On Saturday morning, SWC joined Middle Creek High School-based South Wake Area Native Ecosystems Conservation, SWANEC, and the Town of Apex Environmental Programs Coordinator to tackle removing invasives from Apex Community Park. Last month, SWANEC joined the SWC cleanup at Walnut Creek Wetland Park, and this week it was our turn to join theirs! There was a great … More Community Partnerships at Work!
South Wake Area Native Ecosystems Conservation, SWANEC, a passionate group of local high school students committed to “eliminating invasive plant species in Southern Wake County and to support the stabilization of native plant populations,” have invited us to assist them in removing invasives from Apex Community Park. These students did a yeoman’s job for us removing trash … More Let’s Help SWANEC Tackle those Invasives at Apex Community Park!
Fifteen hard-working souls joined together on Jan. 30 as a South Wake Conservationists work party to make a big dent in removing invasive plants at the Triangle Land Conservancy’s Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary. The usual suspects were Japanese Honeysuckle and Chinese Privet, and in the end, twenty-four bags were stuffed full! This will give … More Invasives Don’t Stand a Chance at Swift Creek Bluffs Preserve!
An energetic group of nine conservationists hiked down to some bottom-land at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary the morning of Dec. 5th to do a targeted invasive plants removal of Japanese honeysuckle. Led by Angela Hawkins, Lead Park Attendant, the group first observed the amazing ecosystem of the bluffs, enabled by the north-facing microclimate … More A Great Morning at Hemlock Bluffs
Thursday, July 27th 9AM – 12PM Sandy Pines Preserve 7201 Doc Procter Rd, Wendell, NC 27591 Join Wake County Open Space and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation for an invasive species removal event at Sandy Pines Preserve. We’ll improve wildlife habitat by removing Chinese privet and tree of heaven from the edges of the meadows. … More Invasive Species Removal Workday
An intrepid team of South Wake Conservationists won the first battle against the invasive plants at Bass Lake Park in Holly Springs. With tools provided by the park, the team tackled and removed various instances of Bradford Pear, Chinse Bushclover, Autumn Olive, Mimosa Trees, Multiflora Roses, White Mulberry, Japanese Honeysuckle, Oriental Bittersweet, Chinese Privet, Vasey … More Invasives Beware!
The plant on the left is a re-emerging Empress Tree, which is an aggressive, non-native tree that is attempting to crowd out (and shade out) native plants in the area. This is one of seventeen invasive plants species that have been identified along the trail of beautiful Bass Lake. South Wake Conservationists is planning a … More Invasive Plants Removal Workday at Bass Lake – Sept. 24
SWC was invited to exhibit at three events on Earth Day weekend, April 23-24, and with only two days to do it all, we could only accept two of them! It was a privilege to be invited, and we thoroughly enjoyed the chance to meet and dialogue with the public about conservation. The two events … More A Busy Earth Day Weekend!
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