Introduction to Fly Fishing

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

Learn the basics of fly fishing: equipment, knots, casting, and spend a couple of hours fishing the Davidson River. All materials provided. Bring a lunch. Ages 12 and up. Register online at www.ncwildlife.org/pisgah/signup or call 828-877-4423.

Free

Birding Hike

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

Take a short hike through Pisgah National Forest as we learn to identify common bird species found in this area.  This class is designed for the beginner birder. Bring water and good hiking shoes. Ages 12 and up. Register online at www.ncwildlife.org/pisgah/signup or call 828-877-4423.

Free

Backyard Birding by Ear: For Beginners

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

Do you enjoy listening to birds in the morning? Learn how to identify common backyard birds by their calls and songs. We’ll start in the classroom with some listening quiz games and then move outside to put our skills to the test. Come prepared for light hiking outside.  Ages 10 and up. Register online at...

Free

Carnivorous Plant Hike

Carolina Beach State Park 1010 State Park Road, Carolina Beach, NC, United States

This workshop will take place every Saturday during March, April, May, June, July and August at 10 a.m. Take a hike with a park ranger and learn about the fascinating world of carnivorous plants that grow at Carolina Beach State Park. See plants that “bite back" such as sundews, bladderworts, butterworts, pitcher plants, and the...

Free

Tree Identification Procedures (webinar)

www.forestrywebinars.net , United States

This webinar will focus primarily on common growing season identification (ID) features, such as leaves, flowers, fruit and bark. The webinar will also include some dormant season ID characteristics, such as buds, branching, bark and habitat. Presenters will be Jason Gordon, Assistant Professor of Community Forestry, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of...

Free

Carnivorous Plant Hike

Carolina Beach State Park 1010 State Park Road, Carolina Beach, NC, United States

This workshop will take place every Saturday during March, April, May, June, July and August at 10 a.m. Take a hike with a park ranger and learn about the fascinating world of carnivorous plants that grow at Carolina Beach State Park. See plants that “bite back" such as sundews, bladderworts, butterworts, pitcher plants, and the...

Free

Forest Management From a Landowner’s Perspective

virtual via Zoom

Foresters often talk with landowners about the value of working with a professional in managing their land, but professionals frequently do not get candid feedback from their clients. What is the experience of taking care of a property and working with a forester, from the owner’s perspective? Landowners Bet and Patrick Smith of rural northeastern...

Free

ForestHer NC: Identifying Birds by Sight & Sound

virtual via Zoom

Join ForestHER NC landowners, natural resource professionals, and others for the first of four interactive webinars about managing for wildlife! This first installment will feature a quick background on the ForestHer NC program followed by a presentation on bird identification from Aimee Tomcho, Conservation Biologist with Audubon North Carolina. There will be time for questions,...

Food Plots for Fall

virtual via Zoom

Participants will learn about the importance of soil health as well as the benefits and how-to of planting Fall supplemental food plots for wildlife. This webinar is free. Register here.

Free

Growing-Season Prescribed Fires & Ground-Nesting Birds

virtual via Zoom

Millions of dollars have been spent over the past 20 years on reforestation of longleaf pine forests. Restoration will take time coupled with frequent and repeated application of prescribed burning. Burning is absolutely critical to restoration, but an appreciable number of individuals and groups now limit their opportunities to burn to a smaller and smaller...

Free