Note time change to 11 AM – be sure to register and reserve your water craft! Please join us for a unique opportunity on Saturday, November 5 at 11 AM to kayak Robertson Millpond. Robertson Millpond Preserve is located at 6333 Robertson Pond Road, Wendell, NC 27591 Reserve a kayak for for a one hour time slot … More FIELD TRIP! Kayaking at Robertson Millpond Preserve @ 11 AM Nov. 5
It was a perfect (yet warm) fall day, and we thoroughly enjoyed partnering with the NC Native Plant Society at the NC State Fair Saturday! Many thanks to Jackie Trickel for inviting us to share a booth with them next to their beautiful permanent native plants garden on the fairgrounds. We had a steady stream … More Fantastic Day at the Fair with the NC Native Plant Society
Like clockwork, thousands of chimney swifts gathered at sunset in the skies over Fuquay Varina Middle School on Oct. 7. They seemed to appear from nowhere, first two or three, but eventually filling the sky by the thousands, like a flash mob. Twenty five people of all ages enjoyed the performance, where the weather was … More Chimney Swifts Delivered!
After a hot and dry summer, plus hungry deer and the occasional rabbit foraging for anything edible, SWC’s Native Shade Plant Demonstration Garden at Bass Lake Park was in need of some TLC. SWC volunteers stepped up to the plate on a beautiful, crisp fall day on Oct. 5 and got the job done, so … More Fall Cleanup at the SWC Garden at Bass Lake
Looking for adventure with a purpose? Help protect our waterways and the oceans! Wake County’s Big Sweep Program is holding a cleanup event on Friday, Nov. 4, 9 AM-12 PM near Willow Springs at the site of the future Beech Bluffs County Park. This cleanup is not for the faint of heart, as the area … More Wake Co. Big Sweep: Future Beech Bluffs County Park
Join NCWF and Wake County Parks, Recreation & Open Space for a native planting workday on Thursday, Oct 20th, 9 AM – 12 PM, at Turnipseed Nature Preserve, a a 265-acre Wake County park located south of Wendell in the eastern part of Wake County. We will plant approximately 80-100 native shrubs/trees within a 700-1000 square-foot field edge. This is … More Native Replanting at Turnipseed Nature Preserve
Please join us on Thursday, October 6 at 7:00 PM to get a fresh perspective of how conservation has merged and evolved in the United States and North America. How much progress have we made so far? What has worked, what hasn’t? Dr. Robert Brown will take us through an exploration of the similarities and … More Learn about “The History of Conservation in the United States” with Dr. Bob Brown
NEW DATE: Friday, Oct. 7 South Wake Conservationists will meet on a Friday, Oct. 7, 6:30-8:00 PM, as we visit a local roosting site to witness the incredible spectacle of migratory Chimney Swifts turning in for the night. These birds begin their roosting ritual after sunset. This will be at a local site in Fuquay … More See the Amazing Chimney Swift Roosting Spectacle!
An intrepid team of South Wake Conservationists won the first battle against the invasive plants at Bass Lake Park in Holly Springs. With tools provided by the park, the team tackled and removed various instances of Bradford Pear, Chinse Bushclover, Autumn Olive, Mimosa Trees, Multiflora Roses, White Mulberry, Japanese Honeysuckle, Oriental Bittersweet, Chinese Privet, Vasey … More Invasives Beware!
The plant on the left is a re-emerging Empress Tree, which is an aggressive, non-native tree that is attempting to crowd out (and shade out) native plants in the area. This is one of seventeen invasive plants species that have been identified along the trail of beautiful Bass Lake. South Wake Conservationists is planning a … More Invasive Plants Removal Workday at Bass Lake – Sept. 24
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