NCWF Featured Events
Calendar of Events
I Like Turtles: Box Turtles and Beyond (Charlotte)
Turtles play a crucial role in our world. This will be an interactive presentation as Katie Carpenter speaks on the importance of turtles, the impact development is having on them, wildlife rehab and how you can help support turtles in your area. Katie is a box turtle rehabber, registered veterinary technician and the executive director…
Save Our Sounds: Take Action! (Charlotte)
North Carolina is the only state on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts that still allows large-scale inshore bottom shrimp trawling in our juvenile fish nurseries. For every 1 pound of shrimp caught, 4 pounds of valuable bycatch are discarded. Bottom trawls kill hundreds of millions of valuable fish and disrupt bottom habitats each year. Join…
Let’s Explore the Beauty of Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve! (Cary)
Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists Chapter for a nature walk at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve! Stroll with us on a casual nature walk to explore some of the Preserve’s botanical wonders. Led by Dr. Eric Pauley, we will explore the Preserve’s mixture of southern oak-pine forest, wide variety of wildflowers, and relic species of the…
Bradford Pear Bounty Tree Exchange (Hendersonville)
The North Carolina Bradford Pear Bounty program is a collaboration between the NC Urban Forest Council, NC Wildlife Federation, the NC State Extension and NC Forest Service. Invasive species harm wildlife and ecosystems by crowding out and hindering the success of valuable native species. The program provides incentives for the removal of invasive Bradford pear…
Spring Litter Sweep (Wingate)
Who hasn’t seen plastic, styrofoam, and other garbage accumulated in our parks and along our streets and highways? Litter in the environment can harm wildlife through entanglement, suffocation, and even poisoning. Roadside litter attracts animals and increases the risk of wildlife injury due to vehicle collisions. Improper disposal of trash reduces water quality and harms…
Earth Day Celebration (Waxhaw)
NCWF Habitat Builders Chapter and Waxhaw Parks and Recreation would like to invite you and your family to our Earth Day Celebration! Learn about forestry and tree planting, invasive plant…
Yancey County Landowner Event (Burnsville)
Join EcoForesters at the Burnsville Town Center to learn from agencies, non-profits, and businesses about resources available to landowners in the wake of Helene. Topics include forest management, wildfire mitigation, stream restoration, non-native invasive species control, debris removal and forest mulching, and landslide seeding. REGISTER HERE
North Fork Boat Clean Up (Creston)
Join New River Conservancy, MountainTrue and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation for a clean-up and debris removal at North Fork of the New River Ashe County. Trash and debris in…
Charlotte Earth Day
Charlotte’s largest annual Earth Day celebration brings together community members to celebrate our environment, engage families with fun educational activities, foster lifelong connections with nature, and connect attendees with environmentally…
Earth Jam (Town of Cornelius)
This free event is a great way to come together as a community to celebrate Earth Day, eat delicious food, listen to live music, enjoy drinks from local breweries, and…
Nature Walk and Invasive Removal at White Pines Preserve (Sanford)
Join NCWF Tri-County Conservationists Chapter for a nature walk and invasive plant removal event at White Pines Preserve in Chatham County! We will begin our afternoon together with a nature walk in the preserve, led by the property's Land Stewardship Manager. This guided walk will explore the park's incredible biodiversity and will be followed by…
ecoEXPLORE Plant ID Walk & Litter Cleanup (Columbia)
Join NCWF, Pocosin Lakes NWR, and Tyrrell County Library for an ecoEXPLORE outing where we’ll be identifying local plant species and cleaning up litter around Columbia. Participants will use their botany and pollinator knowledge from this badge season to identify the plants and pollinators around them while giving back to the community by removing harmful…
Toad Abodes with Pocosin Arts (Columbia)
Join NCWF, Pocosin Lakes NWR, and Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft for a family-friendly opportunity to create a clay toad abode for our backyard amphibian friends. Did you know that we have four native species of true toads in North Carolina? Come out to learn more about toads and how we can help protect…
Bowditch Bottoms Cleanup (Burnsville)
Join the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy for a cleanup at Bowditch Bottoms in Yancey County. Bowditch Bottoms contains mixed hardwood forest, cleared agricultural fields, valuable wetland habitat within the South Toe River Watershed, and a riparian area that buffers over a half mile of Ayles Creek. We will focus…
Introduction to Designing for Wildlife with Native Plants (Chesapeake, VA)
Join NCWF Wildlife Habitat Stewards of Northeastern NC Chapter and Trista Imrich, Landscape Designer and Owner of Wild Works of Whimsy/Southern Branch Nursery for an inspiring, beginner-friendly workshop exploring how to create a garden that nurtures our local wildlife through the use of native plants. Discover the benefits of native plants and their role in…
Operation Clean-Up Fair Bluff (Fair Bluff)
The Girl Scouts are hosting a clean-up at the Fair Bluff River Walk for a day of environmental stewardship. The first 50 registrants receive a free lunch! Enjoy BBQ, a Park Ranger presentation, and win prizes while making the earth a little cleaner. Register in person from 8:30-9:30 am; first 50 registrants receive a free…
Bowditch Bottoms Cleanup (Burnsville)
Join the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy for a cleanup at Bowditch Bottoms in Yancey County. Bowditch Bottoms contains mixed hardwood forest, cleared agricultural fields, valuable wetland habitat within the South Toe River Watershed, and a riparian area that buffers over a half mile of Ayles Creek. We will focus…
Nature Walk & Bioblitz at Holly Shelter Game Lands (Hampstead)
Join the NCWF Topsail Wildlife Conservation chapter for a guided hike to explore a fire-dependent longleaf pine savanna with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Participants are invited to use iNaturalist to identify species for the Bioblitz! REGISTER HERE
City Nature Challenge: Charlotte BioBlitz
Join NCWF Charlotte Wildlife Stewards Chapter and Central Carolina Master Naturalists to participate in the City Nature Challenge. Using nets, bug jars, and other field equipment, we will photograph plants, animals, and other WILDlife; and contribute to community science by uploading our observations to iNaturalist! The City Nature Challenge is an international community science effort…
NCWF’s 60th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards
The Governor's Conservation Achievement Awards honor individuals, associations, businesses and others who have exhibited an unwavering commitment to conservation in North Carolina. By recognizing, publicizing and honoring these conservation leaders…
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