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Photo: Jason Walle, NCWF Photo Contest Submission

Heat of the Hunt: How Predators Hunt Their Prey

June 26, 2026

Photo: Chuck Traxler, USFWS

Hunters, Conservation, and the Making of America’s Wildlife Legacy

June 26, 2026

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Fox Creek Park: A Story of Restoration, Ecology, and Community

June 12, 2026

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Seeds Take Root: A Mid-Season Update on NCWF’s Butterfly Highway Seed Trials

June 11, 2026

May 16, Frosted Elfin Caterpillar Survey: NCWF Wildlife Habitat Stewards of Northeastern NC went out to Chowan Swamp Game Land to continue their support for frosted elfin monitoring efforts, but this time, they went out in search of bioluminescent elfin caterpillars. Black lights in hand, volunteers scanned the tops of the sundial lupine flowers, where the caterpillars are most often observed feeding, with hopes of seeing a glowing caterpillar on their host plant. No frosted elfin caterpillars were spotted, but volunteers enjoyed the evening sounds of birdsong from species like Eastern whip-poor-wills, summer tanagers, and Chuck-will ’s-widow–North America’s largest nightjar, that breeds in North Carolina’s coastal and piedmont oak and pine woodlands.

NCWF In The Field – May, 2026

May 29, 2026

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In Search of the Frosted Elfin: NCWF Volunteers Survey Rare Butterflies in Northeastern North Carolina

May 28, 2026

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

May 5, 2026

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

April 28, 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

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