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Mountain Island Lake Wildlife Stewards

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Chapter of the NCWF

Members: 21
Latest Activity: Aug 27

Our Mission

The Mission of the Mt. Island Lake Wildlife Stewards is to preserve and increase wildlife and wildlife habitat of the Mt. Island Lake area through education, conservation and preservation of natural resources for today and future generations.

About Us
We are hikers, boaters, kayakers, ourdoorsmen, lake enthusiasts, and many who call the Lake home. We are also a local chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation. Local involvement in the welfare of the wildflie and wildlife habitat, including water quality of the Lake, is our reason for being. We are involved by volunteering, educating our youth and aligning our energy with others working to make a difference in our local community.

We host public monthly meetings and encourage everyone to attend - topics such as the History of Mt. Island Lake - See the events list and look for our logo for Mt. Island Lake Wildlife Steward specific events.

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Comment by Diane Willis on July 5, 2009 at 11:38am: Many thanks to all who attended our cookout and paddle on Friday. This event just gets better and better! Pretty moon, calm water, yummy food (thanks to our grillmaster, Brendan!) great weather and wonderful friends. And you gotta love those deviled quail eggs!

Comment by Diane Willis on May 5, 2009 at 4:53pm: Check out our newest group - Fish Attractors. There you'll find a link to the fish attractor GPS sites plus a forum for bragging rights!

Comment by Diane Willis on March 11, 2009 at 11:47am: New event - Raptor Rehabilitation - March 25th. Check it out!

Comment by Diane Willis on January 27, 2009 at 12:23pm: Take a look at pics added by Mike Hunter. Our osprey platforms are finally up and ready for nesting! Lots of effort went into this, starting with building the platforms last April, negotiations with the barge company (many thanks to the Lake Norman Chapter and Mark Lancaster) scouting where to put them, obtaining the telephone poles, dealing with sand stone and climbing a ladder placed on a floating object! An osprey was scoping us out while this platform was going up. Hopefully she'll like it!

Comment by Christopher North on January 22, 2009 at 12:21pm: Great meeting last night. I am excited about citizen scientists monitoring the Prothonotary Warbler boxes. First we need to find some free wood.

Comment by Diane Willis on August 19, 2008 at 4:13pm: There was a comment on here about water quality in Mountain Island Lake. I went to reply to it, and I think I accidentally deleted it! Anyway, here's who to call if Anyone sees a problem with the water. This is our drinking water, after all, so it impacts all of us. You need to contact Heather Davis, with Mecklenburg County Land Use. 704-336-5445

Comment by Diane Willis on August 10, 2008 at 7:04pm: Many thanks to our great volunteers yesterday. We built 16 bird boxes for Eastern Blue Bird, Chickadee, Screech Owl and another few boxes that can be used by Finches, Wrens or the Tufted Titmouse. Several of us toured Mountain Island Elementary after, where the boxes will become part of their wildlife habitat, and their science programs. See the pic I've posted today. Great contribution to helping kids discover science and the outdoors, and great example for others.

Comment by Diane Willis on June 28, 2008 at 8:00pm: Mountain Island Elementary has asked us to help out with a project. They have a wetland area and they need signs to help children identify various wildlife. Stay tuned for more details on how we can help. I'll more info by the end of next week.

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