Happy National Volunteer Week!
April 18th – 24th was National Volunteer Week. We want to extend a huge thank you to each and every one of you. During 2020, in...
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Youngs Mountain Trail Opens
A new hiking trail just opened at Youngs Mountain, offering spectacular views of Lake Lure, Rumbling Bald, Weed Patch Mountain, and the lower Hickory Nut Gorge.
Litter Awareness Month Encourages the Community to “RETHINK” Waste
Since the emergence of plastics in the 1950’s, and consequently the surge in litter, we’ve been told the narrative that the solution to litter is...
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Polk County’s Most Wanted – Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Have you seen Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)? by Andrew Hoffman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Conserving Carolina and botanist/ecologist David Campbell need your help...
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North Carolina Launches the First-Ever NC Bird Atlas! You Can Participate.
Barred owl. Photo by Sara Jackson. Beginning this spring, North Carolina embarks on it’s first-ever Bird Atlas! The NC Bird Atlas is a 5-year...
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Enter our Habitat at Home Photo Contest!
Share your photos of native plants, habitat improvement projects, and wildlife seen at or near your home. Win garden-themed prizes!
Spring Photo Contest Celebrates Habitat at Home
In Conserving Carolina’s 2021 Habitat at Home Photo Contest, you can share your projects to improve wildlife habitat and the wild things that you see at your place.
Great News on Floodplain Restorations
Great news! Muskie are spawning at Mud Creek. And we purchased another potential restoration site just upstream at Kings Bridge. Read all about it in the Asheville Citizen-Times.