NCWF Featured Events

Name: Alligator River Wildlife Paddle (Manns Harbor)
Start: 2026-04-19T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-19T12:00:00-04:00

Invasive Plant Removal at Purser-Hulsey Park (Matthews)

Holding Park Garden Workday (Wake Forest)

Salamanders of the Piedmont (Monroe)

Science Everywhere (Greensboro)

Brumley Oasis Maintenance Workday (Chapel Hill)

The Good, the Bad, and the Buggy: Inside North Carolina’s Greenhouse Insect World (Concord)

Calendar of Events

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Alligator River Wildlife Paddle (Manns Harbor)

April 19, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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News & Blog

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

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

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

February 26, 2026

Wildlife Architects: Nests, Burrows, and Other Ingenious Animal Homes

February 25, 2026

Charlotte Says Yes to Wildlife-Friendly Gardens

February 13, 2026

January 8, Watauga River Planting: NCWF High Country Wild in partnership with MountainTrue planted 5,500 livestakes at Valle Crucis Community Park along the Watauga River and Dutch Creek with 2,600 of the plants made possible through the National Wildlife Federation's Trees for Wildlife Program. We planted a variety of species including silky willow, black willow, silky dogwood, and elderberry. Valle Crucis Community Park contains riparian forest, wetland, and meadow habitat which supports a mosaic of wildlife. The park is a staple in the community and a popular gathering place for locals to play music, share a picnic, flyfish, bird watch, and enjoy the solitude that only nature can provide. The park took a big hit during Hurricane Helene with trees uprooted and riverbanks left bare of vegetation. Planting these native trees is an effort to increase biodiversity, enhance wildlife habitat, reduce erosion, and ensure that generations to come can enjoy the natural beauty of Valle Crucis Community Park.

NCWF In The Field – January, 2026

January 30, 2026