Thurs., Nov. 7th, 2024 7:00 – 8:30 PM Did you know that the Piedmont of North Carolina used to be covered in native prairies? Even though we may think of the piedmont prior to the arrival of European settlers as being a thick, uncut forest, our speaker is here to remind us that the Piedmont used to be … More SWC Webinar Nov. 7th: “Experiments in Piedmont Prairies”
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
Five recesses, five grades, and an amazing day of energetic kids weeding and planting for pollinators, many for the first time ever! SWC and NCWF partnered with the Adams Elementary School PTA in Cary to assist the students in building out a new native pollinator garden at the school on Oct. 18th. This was the … More Pollinator Garden Day at Adams Elementary
SWC has a great opportunity to re-imagine an aging nature trail at West Lake Elementary School, led by Courtney Rousseau in collaboration with NCWF and the PTA. This project is in the very first stage, but our first workday to get a jump on cleaning up the existing trail is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 27th, … More Build a Nature Trail!
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!
South Wake Conservationists will meet on a Friday, Sept. 27th, 6:30-8:00 PM, as we visit a local roosting site to witness the incredible spectacle of migratory Chimney Swifts turning in for the night. These birds begin their roosting ritual after sunset. This will be at a local site in Fuquay Varina, with the specific details … More Chimney Swifts! Watch their spectacular aeronautic display Sept. 27th.
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!
On August 30, 2024 seven South Wake Conservationists took on the formidable task of removing “a ton of weeds” from the Bass Lake Park pollinator garden. After an extended summer draught, the recent rains produced a bountiful quantity of weeds. The group was accompanied by Kara Solomon, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s recently-hired Conservation Coordinator. … More We Bid Farewell to Those Pesky Weeds!
South Wake Conservationists were given a very special treat with an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of animal care at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham on a beautiful Saturday afternoon Aug. 24th. Led by Stepheny Hines, Program Mgr., and Andrea Tejada, Assoc. Program Mgr., 28 adults and 6 children had an amazing introduction the … More Exploring Animal Care “Behind the Scenes” at the Museum of Life and Science
Come in person to meet the speaker, socialize with fellow nature lovers, and try your hand in a raffle! Not in the Raleigh area? Also simulcast as a webinar. This is an inspiring story of how a critical wetland in Southeast Raleigh, which has languished under decades of abuse and neglect, is now on the … More Chapter Meeting Sept. 5th: “The Environmental Underdog Story of the Walnut Creek Wetland Park”
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