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Carteret County Wildlife Club (CCWC) members participate in a variety of activities. All outside activities are weather-dependent. If you would like to participate in a trail work team or have any questions at all, please contact ccwc1985@gmail.com.
CCWC’s Calendar (click on the calendar above) gives details of events and activities. You can scroll through the months.
2024
Carteret County Wildlife Club has rarely looked back. So what about 2024? We certainly got reacquainted with the N.C. Wildlife Federation (NCWF): two meetings with Executive Director Tim Gestwicki and Conservation Vice President Manley Fuller; a program from Manley about how the NCWF supports Chapters and Affiliates; and programs from Kat Ramos and Page Turner. Kat’s talked about endangered Red Wolves and led the field trip at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
Was our 2024 theme HABITAT? Our programs certainly spoke about habitat. Our local N.C. Agricultural Extension Agent Shawn Banks presented a great talk on small scale landscaping using native plants, and local N.C. Wildlife Commission Conservation Biologist Deanna Noble also talked about ways to make our local landscapes safe habitat for local wildlife. And Club member and frog expert Ralph Tramontano told us about the great chorus of frogs and toads that surrounds us during a warm spring rain or a summer deluge!
Red wolf, Red Wolf Center, Columbia, NC, 11-16-24, courtesy R. Tramontano
Of course, 2024 theme was also about SERVICE! We recorded twenty-two (22) CCWC members and friends giving over 700 hours to service projects. This included the time to plan outings to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Alligator River NWR, and Merchant’s Millpond State Park, four walks in the Croatan National Forest (NF), four paddle trips, one camping trip, and lots of opportunities to be outdoors with our fellow club members. We also kept the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Neusiok and Weetock trails walkable, planted sea oats at Cape Lookout National Seashore, built birdhouses and placed them in the Croatan NF, provided Wildlife Education to school kids at the Core Sound Decoy Museum, and helped with spring clean-up at Camp Sam Hatcher.
Along the way, CCWC’s Executive Committee continued planning for 2025 and beyond. We’ve met with the leaders of the N.C. Wildlife Federation, N.C. Coastal Federation, U.S. Forest Service Croatan District, Camp Sam Hatcher/Camp Albemarle, Coastal Land Trust of N.C., Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, N.C. State Parks, Carteret Community College, and the N.C. State Agricultural Extension Service. These organizations all agree that wildlife education and habitat remain important to the health of our community. To that end we’re identifying wildlife habitat restoration projects and educational opportunities with reliable partners that share this vision.
From Carteret Country Wildlife Club January 2025 newsletter, which is sent to CCWC members.
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