Category: Retrospective

Photos and description of past events.

SWC Kicks Off NCWF Habitat Steward Training Series in Raleigh

March 5, 2025

South Wake Conservationists partnered with NCWF VP of Outdoor Engagement Mary Bures and Conservation Coordinator Kara Solomon to run a three-day workshop leading to certification as an NWF Habitat Steward. We had a wonderful setting to hold the workshop, provided by Wake County’s Historic Yates Mill County Park in Raleigh, as well as beautiful spring-like … More SWC Kicks Off NCWF Habitat Steward Training Series in Raleigh

We Just Prepared Some Beautiful Gardens for Spring!

March 4, 2025

On March 4, 2025 nine South Wake Conservationists had a very productive “workday” preparing the gardens at Millbrook Environmental Connections Elementary School for spring! The school’s gardens were overloaded with dead stalks on most plants. The stalks were clipped and a wide array of beautiful plants are now ready to enjoy the wonders of spring. … More We Just Prepared Some Beautiful Gardens for Spring!

eBirding at Apex Community Park!

February 15, 2025

SWC, led by Jeremy Bock, hosted an enthusiastic group of eighteen folks eager to learn about birding and how to us the eBird app to contribute to a worldwide community science database. eBird, managed by Cornell University, is among the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed annually by … More eBirding at Apex Community Park!

A New Sign for the Lincoln Heights Pollinator Gardens

January 31, 2025

The weather warmed up nicely on Friday for the installation of a new interpretive sign at the pollinator gardens at Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School in Fuquay Varina. Thanks to a grant from the Jandy Ammons Foundation, SWC was able to install this next interpretive sign in a series placed in local parks and … More A New Sign for the Lincoln Heights Pollinator Gardens

A Nature Trail is Born

January 28, 2025

SWC members and PTA leaders joined forces again today to install 23 interpretive signs along the re-imagined nature trail at West Lake Elementary School in Apex. SWC member Courtney Rousseau has led this project since last Fall, custom-designing a full-color series of interpretive signs for kids about nature along a re-furbished trail on school grounds. … More A Nature Trail is Born

Stiltgrass Blitz at Walnut Creek

January 23, 2025

SWC joined forces with Walnut Creek Wetland Park in Raleigh for a chilly but productive day of service on Marin Luther King Day (Jan. 20th), removing invasive Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) by hand from the grounds. This annual grass quickly takes over disturbed areas and spreads from there, displacing native vegetation critical for local wildlife. … More Stiltgrass Blitz at Walnut Creek

New Hill Hunter Education and Mentoring Program – Practical Deer Processing

December 12, 2024

More than fifty individuals, mostly new to hunting, attended this year’s Practical Deer Processing training events delivered at SWC’s Harnett Area Deer Donation Site and a satellite site in Apex on Saturday Dec 7th, where they acquired comprehensive knowledge on handling deer from the initial stage to packaging and freezing. Delivered collaboratively between the New … More New Hill Hunter Education and Mentoring Program – Practical Deer Processing

We Accomplished a Botanical Trifecta!

December 8, 2024

On a sunny yet chilly Saturday, December 7, 2024 the South Wake Conservationists, accompanied by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and an enthusiastic group of nature-loving volunteers, had a very impressive “workday!” The group descended upon Bass Lake Park and thoroughly weeded the pollinator garden, added some native plants and removed a very impressive amount … More We Accomplished a Botanical Trifecta!