Webinar: Stop the Spread: Essential Campaigns for Preventing Invasive Species

Join us for an informative webinar featuring a panel of experts presenting key invasive species education campaigns. This webinar will cover four critical initiatives designed to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species across various ecosystems. Don’t Let It Loose: Learn about responsible pet ownership and why it’s important to prevent the release of...

Webinar: An Overview of Bottomland Hardwood Forests

This presentation will define bottomland forests, discuss their function and silvicultural challenges, address which species to favor and outline some forest management practices that landowners can implement.

Winter Tree ID

Winter is a great time to learn and strengthen your plant identification skills. Join Ranger Hill for a guided hike at White Pines Picnic Area to learn some easy tips/tricks for being a winter ID expert.

Winter Birding Hike

Hanging Rock State Park 1790 Hanging Rock Park Road, Danbury, NC, United States

Join a park ranger on a hike to learn how to identify winter birds. You will learn how to identify birds visually and by their calls. We will hike 1.8 miles along the Wolf Rock Trail. Please wear proper hiking attire and bring water. There will be a limited number of binoculars to borrow so...

Winter Bird Hike – Cypress Point

Merchant's Millpond State Park 176 Millpond Road, Gatesville, NC, United States

Join us at the boat ramp parking lot for a ranger guided bird hike down Cypress Point Trail, where we will see how many different species of birds we can observe. This event is open to the public and will be suitable for all levels of birding knowledge. We will have some tips and tricks...

Weekend Woodpecker Hike

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve 1024 Ft. Bragg Road, Southern Pines, NC, United States

Join a ranger on a 1.5 mile hike to look for the wonderful woodpeckers of Weymouth Woods! Meet at the visitor center.

Who Will Fill My Shoes: Succession Planning for Landowners and Business Webinar

virtual via Zoom

5-part webinar series on succession planning. Module 1 begins on January 22nd with recurring webinars each Wednesday following until February 19th. Topics include communication and conflict in succession, key players in succession, road mapping and goals in succession, and planning and coordination in succession. Jan 22, 2025 - 01:00 PM Central Time - Module 1...

Incredible, Edible Pine Tree

Eno River State Park 6101 Cole Mill Road, Durham, NC, United States

Have you ever looked at a pine and wondered how much of it is edible? How long you could live off just a pine tree? Whether it would be healthy? Join a Ranger to learn these answers and try some for yourself! Meet at the Fews Ford picnic shelter. Pine nuts and pine straw tea...

Woodpeckers of Eno River State Park

Eno River State Park 6101 Cole Mill Road, Durham, NC, United States

Join a Park Technician to learn more about the woodpeckers of North Carolina and Eno River State Park. We will begin with a short lesson covering the unique adaptations and behaviors that make these birds a keystone species in the ecosystems they occupy and a brief overview of the different species found in the park,...

Beginning Fly-tying Workshop

John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center 7489 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC, United States

This Fly-tying Course is designed to provide the student with a basic knowledge of fly-tying tools, materials, patterns, and tying techniques.  We teach the course in progression beginning with simple fly patterns and steadily advance toward more complex flies allowing the students to build on their skills. In this course, students will complete 6 fly...