CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER – Let’s Have Some Fun at Millbrook Elementary!

February 5, 2025

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!

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

🐦 Join us for a Citizen Science Bird Walk🐦

January 27, 2025

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🐦

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

Piedmont Sport Fisheries Webinar Feb. 6th

January 22, 2025

All about fish! Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists Chapter for a webinar about local fishes and sport fisheries! Hear from NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC) District 5 Fisheries Biologist, Seth Mycko, about his job managing and researching sport fisheries in local reservoirs and rivers. Learn about sport fishes in the piedmont and current research projects … More Piedmont Sport Fisheries Webinar Feb. 6th

Sign up for Habitat Steward Training!

January 21, 2025

Join NCWF and NCWF South Wake Conservationists Chapter for three fun-filled days of renowned speakers, field trips, and hands-on activities at Yates Mill County Park in Raleigh! Come participate in NCWF’s Wildlife Habitat Steward Training Program and become a Certified Wildlife Habitat Steward. This program will allow participants to increase their knowledge and ability to … More Sign up for Habitat Steward Training!