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

Green Growth Tool Box

NC, United States

Proactive planning secures benefits for our communities, the future of our wildlife and economy, helps to protect working farms and forests and helps to ensure that development permit requirements are met ahead of time. Participants in this event are eligible for American Planning Association and American Society of Landscape Architects continuing education credits and will...

Deer Life!

Raven Rock State Park 3009 Raven Rock Road, Lillington, NC, United States

See the world with a new set of eyes, those of a White-tailed deer. Explore the secretive life of this woodland creature and learn to spot the subtle signs of their presence. A short hike through the woods will show how the deer live right alongside humans, with us hardly ever knowing!

Free

Winter Plant Hike

Lake James State Park 7321 NC Hwy 126, Nebo, NC, United States

Many folks think there isn’t a lot of green left to see when they hike in the winter landscape, but they’re in for a surprise. Join a park ranger as he hikes along the Holly Discovery Trail in search of the plants that hold their green coloration even through winter.

Free

Nature at Night Hike

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

Explore the wonders of wildlife activities at night as you join a ranger for a leisurely hike along the 1.42-mile Piedmont Loop Trail.

Free