Get outside this MLK Day of Service and help the City of Raleigh’s Walnut Creek Wetland Park eradicate invasive Japanese stiltgrass. Volunteers will be pulling, raking, and piling up invasive stiltgrass that grows wild in our moist, shady forests and trails. Stiltgrass forms thick mounds and thatches as it dies back and makes it really … More The Great MLK Day Family Stilt Grass Pull
The South Wake Conservationists are taking a tour of Walnut Creek Wetland Park in Raleigh! Celia Lechtman serves as an Assistant Manager at the park and will guide us on the tour. Join us as we get to know this unique and important area! The physical and biological characteristics of freshwater wetlands, such as those … More Walnut Creek Wetland Park Tour
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
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