October 22: NatureFest – for Families!

…its programs accessible to all: SNAP/EBT benefit recipients attend free. Register here NatureFest features stations with the Chapel Hill Woodturners, New Hope Audubon Society, NC Herpetological Society, NC State Bee…

Saving the Crystal Skipper

their new home along the coast this fall to restore degraded dunes and hopefully provide habitat for skippers next spring. In addition to planting habitat for the skipper, education is…

Herman Harrison Braxton

rural Haywood County. In 1926 he co-authored with Dr. William Chambers Coker, “New Water Molds from the Soil,” (Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 42(1-2): 139-149). In 1927 he…

NASA identifies suitable flytrap habitat

…that range are most at risk for development. These results can inform our conservation team’s seed-banking and reintroduction efforts and help prioritize new sites for protection. Explore their StoryMap >…

Land Management

…faculty maintain long-term research programs at Mason Farm, and it is the site of an international carbon storage study. The longest-running breeding bird survey in the southeastern United States has…

Fall Board Meeting 2023

…on the Foundation’s Conservation Committee. As a CEO Coach, mentor and Advisor at Vistage Worldwide, Inc, Niels helps people who run businesses become better leaders, make better decisions, and get…

2023 NC Wildflower of the Year

…flowers are an abundant and preferred nectar source for numerous species of bees and butterflies, as well as ruby-throated hummingbirds. In fact, buttonbush is considered a valuable plant among beekeepers….