Special events held locally, including workdays, hikes, and other group activities.
Our next workday for the Nature Trail Project at West Lake Elementary School in Apex will be on Sunday Nov 17th. Courtney Rousseau, project lead, invites volunteers to come at 1:30 PM for orientation and to begin work that afternoon, which should last until approximately 3:30 PM. We will be sawing and clearing out trimmed … More 2nd Workday to Build a Nature Trail – Volunteers Needed
Cancelled – rescheduling in Spring Due to holiday schedule conflicts, this event is cancelled and will be scheduled again in the spring. Please watch our posts and calendar for the re-scheduled event, plus other activities and events throughout the year. At a time when it appears that we are surrounded by invasive plants, kids have … More An Eco Kids Call to Action!
SWC has a great opportunity to re-imagine an aging nature trail at West Lake Elementary School, led by Courtney Rousseau in collaboration with NCWF and the PTA. This project is in the very first stage, but our first workday to get a jump on cleaning up the existing trail is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 27th, … More Build a Nature Trail!
South Wake Conservationists will meet on a Friday, Sept. 27th, 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 Varina, with the specific details … More Chimney Swifts! Watch their spectacular aeronautic display Sept. 27th.
Come in person to meet the speaker, socialize with fellow nature lovers, and try your hand in a raffle! Not in the Raleigh area? Also simulcast as a webinar. This is an inspiring story of how a critical wetland in Southeast Raleigh, which has languished under decades of abuse and neglect, is now on the … More Chapter Meeting Sept. 5th: “The Environmental Underdog Story of the Walnut Creek Wetland Park”
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
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