

October 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

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News & Blog

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

Legislation to Prohibit Trawling in Juvenile Fish Nurseries Stalls in NC House – HB442

June 27, 2025

Photo: Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) by George Bissinger, NCWF Photo Contest Submission

NC Wildlife Resources Commission Releases Draft of 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan

June 25, 2025

NC Wildlife Resources Commission Highlights Importance of House Bill 442 to Protect Juvenile Fish Nurseries

June 23, 2025

NCWF Applauds North Carolina Senate for Advancing Critical Legislation to Protect Our Juvenile Fish – HB442

June 20, 2025