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Meck County Tree Seedling and Rain Barrel Sale ORDER YOUR TREES NOW!

Native seedling trees for $1??? Yep, its that time of year again. Meck County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders now for trees, shrubs and rain barrels to be available on January 23, 2010. I highly recommend you pre-order (Deadline Oct 30) so that you don't have to wait in the LONG line that snakes down the outside of the building on a COLD January morning. Its the best deal in town! To pre-order, download the newsletter attached to this post.

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Added by Carol Buie-Jackson on September 10, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Fascinating Article on the Impact of Non-Native Species of the slithering kind

Snake's Impact on Guam Appears to Extend to Flora

By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 11, 2008; A07 One of the most infamous examples of what can happen when a nonnative species is introduced into a new environment involves the brown tree snake -- a voracious, s… Continue

Added by Carol Buie-Jackson on August 11, 2008 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Birdhouse Donation

The Venture Crew in Matthews made and donated 36 bird houses to HAWK this weekend. There's going to be a write up in the Charlotte Observer this Sunday, 7/6, about the project, but I thought I would share a few of the pictures with everyone. We plan to put up the houses in a variety… Continue

Added by Carol Buie-Jackson on June 30, 2008 at 5:52pm — 5 Comments

Fishing for Owls?

Two Matthews kids were fishing at Squirrel Lake Wildlife Habitat in Matthews when a barred owl who lives in the park decided to steal the day's catch! This happened three times. Dan Medina got this photo of the owl coming in from the left. Continue

Added by Carol Buie-Jackson on June 7, 2008 at 8:24pm — No Comments

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NC NATIVE PLANT LISTS--Downloadable
Mecklenburg County created an extensive list of native plants, their soil and light requirements and what they provide for wildlife. Feel free to download these files to your computer
Native Tree List.xls

Native Flower List.xls

Native Shrub List.xls

Native Grass List.xls

Native Plants Available from Southern Styles Nursery, Charlotte
southern style nursery plant list.doc

Invasive Plants of North Carolina

Meck County Invasive list and native alternatives.doc

ATTRACTING BATS!!!

Downloadable guidelines on how to attract bats and where to put your bat house from Bat Conservation International

batsattracting.pdf

bathousecriteria.pdf

Wildlife Action Plan

Implementing the NC Wildlife Action Plan.doc

Is your yard certified?

Click here to learn how to register your Backyard Habitat with NC Wildlife and National Wildlife Federations

FAITH Application.doc

WAIT Application for Certification.doc

Become a Monarch Waystation

JOURNEY NORTH
A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change Take part in the observation of migrating Monarch Butterflies and Birds and even participate in a symbolic migration by communicating with children in other parts of the world!