Special events held locally, including workdays, hikes, and other group activities.
Please join us on Friday, August 30 at 9:00 a.m. as we tackle an over abundance of weeds at Bass Lake Park pollinator garden in Holly Springs. The recent plentiful rain has stimulated the weeds and there is no shortage of them! We will conclude at 11:00 a.m. Please bring gloves, water, a trowel and … More Please Join Us for a Productive Day at Bass Lake Pollinator Garden!
We invite all our SWC volunteers to join the next scheduled litter cleanup at Walnut Creek Wetland Park, with whom we have established a new partnership this year. What is now a wetland park is an amazing turn-around story of what has been literally a dumping ground downstream from the City of Raleigh for decades … More Autumn Big Sweep at Walnut Creek Wetland Park – Sept. 7th
Registration is now closed. We are at capacity for this event. Please subscribe to see notices of future activities and workdays. We look forward to seeing you next time! Special Event for South Wake Conservationists The Museum of Life and Science in Durham is offering a very special, behind-the-scenes tour of the animal care at … More Behind-the-Scenes Animal Care Tour at the Museum of Life & Science
Can you help? We need 3-4 SWC volunteers to help with our exhibit at Mud Day at the Walnut Creek Wetland Center in Raleigh on Aug. 17th. The event runs 10 AM-1 PM, and setup begins at 9 AM. SWC has a partnership with this amazing wetland center (part of Raleigh Parks and Rec), and … More Volunteers Needed for SWC Exhibit at Mud Day – Saturday Aug. 17th
Re-scheduled after the original event was rained out July 20th. PLEASE REGISTER BELOW FOR THE NEW DATE: Did you know that there are estimated to be 160,000 different moth species, almost ten times as many as there are for butterflies? And most come out only at night, so you may not have seen most of … More New Date for Moth Night – Sat., Aug. 10th
WEATHER DELAY This event is being re-scheduled, due to the forecast thunderstorm activity tomorrow evening (July 20th). While we do have a covered pavilion for this, most moths don’t like to fly in the rain, especially as temperatures cool, per guidance from an entomologist. We want everyone to have a great experience, so we are … More Moth Night will be Re-scheduled
Are you looking to get outside this summer while helping to develop new fish and wildlife habitats? The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will be planting native aquatic vegetation in reservoirs across the Piedmont and needs your help! The goal is to improve habitat for sport fishes and other wildlife by establishing self-sustaining native aquatic plant communities. These wetland communities … More Develop new fish and wildlife habitats with the NCWRC
The NC Purple Martin Society and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences are hosting a banding event next week at two of their Raleigh-area locations, where they maintain purple martin houses. Museum ornithologists will weigh, measure, and band the purple martin chicks. Learn how banding works, why we band birds, and get to see purple … More Watch Purple Martin Banding in Action!
The South Wake Conservationists are taking a tour of Walnut Creek Wetland Park in Raleigh! Celia Lechtman serves as an Assistant Manager at the park and will guide us on the tour. Join us as we get to know this unique and important area! The physical and biological characteristics of freshwater wetlands, such as those … More Walnut Creek Wetland Park Tour
Be sure to register for this one and join us Sunday afternoon at Sugg Farm! This is a very special wildlife tour by our own Courtney Rousseau, and the purple martin colony at Sugg Farm is very active and fun to watch. Learn all about purple martins from Courtney, who is also president of the … More Join Us for a Nest Check at Sugg Farm Purple Martin Colony!
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