Join NCWF South Wake Conservationists Chapter for a presentation about chimney swifts! John Connors, retired Coordinator of The Naturalist Center at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, will share the biology, history, and behaviours of this very unique bird. In 1682 a swift was found nesting for the first time in a chimney at a … More Chimney Swifts and People: Past Present and Future – Sept 3, 2026
Now that the school year is almost upon us, we are working to keep this wonderful rooftop garden in shape! It’s time to follow up our earlier summer weedings:) There are sixteen beds in the center of the roof area, which is where the students raised their crops and pollinator plants this spring, and they … More Volunteers Needed: Rooftop Pollinator Garden Maintenance at SE Raleigh Elementary School Aug 21, 2026
Great kick off for The Invasive Removal Coalition of Cary’s first event at the Annie Jones Trail in Cary. Approximately 16 volunteers from multiple conservation groups showed up. Six of those were with SWC, other groups that participated were SWANEC and Rewild Cary. The Coalition provided quality snacks and beverages. The mission was to primarily … More Invasive removal at Annie Jones Trail in Cary, NC
SWC partnered with Wake County Parks to hold our fourth annual Moth Night at Crowder County Park in Apex Saturday evening. Bonnie Eamick, a certified environmental educator and SWC member and Adam Prince, an outdoor educator with the parks, teamed up with some friends from the local insect (and arachnid) population to deliver a fun … More A Fun Night in the Park
Mud Day at the Walnut Creek Wetland Center in Raleigh is always a fun event, and SWC is excited to participate for the fourth year in a row as an exhibitor! We will have a variety of displays and hands-on activities, as always, and need some volunteers to help during the event. It is all … More Volunteers Needed for SWC Exhibit at Mud Day Aug. 15th
We will meet at the end of Wide Waters Parkway, where we will take a short walk to the trail. ReWild will provide your equipment, including daubers, but please feel free to bring your own. The work will mostly involve privet and will be off trail, in a flood plain. So, you will need to … More Please join us for an invasive removal assist with ReWild NC; Monday August 17, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Kids in Nature Day is back for the fifth year in row! Fall is a great time for outdoor events, and this event is free. All kids and families are welcome. Connecting kids with nature through fun, interactive, and hands-on activities Attended by hundreds of area children and parents the past four years, Kids in … More Kids in Nature Day Oct. 10th!
This is our biggest event of the year, five years running, and we need your help. It takes over 50 volunteers to make this run smoothly, and there are many different roles to choose from. Kids in Nature Day will be held again at beautiful Lake Benson Park in Garner on Sat., Oct. 10th (rain … More Lots of Volunteers Needed for Kids in Nature Day Oct. 10th!
Please join us for stilt grass & liriope removal on August 8th at Annie Jones Greenway, Cary NC 8:00am to 12:30pm with the newly formed organization The Invasive Plant Removal Coalition of Cary. They are inviting other local conservation groups to kick off this important work, expect some good fellowship with other like-minded individuals. They … More They say the “early bird gets the worm,” but on August 8th it will be the early conservationist who gets the most stilt grass removed!
Did you know that there are estimated to be 160,000 different moth species, almost ten times as many as there are for butterflies? Most come out only at night, so you may not have seen most of them. But moths don’t just fly at night. There are actually more brightly coloured day-flying moths than there … More Moth Night at Crowder Park Aug. 8th