NCWF Featured Events
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Fox Creek Workday & Celebration (Swannanoa)
Fox Creek Workday & Celebration (Swannanoa)
Join the Swannanoa Community Council and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation for a workday and celebration at Fox Creek Park. Hurricane Helene flooded Fox Creek with a torrent of muddy water and debris, and as the surge retreated the park was left with scattered trash, re-made stream beds, and a heavy deposit of silt covering…
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Wildlife Habitats: How to Certify Your Yard (Concord)
Wildlife Habitats: How to Certify Your Yard (Concord)
With increasing habitat loss and other dangers to local wildlife, now is an important time to understand how our actions can impact songbirds, pollinators, and everything in between. By offering food, water, cover, places for wildlife to raise young, and using sustainable strategies, we can make a long-lasting impact on the wildlife in our area.…
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Bradford Pear Bounty Tree Exchange (Elizabeth City)
Bradford Pear Bounty Tree Exchange (Elizabeth City)
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…
Workday with Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill)
Workday with Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill)
Join NCWF Tri-County Conservationists Chapter and volunteers from The Chapel of the Cross for a workday in Chapel Hill! Volunteers will help spread native plant seeds, pick-up trash, and remove invasive plants from the Chapel Hill Community Center and the Bolin Creek Greenway. All are welcome! REGISTER HERE
Earth Day With Kids In Nature Day (Matthews)
Earth Day With Kids In Nature Day (Matthews)
Come out to Squirrel Lake Park and help us celebrate Earth Day with Kids In Nature Day. This event is presented by HAWK and Great Outdoors University. The day will…
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Maides Park Litter Cleanup (Wilmington)
Maides Park Litter Cleanup (Wilmington)
Join the NCWF Lower Cape Fear Wildlife chapter for a litter pickup at Maides Park! Protect the Burnt Mill Creek watershed and check out the new Chimney Swift tower. REGISTER…
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I Like Turtles: Box Turtles and Beyond (Charlotte)
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,…
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Spring Litter Sweep (Wingate)
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…
Bradford Pear Bounty Tree Exchange (Hendersonville)
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…
Yancey County Landowner Event (Burnsville)
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
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Bowditch Bottoms Cleanup (Burnsville)
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…
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Operation Clean-Up Fair Bluff (Fair Bluff)
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)
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)
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
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City Nature Challenge: Charlotte BioBlitz
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…
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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 – from professionals and volunteers to young conservationists and lifelong conservation heroes – the North Carolina Wildlife Federation hopes to inspire all North Carolinians to…
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