Webinar to focus on wildlife cameras along Blue Ridge Parkway
ASHEVILLE, NC (March 23, 201) -- The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is offering a free webinar at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 6, to highlight how camera traps are used to study wildlife along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
In ecosystems around the…
USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s Southeast Region Says “Thank a Farmer” on National Ag Day
ATLANTA, GA (March 23, 2021) -- Today, The USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s (FNS) Southeast Region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) joins millions of Americans in celebrating…
Leave Bear Cubs Alone For Their Safety
RALEIGH, NC (March 23, 2021) -- The N.C Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to contact them if they suspect they’ve encountered an orphaned bear cub. Black bearsbecome more active in the spring after emerging from their…
Girl Scouts to partner with environmental organizations for annual weekend of service
COLFAX, NC (March 22, 2021) -- Every spring, Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont (GSCP2P) hosts its Weekend of Service, where they encourage their girls, volunteers, and families to do a good deed for others.
This year, the 2021…
COVID-19 Update #298 (March 22, 2021)
LENOIR, NC (March 22, 2021) — Here is the COVID-19 Update for Monday, March 22, 2021.
Updated 3-22-2021 at 4:15 p.m.
*This is the number of tests conducted by Caldwell UNC, the Health Department, and other reporting providers. Not all…
Updated 3-22-2021 at 4:15 p.m.
*This is the number of tests conducted by Caldwell UNC, the Health Department, and other reporting providers. Not all… Prescribed burn planned on the Grandfather Ranger District to reduce wildfire risk and improve…
NEBO, NC (March 20, 2021) -- The U.S. Forest Service is planning a 1,688-acre prescribed burn on the Grandfather Ranger District in Burke county in the coming weeks to reduce the risk of wildfires. This burn is in the Old Way Ridge unit…

