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!
Explore the fascinating world of frogs! Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists Chapter for an Eco Kids event about frogs. Experiment to learn more about the special characteristics that frogs share with all amphibians, and participate in activities that will help you discover what frogs need to survive. This event is open to all ages. Hop … More Eco Kids: All About Frogs
Ever wondered how the data collected in community science projects is used? Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists Chapter for a presentation about local community science projects with NCWF Conservation Coordinator Kara Solomon. Come hear how Kara used data from these projects in her research involving birds, plants, amphibians, and more. Discover some lesser-known local community … More Community Science: Why It Matters and How You Can Help
After a weather postponement, we are once again planning a beautification of the pollinator gardens at the Millbrook Environmental Connections Elementary School. Please join us at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4 as we hope to outfox the weather! We will be weeding, removing dead growth and doing miscellaneous tasks to enhance the beautify of … More Let’s Try, Once More, to Beautify Millbrook Schools Gardens!
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!
Please join us on Thursday, February 20th, as we pay a visit to an old friend! The folks at Millbrook Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary (Millbrook for short) are anxiously awaiting our arrival. We will be weeding, pruning and preparing the school’s pollinator gardens for spring. Please bring gloves, water, pruners and kneepads. Please do not … More CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER – Let’s Have Some Fun at Millbrook Elementary!
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
Love birds? Want to contribute to real scientific research? Join SWC on February 15th, 2025 from 9:00-11:00AM at Apex Community Park (2200 Laura Duncan Rd, Apex, NC 27523) for a leisurely birding walk and help us gather valuable data for local bird populations! We will meet in the playground/tennis court parking lot near the picnic … More 🐦 Join us for a Citizen Science Bird Walk🐦
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