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These opportunities truly open the door for future funding of Carolina Wetlands Association projects to help communities in need to mitigate their flooding issues and bring many co-benefits including improved water quality, recreation, human well-being, and economic benefits.
Contact me if you want to help in any other these efforts.
Rick Savage, Executive Director
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This budget proposal from Governor Cooper for Working and Natural Lands is crucial to mitigating climate change. It calls for projects to restore and preserve wetlands to increase their carbon storage. Special funding is targeted to peat wetlands such as Pocosins which store huge amounts of carbon. Carolina Wetlands Association has participated and is still participating in the Natural and Working lands initiative to continue to encourage projects that implement the recommendations of the NC Natural and Working Lands Action Plan.
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Please join us for a boat tour to learn about the wetlands at the Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge located in Hamilton, NC. Event is limited to 11 attendees, due to the size of boat. The tour will be lead by RRNWR wetland biologist, Jean Richter.
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June
NCSU and Carolina Wetlands Association Volunteer Wetland Monitoring Program Amphibian and Vegetation SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Location: Robertson Millpond Preserve SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Location: Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve (Meeting spot is at Ritter Park Parking lot at Swift Creek Greenway) SUNDAY JUNE 5, 2022 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Location: Mason Farm (Meeting spot is gravel lot near the UNC Finley Turf Fields) [Learn more and volunteer] Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge Boat Tour (Wetland Treasure 2022) June 4, 2022 in Hamilton, NC 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join Carolina Wetlands Association on a boat tour through the Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge, one of our Wetlands Treasures of 2022. The Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge is home to over 200 species of birds, including 88 breeding resident species and a diversity of fish species, including the endangered Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), all connected to each other through the shallow water tables and refuge flooding frequency. [Register here] Herpetology Walk with Alvin Braswell Sat, June 11th, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. New Hill, NC Please join us on Saturday, June 11th, from 9am-12pm as we look for reptiles and amphibians at Harris Lake County Park! We’ll be led by Alvin Braswell, who is retired from the N. C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, where he spent over 40 years in various curatorial roles with reptiles, amphibians, and freshwater fishes before being the Research Lab Director, and later, assuming a Deputy Museum Director for Operations position. [Register here] Surface Water Identification Training and Certification June 7-10 in Raleigh, NC Note: Event as been postponed until Fall 2022. Staff of Axiom Environmental (John Dorney and Sandy Smith) and Eaton Scientific (Larry Eaton) will conduct a 4-day course on the latest version (Version 4.11, September 1, 2010) of the North Carolina methodology for identifying intermittent and perennial streams and their origins. This class is organized by and taught through the NC Association of Environmental Professionals (NCAEP). This lecture and field course will focus on the method that is the standard method used across the state and the Southeast by the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) and many local governments to identify intermittent and perennial streams and their origins. The course will be taught in and near Raleigh, NC and will focus on streams located in three different Level IV ecoregions – Northern Outer Piedmont, Triassic Basin, and Rolling Coastal Plain, in varying condition. This class is offered in coordination with the DWR and follows the same curriculum as the course taught by DWR instructors. Upon successful completion, students will receive a Certificate of Training which can be used with delegated or designated local governments. Class fees: $790 members / $815 nonmembers. [More Information] Aquatic Insect Ecology for Environmental Professionals - Level 2 June 14 - June 17, 2022 at the Laurel Community Center in Marshall, NC Aquatic insects (Benthic Macroinvertebrates) play key roles in many regulatory water quality programs in North Carolina and the Southeast. These insects have been used by regulatory agencies to assess water pollution and trends in stream health since the mid-70’s. Many metrics have been developed to make the use of these data effective and understandable to non-biologists. [Read more and register] Carolina Wetlands Association Meet and Greet Date: Last week of June Location: Gizmo Brewery, Chapel Hill, NC
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EcoTerra Consulting, LLC Jennings Environmental Kris Bass Engineering NC Native Plant Society South Carolina Mitigation Association Restoration Systems, LCC Wetlands Solutions, LLC Wildnote, Inc.
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