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...

Fly-fishing Basics: Understanding and Selecting Fly-fishing Equipment – Virtual

virtual via Teams

We get it, getting started fly-fishing can be daunting! There's the lingo, flies, equipment...we'll help you make sense of it all - and maybe even save you a few (or a lot of) dollars along the way. Topics to be covered include: Selecting a fly rod/reel; Decoding fly line acronyms/line types; Understanding the balanced system;...

Who Will Fill My Shoes: Succession Planning for Landowners and Business Webinar – Module 2

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...

Animal Tracks

Pilot Mountain State Park 1792 Pilot Knob Park Road, Pinnacle, NC, United States

Animal Tracks is an engaging program that introduces participants to wildlife through the study of animal footprints. Suitable for all ages, it includes a guided nature walk to observe and identify tracks, along with a workshop on differentiating species by their footprints. This program fosters a connection with nature, promoting environmental awareness and appreciation, and it...

Basic Fly-fishing Workshop

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

Ready to try your hand (literally) at fly-fishing? Or perhaps need a refresher at fly-casting? This course is perfect for those with zero experience, those looking to refine their skills and everyone in between by teaching tactile and visual cues that are easy to understand. Our intensely trained and passionate volunteer instructors -they're awesome- will...

Supporting Birds Through the Seasons Using Native Plants

Dismal Swamp State Park

You are invited to join NCWF Wildlife Habitat Stewards of Northeastern NC Chapter and NCWRC Wildlife Biologist, Falyn Owens, for a presentation discussing the importance of incorporating native plants into your landscape to provide essential food sources for birds and offer much-needed shelter for nesting sites. Native plants are the ideal bird feeders, providing seeds...