We are one step closer to holding our first Eco Kids garden workday with 4th and 5th grade students at the Southeast Raleigh Elementary School rooftop garden! Eight SWC volunteers were on the roof Wednesday to inspect, clean up, and inventory the 34 raised beds in preparation for our first hands-on planting and education session … More Preparing for the Eco Kids Garden!
Please join us at the Triangle Land Conservancy’s Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve as we embark on a nature walk to discover the many different native spring ephemeral flowers that will be just starting to pop up! The walk will be led by Dr. Eric Pauley, who has conducted plant research in mountain, swamp and … More Spring Ephemerals Walk at Swift Creek Bluffs Mar. 7th
New re-scheduled date after January workday was postponed due to an ice storm SWC is assisting Raleigh Parks with the restoration of river cane along the banks of Walnut Creek, where it flows through the Walnut Creek Wetland Park. This will help endangered wildlife, control erosion, and improve water quality. Due to the nature of … More River Cane Restoration – Mar. 10th (new date!)
Mother Nature almost had other plans for us this morning, but she provided just enough of a break to nearly 30 eager nature lovers that gathered at the Jordan Lake Dam for our highly anticipated Bald Eagle Watch. Jeremy Bock, a SWC member and local birder, shared fascinating insights into the behavior and resurgence of … More A Break in the Rain: Eagles and More at Jordan Lake Dam
Volunteers needed for initial garden cleanup and inventory! We are excited about our brand new partnership with Southeast Raleigh Elementary School to engage kids in hands-on native pollinator gardening for wildlife plus some organic produce. We are fortunate to have a great starting point, with 34 raised beds already in place on the school rooftop! … More New Eco Kids Garden Program – Volunteers Needed Feb. 25th
Big Sweep of Wake County has invited South Wake Conservationists to assist them in a clean-up for Friday, February 27 at a farm in Wendell, NC. We’ve collaborated with Big Sweep in past events with great success and we’re looking forward to helping them on this one. Wake County Big Sweep is a citizen volunteer effort to protect our watersheds, … More Let’s Help with Wake County’s Big Sweep
Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists and the Wildlife Gardens & Habitats Committee at Inwood Wildlife Garden for a hands-on volunteer event. We will install nesting boxes for eastern bluebirds and brown-headed nuthatches, and we will also plant several bareroot trees to support local habitat. Inwood Wildlife Garden is a small but vibrant native garden and … More Inwood Wildlife Garden – A New Venture!
Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists chapter for a presentation about the indigenous conservation land ethic. Our speaker, David Rahahę́·tih Webb, is an enrolled citizen of the Tuscarora Indians of the Kahtenuaka Territories, the Executive Director of Muddy Sneakers, as well as an author, artist, and historian. His presentation will cover how the indigenous conservation ethic … More Giving Thanks: Indigenous Knowledge and Place-Based Education
In just 15 minutes (more if you like) you can capture all the birds you see in your backyard and share them with a world-wide database as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count! Co-sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, and Birds Canada this is a fun citizen science event … More Join the Great Backyard Bird Count!
SWC joined forces with the Tri-County Conservationists Saturday morning to participate in a seed-cleaning workshop at the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. We first had a terrific orientation to the mission and operations of the lab by Conservation Grower Ali Touloupas, followed by hands-on use of various equipment and devices to separate the seeds … More Seeds are Cool!
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