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Green Growth Toolbox Training Workshop: Protecting Water Resources
Date: Thursday, June 23rd
Time: 4:00 - :00 PM
Place: Earl B. Fitts Community Center, 111 S. 3rd Ave, Siler City, NC 27344
Contacts:
Jack Meadows, Planning Director, (919) 742-2323, jmeadows@silercity.
Brooke Massa, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, (919) 630-3086, brooke.massa@
Siler City is using the Green Growth Toolbox to guide the development of a conservation plan to protect water resources in the community.
The Green Growth Toolbox (www.ncwildlife.org/
Register online at: www.ncwildlife.org/
Time: 4:00 - :00 PM
Place: Earl B. Fitts Community Center, 111 S. 3rd Ave, Siler City, NC 27344
Contacts:
Jack Meadows, Planning Director, (919) 742-2323, jmeadows@silercity.
Brooke Massa, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, (919) 630-3086, brooke.massa@
Siler City is using the Green Growth Toolbox to guide the development of a conservation plan to protect water resources in the community.
The Green Growth Toolbox (www.ncwildlife.org/
Come to learn about what Siler City is doing to protect natural resources and to provide your input!
Register online at: www.ncwildlife.org/
A Billion Birds Have Vanished From North America
A note from Deepa Sanyal in Fearrington Village
Do you hear this sound outside your window? It is a Wood Thrush singing. But you may not hear its song for much longer. Wood Thrush numbers have decreased by 70% in the last 40 years as have total numbers of birds since 1970, resulting primarily from human activity that has produced or increased global warming, excessive noise, loss of habitat, and landscape pollution.
What can you do to continue to hear birds sing? Become part of the web of birds, bees, and flowers. Plant native, pollinator plants that attract bees and monarch butterflies and the caterpillars that birds feed on. Examples of native pollinators - Phlox, Yarrow, Butterfly Weed, Green and Gold and many others. Check NCSU's planting native website.
Many insects are beneficial to your plants and will not do much damage to your home garden. Learn to differentiate the beneficials from the true pests.
If you must spray, use natural (plant based, soap and oil, minerals) pesticides (fungicides, herbicides and insecticides). A healthy environment and wildlife begins at home… and in your garden. Check out this excellent organic approved pesticides factsheet from The Xerces Society.
A billion birds have vanished from North America
Do you hear this sound outside your window? It is a Wood Thrush singing. But you may not hear its song for much longer. Wood Thrush numbers have decreased by 70% in the last 40 years as have total numbers of birds since 1970, resulting primarily from human activity that has produced or increased global warming, excessive noise, loss of habitat, and landscape pollution.
What can you do to continue to hear birds sing? Become part of the web of birds, bees, and flowers. Plant native, pollinator plants that attract bees and monarch butterflies and the caterpillars that birds feed on. Examples of native pollinators - Phlox, Yarrow, Butterfly Weed, Green and Gold and many others. Check NCSU's planting native website.
Many insects are beneficial to your plants and will not do much damage to your home garden. Learn to differentiate the beneficials from the true pests.
If you must spray, use natural (plant based, soap and oil, minerals) pesticides (fungicides, herbicides and insecticides). A healthy environment and wildlife begins at home… and in your garden. Check out this excellent organic approved pesticides factsheet from The Xerces Society.
A billion birds have vanished from North America
Native Fish of the Rocky River
When: June11th, 1 – 3 pm
Where: The Rocky River, Chatham County, NC
Cost: Free for RRHF members, $2.00 for nonmembers
Join the Rocky River Heritage Foundation (RRHF) and native fish expert Gerald Pottern from the North American Native Fish Association for a look into the native fish of the Rocky River.
They will be looking especially for spawning Bluehead Chubs (Nocomis leptocephalus) as well as other fish associated with their impressive spawning nests.
Please dress to get wet because we are planning on being in the river to see the fish in action. We will also need help in netting some of the fish too!
For more details, or to register for the program, email the Rocky River Heritage Foundation. Please register by Thursday, June 9th to be included in this program.
They will be looking especially for spawning Bluehead Chubs (Nocomis leptocephalus) as well as other fish associated with their impressive spawning nests.
Please dress to get wet because we are planning on being in the river to see the fish in action. We will also need help in netting some of the fish too!
For more details, or to register for the program, email the Rocky River Heritage Foundation. Please register by Thursday, June 9th to be included in this program.
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