Woodland Tour

Hop on board for a tour of a well-managed woodland. Forestry professionals and expert landowners will be on hand as we showcase the practices and methods that give results. Topics for discussion include prescribed fire for wildlife management, woodland management practices and using herbicides. Meet at Union Chapel Church, 6479 Raleigh Rd., Kittrell, N.C. Register...

Fire Effects

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

Join a ranger for a 2-mile hike through recently burned areas of the Weymouth tract and learn about the effects of prescribed fire in the forest.

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Hunter Education Course

Singletary Lake State Park 6707 Highway 53, Kelly, NC, United States

All unlicensed sportsmen and sportswomen must successfully complete a hunter education course before they can hunt in North Carolina or purchase a hunting license. This course covers hunter responsibility, wildlife conservation and management, firearms, wildlife identification, survival and first aid, specialty hunting, and tree stand safety. The course is accepted in every state and province...

Timber Tax Filing for the 2018 Tax Year: Webinar

This one-hour webinar for private forest landowners, foresters, loggers and timber businesses will discuss the timber-related income tax reporting rules, including the latest major new law changes affecting timber transactions. JOIN THE WEBINAR HERE  

Free

Family Fishing Fiesta

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area 280 State Park Road, Apex, NC, United States

Ever wanted to learn how to fish or freshen up old skills? If so, this program is for you. Families will be introduced to fishing, aquatic education and water safety. Activities include knot tying, casting, fishing and cleaning fish, as well as information on fish management, aquatic stewardship, boating and water safety, and fishing regulations....

Free

K-12 Project Learning Tree Workshop: Forest Focus

Brevard College Brevard, NC, United States

Join other classroom and nonformal educators as we explore activities in the Project Learning Tree K-8 Curriculum Guide, as well as the secondary modules, Focus on Forests and Forests of the World. Every participant will leave the workshop with all three guides that are correlated to the N.C. Standard Course of Study and Essential Standards....

$20

Becoming an Outdoors Woman Weekend

YMCA Camp Harrison at Herring Ridge 7901 NC-18, Boomer, NC, United States

This weekend program offers a wide variety of training in outdoor skills and information including basic fishing, game and outdoor cooking, rifle markswomanship, back country hunting skills, turkey hunting, motorboat skills, compass and GPS, canoeing and kayaking, trapping and tracking, basic rod building, smartphone nature photography, decoy carving and native pollinators.

$225

Party for the Pine

Weymouth Woods

The old tree is turning 471! Join the annual celebration for the oldest known living longleaf pine, learn how prescribed fire keeps the longleaf forest healthy and appreciate the natural beauty of the Sandhills of North Carolina. Activities include hikes to the Old Tree, turpentining demonstration, live animals, chat with local wildlife educators, bluebird house...

Free

Project Learning Tree: Southeastern Forests and Climate Change

Walnut Creek Wetland Center 950 Peterson St., Raleigh, NC, United States

Project Learning TreeĀ® (PLT) and PINEMAP have partnered to develop a secondary module on climate change impacts on southern forest ecosystems, the role of forests in sequestering carbon, and strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to changing climatic conditions. The module is designed for use in life science, environmental science, and agriculture courses...

$20