Photos and description of past events.
On March 6,2025 on cold and windy day two South Wake Conservationists installed four houses for our avian friends! The houses were installed on the property of St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church in Fuquay-Varina. The installations consisted of two each for Bluebirds and Nuthatches. Several houses were installed last year on the same property with very … More More Homes for Our Feathered Friends!
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
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!
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!
Garner’s annual Groundhog Day event at White Deer Park was a hit again this year, and SWC was happy to participate as an exhibitor for the third year in a row. There was a nice turnout, and in the end, the groundhog (“Snerd”), provided by our friends at CLAWS in Chapel Hill, gave an upbeat … More Groundhog Says Spring is Around the Corner!
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
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
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Chinese Proverb The SWC Eco Kids Program got off to a fun start Saturday at Crowder County Park in Apex, where 14 kids accompanied by 30 equally enthusiastic adults learned about trees and then proceeded to plant a variety … More Fun with Trees at Crowder Park!
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
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
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