TO BE RESCHEDULED Please join South Wake Conservationists in removing invasive bamboo from the banks of Swift Creek in Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, located in Cary, NC. We will be going off trail to get to the stand of bamboo and cross a small stream. Be sure to wear your hiking boots:). We will be monitoring the weather and work … More Bamboo Begone! – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
TO BE RESCHEDULED 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. Rivercane (genus Arundinaria), a native bamboo, is a woody grass native to floodplains of the … More River Cane Restoration Jan. 24th – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Celebrate the winter solstice with the Dix Park Environmental Artist in Residence, Preston Montague, for a lively retrospective of his 2025 ecological installation artwork—plus a native plant and seed giveaway! Also, hear a presentation by David Rahahę́·tih Webb, conservationist and citizen of the Tuscarora Nation, who will present his latest work, Indigenous Carolinians, followed by a … More Winter Solstice at Dix Park
Get Gatorwise! What Everyone Should Know about Alligators in North Carolina Featuring: Alicia Wassmer, Alligator Biologist, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Alligators are often thought of as creatures of the deep South, but North Carolina was home to these remarkable reptiles long before the earliest accounts by colonial-era naturalists. Find out what makes the only … More Get Gatorwise!
It seems a lot of folks were more than ready to get outside and have some “dirt therapy” after all the Thanksgiving feasting! Over twenty volunteers came to Bass Lake Park Sunday afternoon to refresh, plant, and mulch a multitude of new native plants in the SWC Native Shade Plant Demonstration Garden. Debra Quinlan and … More Native Plant Explosion at Bass Lake Park
SWC members and friends gathered Sunday afternoon to dedicate a ten-foot white oak (Quercus alba) at Crowder County Park as a living memorial to John Kinsella, long-time SWC VP and board member and key leader of a multitude of conservation projects and activities over the years. Beth Kinsella and John and Beth’s son and daughter-in … More A Tree for John
This conservation crew is on it! SWC and Wake Audubon continue to rally around a very exciting collaborative project at a little-known gem of a nature park in Fuquay Varina called the Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park. Today, we removed another large trailer load of invasive plants, mostly Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), but also … More Did Somebody Say “Privet?!”
Wildlife Gardens & Habitats Committee A new committee is born! The team has decided to combine the original Garden for Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat committees under the joint leadership of Sara Donohoe and Debra Quinlan. There is a great deal of syergy between these activities in both of these areas, and the SWC interest survey … More New Committee Announcement
Want to get some outdoor time and burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories? You are invited to join us for a workday the following Sunday afternoon at Bass Lake Park. We will be doing some end-of-year maintenance at SWC’s Native Shade Plant Demonstration Garden near the Bass Lake picnic shelter. In addition to weeding … More Get Outside and Work Off those Thanksgiving Indulgences Nov. 30th!
SWC is partnering with Wake Audubon’s ongoing project to conserve and support the natural heritage of a unique nature park in Fuquay Varina, the Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park. The NC Natural Heritage Progam lists portions of this site as 7 out of 10 for natural diversity, which is exceptional for a suburban/urban location! … More Invasives Blitz at Johnson Environmental Education Park Nov. 20th
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