After heavy rainstorms the trap was filled with trash, tree, leaf litter and hay from seeding an adjacent DOT highway project. So the response team suited up and removed trash and organic debris from the trap. We seperated it by category and inventoried it priorto puting into bags to weigh. In oder to secure pins … More Clean out of Lake Johnson Trash Trap 8/29/26
Join NC Wildlife Federation’s South Wake Conservationists Chapter for a volunteer work day at our shade pollinator garden at Bass Lake Park! We’ll be getting the garden ready for the cooler months with a mix of seasonal maintenance and new planting. Volunteer activities will include: No special experience is needed. We’ll have tools available to … More Bass Lake Shade Pollinator Garden Work Day – Sun 10/18/26 10am-Noon
Join NC Wildlife Federation’s South Wake Conservationists Chapter and the stewards of Inwood Wildlife Garden for a hands-on volunteer day as we build our first-ever hibernaculum! Wait… what’s a hibernaculum? A hibernaculum is a protective shelter or refuge that wildlife uses to survive the winter dormancy period. Typically constructed using natural materials such as rocks, … More Build a Hibernaculum at Inwood Wildlife Garden! Volunteers needed Sat. 9/19 10am-1pm
On May 14 these groups met to remove as much privet, and other invasives, as they could before the heat, ticks and humidity arrive, at this species rich park. The event was attended by 10 volunteers and 3 members of the Fuquay Varina Park Systems landscaping team. The weather was perfect and everyone was experienced … More Final 2026 Spring Invasive Removal at C. H. Johnson Environmental Education Park with The Audubon Society.
The SWC Gardens & Wildlife Habitats Committee invites you to join us for a hands-on maintenance and planting day at Bass Lake Park. We will kick off the afternoon by weeding and tidying up our shade garden, then roll up our sleeves to plant new pollinator plants and shrubs that will support local wildlife. Please … More Shade Garden Maintenance and Planting Day at Bass Lake Park
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!
Please join us at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 as we spruce up the Bass Lake Park pollinator garden! We will be weeding, cutting back dead growth, spreading seeds and adding some pollinator plants! The Park is located at 900 Bass Lake Road in Holly Springs but the pollinator garden is located next … More Please join us on November 21, 2023 for a rescheduled Bass Lake Park workday!
Please join us on Wednesday morning November 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. as we prepare the pollinator gardens at Yates Mill County Park for winter! We will be dead-heading, clipping dead growth and removing invasive plants at the Park’s various pollinator gardens! We will conclude at noon. Please bring water, kneeling pads and appropriate tools … More Please Join Us at Historic Yates Mill County Park!
The South Wake Conservationists invite you to join them on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. as they explore the amazing world of Purple Martins. These iconic birds are voracious insect-eaters and their migration into the United States is one of the first harbingers of spring. We will also learn about the wonderful activities … More Let’s Learn About the Wonderful World of Purple Martins!
Hope you can join the South Wake Conservationists on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Millbrook Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh for a pollinator garden “beautification event!” We will meet at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 9:30 a.m. Millbrook Elementary is located at 1520 East Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC. Please bring water, gardening attire, sunscreen and … More Join Us for a “Millbrook Weeding Party!”