Fall Foliage Hike

Haw River State Park 339 Conference Center Drive, Browns Summit, NC, United States

Color abounds! What better way to see the fall leaves than joining a park ranger for a leisurely hike along the 1.42-mile Piedmont Loop Trail. The hike is easy to moderate and takes approximately an hour to complete.    

Free

On the Water: North Mills River

Practice your fly fishing skills on the North Fork Mills River under the supervision and experienced eyes of our fly-fishing instructors. Learn about Delayed harvest regulations, wading, reading the water, fly selection, presentation, casting knots and stream entomology during a fun and relaxed morning of fishing. Equipment and materials provided. Meet at the public parking...

Project Learning Tree K-8 Workshop

Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest 4803 Sweet Home Church Road, Elizabethtown, NC, United States
$20

Learn About Black Bears

Buckeye Recreation Center Beech Mountain, NC, United States

This workshop will focus on black bears in North Carolina with emphasis on the life history and current research on black bears and activities that can be incorporated into educational programs. Information on how to coexist with black bears will also be provided, including a new regional program known as "BearWise". The workshop provides 5...

Free

Project Learning Tree K-8 Workshop

The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium 1500 E Garrison Boulevard, Gastonia, NC, United States

Forestry Tour: Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association

Cumberland County 845 McKloskey Rd., Fayetteville, NC, United States

This tour gives landowners the opportunity to learn from other landowners who are managing longleaf pine stands. The tour will focus on fire use on an unburned stand, burning a one- to three-year-old stand and the introduction of pinestraw raking. For more information, contact Jesse Wimberley Sandhills Area Land Trust Outreach Coordinator at 910-603-1052 or...

Outdoor Cooking

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

Whether in a camp setting or at home, you can learn how to prepare a tasty meal over an open wood fire or charcoal briquettes. Discover other novelty methods of cooking as well. Participants help prepare and eat the food created in this class. Bring a lawn chair. Ages 12 and up.

Leaf Lookers Hike

South Mountains State Park 3001 South Mountain Park Avenue, Connelly Springs, NC, United States

Meet a Park Ranger at the Jacob Fork Parking Area at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. for a short hike to learn about the trees found in South Mountains State Park.  Identify 10 common trees and learn why leaves change colors as the trees prepare for fall and winter.

Leaf Lookers Hike

South Mountains State Park 3001 South Mountain Park Avenue, Connelly Springs, NC, United States

Learn to identify 10 common trees and why leaves change colors as the trees prepare for fall and winter.

Free