NCWF Featured Events

Name: Smoky Mountains Wilderness Watch Chapter Meeting (Waynesville)
Start: 2026-05-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-20T20:00:00-04:00

Yates Mill Garden Workday (Raleigh)

Lake Tomahawk Wildlife Garden Workday (Black Mountain)

Pollinator Garden Workday (Norwood)

Surf Fishing Fundamentals: Reading the Beach, Rigs, and Catching Fish (Online)

Let’s Talk Sea Turtles (Greensboro)

Pollinator Habitats & Naturalistic Landscapes (Charlotte and Online)

Calendar of Events

11:00 am

Wildlife Conservation Assistance for Private Landowners (New Bern)

May 20, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 3:30 pm

6:00 pm

Smoky Mountains Wilderness Watch Chapter Meeting (Waynesville)

May 20, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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News & Blog

April 21, Frosted Elfin Survey: NCWF Wildlife Habitat Stewards of Northeastern NC Chapter continued their series of frosted elfin butterfly surveys, in search of these elusive and rare butterflies during their narrow flight window. During this survey, chapter volunteers worked to locate patches of Eastern wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria), the other local host plant for frosted elfins, only to find that the few recorded patches have yet to flower this year, making them behind their usual bloom window. Volunteers still enjoyed observing a variety of pollinators, like the pictured common buckeye, and a few orbweavers on lupine!

NCWF In The Field – April, 2026

May 6, 2026

Holding Onto Hope: Celebrating NCWF’s 61st Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards

May 5, 2026

A Dangerous Shift: Redefining “Harm” Puts Endangered Wildlife at Risk

April 28, 2026

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

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

March 23, 2026