Attracting Waterbirds to North Carolina’s Coast

The North Carolina shoreline has historically been home to black skimmers, common terns and gull-billed terns but unfortunately these species have become rarer in recent years as their nesting areas have been lost.

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North Carolina Teaming with Wildlife Coalition Search for the Rare Green Salamander

The North Carolina Teaming with Wildlife Coalition hosted a field trip at Dupont State Forest to find the rare Green salamander.  This species is a great example of how we can study and prevent wildlife from becoming endangered.  This is a continual initiative to educate the public about priority species identified by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission in its Wildlife Action Plan.  The North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan is funded by our nation’s core program for preventing wildlife from becoming endangered, the State Wildlife Grants Program.

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Urban Wildlife Project

Over the past two decades, North Carolina has been one of the most rapidly growing states in the nation with the bulk of the population increase occurring in and around Piedmont urban centers. With proper planning, new development can be guided in a manner that minimizes negative impacts on the natural and cultural heritage of the region. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, with the help of State Wildlife Grant funds, initiated the Urban Wildlife Project in 2005 to promote cross-jurisdictional planned growth and the preservation of biologically significant, linked open space in the Triangle Region (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill).

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Project Bog Turtle

Project Bog Turtle is a conservation initiative of the North Carolina Herpetological Society that began in the mid-1970s with a bog turtle distribution study in North Carolina. The objectives of this project focus on educating the public and landowners about bog turtle conservation, surveying for bog turtle populations and monitoring them for illegal collections, and protecting and restoring suitable bog turtle habitat in our state. Many different conservation organizations and individuals are involved in Project Bog Turtle including: the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the Three Lakes Nature Center and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

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Viewing Tour for the Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel

Representatives from several western North Carolina newspapers braved near-freezing temperatures Jan. 24 to view Carolina northern flying squirrel habitats in the Great Balsam Mountains. The North Carolina Teaming with Wildlife Coalition hosted the event as part of a continual initiative to educate the public about priority species identified in the North Carolina Action Plan.

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North Carolina Bats

Bats belong to a diverse group of mammals that play an important role in nature. They eat insects, which controls agricultural pests, and other insects such as mosquitoes. A nursing female bat may consume almost her entire body weight in insects in one night. Some bat populations have been declining all over the United States. Pesticides, persecution and human disturbance of hibernacula and maternity colonies may have contributed to the decline of bat populations. To determine bat distribution and hibernation sites in North Carolina, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission conducts monitoring studies and provides artificial rooting structures in various areas across the state.

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Crossing Structures for Carolina Northern Flying Squirrels

In the Unicoi Mountains of Graham County, endangered northern flying squirrels are not able to glide across the width of the Cherohala Skyway.

In an effort to solve the problem, biologists have posted utility poles as artificial crossing structures at key locations to help narrow the gap.

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