Blog post about a special topic of interest to the community.
South Wake Conservationists were honored to receive the 2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Community Appearance / Community Impact. This was presented on Sept. 25th at a ceremony with Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin and the Raleigh Design Review Commission to SWC and many other deserving recipients at Raleigh’s Union Station. The award was in recognition of … More SWC Receives 2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Award
ORDER PERIOD CLOSED Our bulk order goes out Sunday (9/22), so be sure to place your order this week. As we do workdays and other public events together, it really shows our team spirit! It also helps the chapter, so order some for the whole family. These are high-quality shirts with really cool designs front … More Final Week to Order Official SWC Shirts!
ORDER PERIOD CLOSED By popular demand, we now have SWC shirts with a brand new design, ready to order! We are taking pre-orders and payments through Sept. 22nd. This is a bulk order, which we will only do once or twice a year, so be sure to get your order in now. Orders will be … More SWC Shirts for Sale!
Have you heard the news? For the first time, North Carolina canceled the recreational Southern flounder season due to concerns over the sustainability of the fishery. What can we do that will have the most immediate impact to preserve the Southern flounder population in North Carolina waters? Stop inshore shrimp trawling. Spawning flounder get caught … More Stop Destructive Inshore Shrimp Trawling in North Carolina’s Coastal Waters
It was touch and go with the weather forecast all week, but on the day of the event, the skies held off until after the event ended and even allowed time for organizers and exhibitors to pack out their gear. Then the heavens let loose, giving nature’s special punctuation mark on a great day connecting … More Kids Loved Kids in Nature Day!
Listen to this new episode of the WUNC podcast series “The Broadside” to learn about the history of and emerging threats to deer populations and our state wildlife management systems overall. Guy and Judy Gardner are training a new generation of hunters, following a precipitous decline since the 1990’s. State wildlife management programs need a … More Threats to Wildlife Management in North Carolina
Native plant swap flyer … More Native Plant Swap May 11th at White Deer Park Nature Center
South Wake Conservationists were invited to participate in the release of North Carolina’s K-12 Environmental Literacy Plan at Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School in Fuquay Varina on Earth Day, April 22, 2024. This is a refreshed version of the original plan released in 2011. This plan, incorporating environmental education into school curricula and … More Environmental Literacy Plan Released at Lincoln Heights
SWC exhibited at Raleigh’s annual Earth Day/Arbor Day festival on April 19th, an event co-sponsored by our good friends at We Plant it Forward. It was quite a large event at Dix Park featuring sustainability concepts and practices, mixed in with a fun array of Native American cultural demonstrations, a drum circle, and a high-spirited … More An Award from the City of Raleigh at the Earth Day/Arbor Day Event
It takes a lot of volunteers to make a large event like this be successful, and the response has been great so far. One area that we really need help with still is parking. There are two shifts, so you can enjoy the event or help in other ways while off-shift. With the anticipated number … More Adults Volunteers Needed to Help Direct Parking at Kids in Nature Day May 4th
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