NCWF Featured Events

Foraging

Foraging the Wild (West Jefferson)

Wildlife Conservation Assistance for Private Landowners (New Bern)

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Kayak at Cane Creek Reservoir (Waxhaw)

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Frog Walk at Cane Creek Park (Waxhaw)

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Elk Creek Road Litter Sweep (Deep Gap)

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Bridging the Gap: Discussion of Water Quality, Community Trust, and Volunteer Communication After Hurricane Helene (Online)

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Guided Flora & Fauna Walk (Fairview)

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Wild Neighbors Library Tour (Swannanoa)

Calendar of Events

4:30 pm

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Beaver Stroll (Durham)

April 8, 2026 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

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News & Blog

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The Ritual of Stewardship – Dave Myers and NCWF Lake Norman Wildlife Chapter’s Work for Wildlife

April 2, 2026

March 7, New River State Park Planting: High Country Wild in partnership with New River Conservancy, New River State Park, and Keep Ashe Beautiful hosted a workday along a tributary feeding into the New River. Over 20 volunteers planted hundreds of livestakes along with bareroot and potted trees. Species included elderberry, silky willow, silky dogwood, sycamore, red maple, beech, hemlock, white oak, and more! These native species will help shade the water, improve water quality, stabilize the soil, and provide habitat for the wildlife that call New River State Park home. It was a warm and fun day and all the volunteers were treated to a hot dog lunch

NCWF In The Field – March, 2026

April 1, 2026

A photo of Katherine Skinner and the Roanoke River

A Legacy of Land and Water: Katherine Skinner Inducted into North Carolina’s Conservation Hall of Fame

April 1, 2026

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area in November 2025: NCWF High Country Wild alongside New River Conservancy, Keep Ashe Beautiful, and State Parks hosted a volunteer planting day along Naked Creek in Ashe County. With support from environmental science students at Oak Hill Academy, we planted over 2,000 native trees and shrubs!

Trees for Wildlife: Planting Roots in Western North Carolina

March 30, 2026

Spring peeper by Jacob Long, NCWF Photo Contest Submission

Masters of Disguise – Mimicry, Masquerade, and More Wildlife Camouflage Tactics

March 26, 2026

A photo of a man doing conservation work on his land for Red Wolves and hunting

Game Species and Red Wolves: A Path to Coexistence on Private Lands – Guest Blog

March 24, 2026

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It’s Not a Swine Time in North Carolina – The History and Ecological Impact of Feral Swine

March 23, 2026

Photo by John McGillicuddy, NCWF Photo Contest Submission

Beware: North Carolina is allowing its fish population to collapse | Opinion

March 19, 2026

February 13, Owl-entines Day: It was the night before Valentine's Day and at Burnt Mill Creek, not a single owl hoo-cooks-for-you’d, not even a squeak. NCWF and Cape Fear Audubon went for a sunset owl prowl, checking owl boxes, finding feathers, and scouring the branches for the owls’ stealthy shadows. Along the way, there were Northern cardinals, yellow-rumped warblers, boat-tailed grackles, red-winged blackbirds, American robins, white-throated sparrows, ruby-crowned kinglets, tufted titmice, Carolina chickadees, American crows, a great blue heron, and an anhinga. As participants shuffled back to their cars in the dim light of dusk, a barred owl watched stoically from a bald cypress.

NCWF In The Field – February, 2026

February 27, 2026

2026 Governor's Awards

N.C. Wildlife Federation Announces 61st Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Award Recipients

February 26, 2026