Hunter Education Course

Maysville Volunteer Fire Department 404 Main Street, Maysville, NC, United States

The Hunter Education Program of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission provides free hunter education courses throughout the year in every county.  More than a firearm safety course, instruction includes ethics and responsibility, conservation and wildlife management, wildlife identification, survival and first aid, specialty hunting and tree stand safety. There are no minimum age requirements, however,...

Amazing Adaptations

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

Learn what makes the flora and fauna of the Sandhills so fabulously adapted to thriving with sandy soils and frequent fire. This is an outdoor presentation.

Places We Live: A Project Learning Tree High School Workshop

Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch , 1420 Price Park Dr., Greensboro, NC, United States

This workshop will dive into how we find a sense of place within our communities, and how trees play a role in our community character. Greensboro-specific examples and case-studies will be presented. This workshop is ideal for educators working with students in grades 6-12. All workshop participants will receive the Places We Live secondary module....

Free

Backyard Birding

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

Discover strategies for attracting birds to your backyard including feeders and types of food. Learn about common birds you might see at your feeders and learn ways to encourage or discourage certain birds from visiting.

Free

Environmental Education for the K-8 Classroom: Project Learning Tree

Belmont Abbey College 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Road, Belmont, NC, United States

Join other K-8 classroom and nonformal educators as they explore activities in the Project Learning Tree K-8 Curriculum Guide. Every participant will leave the workshop with the PLT K-8 Activity Guide which includes 96 activities correlated to the N.C. Standard Course of Study and Essential Standards. CEU renewal credits are available. This workshop qualifies for...

$20

Fire in the Toolbox

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

Join a ranger to learn how land managers use fire as a tool to benefit plant and animal communities. See some of the tools used and the planning that takes place to safely prepare for using fire on the landscape. The program will conclude with a short walk to see the effects of recent fire.

Free

Tree Identification in Winter

Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center 1192 U.S. 64 Business, Pittsboro, NC, United States

This is a hands-on workshop on winter botany for landowners, landscapers, farmers, park managers, naturalists and anyone else who is curious about trees. Register HERE.

$10

Tree Identification in Winter

Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center 1192 U.S. 64 Business, Pittsboro, NC, United States

This is a hands-on workshop on winter botany for landowners, landscapers, farmers, park managers, naturalists and anyone else who is curious about trees. Register HERE.

$10

Environmental Education for K-8 Educators: Project Learning Tree

San-Lee Park 572 Pumping Station Road, Sanford, NC, United States

Join other K-8 classroom and nonformal educators as they explore activities in the Project Learning Tree K-8 Curriculum Guide. Every participant will leave the workshop with the PLT K-8 Activity Guide which includes 96 activities correlated to the NC Standard Course of Study and Essential Standards. CEU renewal credits are available. This workshop qualifies for...

$20

Hunter Education Course

China Grove Fire Department 333 North Main St., China Grove, NC, United States

The Hunter Education Program of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission provides free hunter education courses throughout the year in every county.  More than a firearm safety course, instruction includes ethics and responsibility, conservation and wildlife management, wildlife identification, survival and first aid, specialty hunting and tree stand safety. There are no minimum age requirements, however,...