Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say!
Out of an abundance of caution, HAWK will continue to meet remotely until we feel we can safely meet in person.
But don't worry, the HAWK Leadership team has been busy planning a great season of programs and events for you to enjoy!
GOT A REQUEST?
If you have a suggestion for a topic for one of our monthly meetings, please let us know (hawkncwf@gmail.com) OR join our programming committee and help us coordinate programs that everyone will enjoy! (Send an email to HAWKNCWF@gmail.com to suggest a topic or join the team)
Until conditions allow us to meet in person, we will be meeting via ZOOM, and this means we can bring you outstanding speakers from around the state and around the nation!
So, check back here often and follow us on Facebook to ensure you don't miss a thing. And scroll through the recordings of our programs from last year below.
Out of an abundance of caution, HAWK will continue to meet remotely until we feel we can safely meet in person.
But don't worry, the HAWK Leadership team has been busy planning a great season of programs and events for you to enjoy!
GOT A REQUEST?
If you have a suggestion for a topic for one of our monthly meetings, please let us know (hawkncwf@gmail.com) OR join our programming committee and help us coordinate programs that everyone will enjoy! (Send an email to HAWKNCWF@gmail.com to suggest a topic or join the team)
Until conditions allow us to meet in person, we will be meeting via ZOOM, and this means we can bring you outstanding speakers from around the state and around the nation!
So, check back here often and follow us on Facebook to ensure you don't miss a thing. And scroll through the recordings of our programs from last year below.
Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycorrhizae: The Amazing Role of Fungi
Tuesday, February 1, 6:30PM
FREE ON LINE EVENT
Fungi are critical in the orchestration of nutrient cycling, pathogen suppression, and balancing of ecosystems. They attack nematodes, insects, and are constantly working to modify their immediate environment in concert with bacteria and other organisms. The second largest Kingdom on the planet, with over an estimated 5 million and only 160,000 have been identified, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Tradd Cotter delves deep and brings you into this immersive experience that will dazzle and leave you feeling optimistic about the future of our planet and have you integrating fungi into your life.
Cotter is a microbiologist, professional mycologist and organic gardener who has been tissue culturing, collecting native fungi in the Southeast and cultivating fungi both commercially and experimentally for more than 22 years. In 1996 he founded Mushroom Mountain, which he owns and operates with his wife, Olga.
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Tuesday, February 1, 6:30PM
FREE ON LINE EVENT
Fungi are critical in the orchestration of nutrient cycling, pathogen suppression, and balancing of ecosystems. They attack nematodes, insects, and are constantly working to modify their immediate environment in concert with bacteria and other organisms. The second largest Kingdom on the planet, with over an estimated 5 million and only 160,000 have been identified, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Tradd Cotter delves deep and brings you into this immersive experience that will dazzle and leave you feeling optimistic about the future of our planet and have you integrating fungi into your life.
Cotter is a microbiologist, professional mycologist and organic gardener who has been tissue culturing, collecting native fungi in the Southeast and cultivating fungi both commercially and experimentally for more than 22 years. In 1996 he founded Mushroom Mountain, which he owns and operates with his wife, Olga.
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FREE VIRTUAL EVENT
AMAZING HUMMINGBIRDS!!
PRE-RECORDED CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Hummingbird expert, Susan Campbell, will keep us entertained with information about our familiar ruby-throated hummingbirds and the other unexpected hummingbirds who overwinter with us in North Carolina, some of them in right here in Charlotte. Since 1999, Susan has been part of a project to investigate, tag and photograph these “vagrant” hummingbirds. Having banded over 4,000 hummingbirds, she will share her insights about these tiny, delightful creatures. Susan is an affiliate of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
AMAZING HUMMINGBIRDS!!
PRE-RECORDED CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Hummingbird expert, Susan Campbell, will keep us entertained with information about our familiar ruby-throated hummingbirds and the other unexpected hummingbirds who overwinter with us in North Carolina, some of them in right here in Charlotte. Since 1999, Susan has been part of a project to investigate, tag and photograph these “vagrant” hummingbirds. Having banded over 4,000 hummingbirds, she will share her insights about these tiny, delightful creatures. Susan is an affiliate of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
Discovering Biodiversity Right Here in Mecklenburg County
PRE-RECORDED. CICK HERE TO WATCH
Variety is the spice of life in the natural world. The array of plants and creatures on our planet interact to make it inhabitable. But the Earth’s biodiversity is now at risk due to human activities.
Mecklenburg county is making an effort to better understand, protect, and enhance the diversity of plants and animals in the county, especially within the nature preserve system.
Our speaker will be Lenny Lampel, Natural Resources Supervisor with Mecklenburg County. He will provide an overview of some of the recent and ongoing biodiversity-related projects coordinated through Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation’s Division of Nature Preserves and Natural Resources. Lenny is a biologist who focuses on conservation.
PRE-RECORDED. CICK HERE TO WATCH
Variety is the spice of life in the natural world. The array of plants and creatures on our planet interact to make it inhabitable. But the Earth’s biodiversity is now at risk due to human activities.
Mecklenburg county is making an effort to better understand, protect, and enhance the diversity of plants and animals in the county, especially within the nature preserve system.
Our speaker will be Lenny Lampel, Natural Resources Supervisor with Mecklenburg County. He will provide an overview of some of the recent and ongoing biodiversity-related projects coordinated through Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation’s Division of Nature Preserves and Natural Resources. Lenny is a biologist who focuses on conservation.
LEAVE THE LEAVES AND PREPARING FOR WINTER
Click here to see the recording
Master Composter and Habitat Steward, Carol Buie-Jackson, will present on how being a lazy fall gardener is a good thing! All those leaves are important: Compost, mulch, insect habitat! Also, learn what you can do to give the birds and other wildlife the best chance to thrive in the coming months. Using video and pictures from her Matthews garden, Carol will help you prepare for the cold winter ahead!
Carol Buie-Jackson is the owner of Bird House on the Greenway and Wildology at Waverly. She serves on the Board of the National Wildlife Federation as the Region 3 Director and was the first woman to serve as Chair of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. She is a founding member of HAWK and still serves on the Leadership Team. She is a Habitat Steward, Master Naturalist and Master Composter. Carol and her husband Jay live in Matthews with Ella, the shop dog.
Click here to see the recording
Master Composter and Habitat Steward, Carol Buie-Jackson, will present on how being a lazy fall gardener is a good thing! All those leaves are important: Compost, mulch, insect habitat! Also, learn what you can do to give the birds and other wildlife the best chance to thrive in the coming months. Using video and pictures from her Matthews garden, Carol will help you prepare for the cold winter ahead!
Carol Buie-Jackson is the owner of Bird House on the Greenway and Wildology at Waverly. She serves on the Board of the National Wildlife Federation as the Region 3 Director and was the first woman to serve as Chair of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. She is a founding member of HAWK and still serves on the Leadership Team. She is a Habitat Steward, Master Naturalist and Master Composter. Carol and her husband Jay live in Matthews with Ella, the shop dog.
THEY'RE BACK!!
THE MAJESTIC ELK IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
(Oct 5 Meeting. Link to recording below)
If you haven't had a chance to hear the elk bugling during rut season, you are missing out on one of nature's most amazing songs. As the population of elk grows since their re-introduction into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the bugling can be heard as the bulls try to achieve dominance.
After years of absence, the elk have been returned to their native lands and the herd size has steadily increased. Join us to learn how the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and NC Wildlife Federation worked together to return these majestic animals to the wilds of North Carolina and how you can enjoy these impressive creatures.
Justin McVey the mountain regional district wildlife biologist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, will tell us about the re-introduction and the management of the elk herds in western NC.
IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU CAN STILL WATCH THE PRESENTATION! CLICK HERE TO WATCH
TAKE A (VIRTUAL) HIKE!!!
(SEPT 7, SEE LINK TO RECORDING BELOW)
Have you ever wanted to hike with an expert to help identify the flora and fauna you see along the way?
Join us for this virtual hike to explore the plants, fungi and wildlife you can find in the Piedmont of the Carolinas this time of the year. Discover the wonders of nature that is just outside your door.
Jon Storm, our hike leader, is a Professor of Biology at the University of South Carolina Upstate where he teaches Introductory Biology, Ecology & Evolution, and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. He is lead author of the Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont, a free eBook covering more than 700 species in the Piedmont of the Carolinas and Georgia. He also manages the Southern Piedmont Natural History Facebook page. His research interests include small mammal ecology and animal behavior. His work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, NPR, and in The New York Times.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE PRESENTATION
(SEPT 7, SEE LINK TO RECORDING BELOW)
Have you ever wanted to hike with an expert to help identify the flora and fauna you see along the way?
Join us for this virtual hike to explore the plants, fungi and wildlife you can find in the Piedmont of the Carolinas this time of the year. Discover the wonders of nature that is just outside your door.
Jon Storm, our hike leader, is a Professor of Biology at the University of South Carolina Upstate where he teaches Introductory Biology, Ecology & Evolution, and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. He is lead author of the Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont, a free eBook covering more than 700 species in the Piedmont of the Carolinas and Georgia. He also manages the Southern Piedmont Natural History Facebook page. His research interests include small mammal ecology and animal behavior. His work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, NPR, and in The New York Times.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE PRESENTATION
RECORDINGS FROM OUR 2020-2021 SEASON CAN BE FOUND BELOW
Synchronous Fireflies
Lightning Bugs or Fireflies?
Whatever you call them, we hope you will join us for this presentation about these fascinating creatures that have captured children's (and many adults) imagination through the years.
Dr. Kuhn, the director of science and research at Discover Life in America, talks about fireflies of the Smokies region and answers your burning firefly questions (see what we did there?), including… What exactly is a firefly? Are there more than one kind of firefly? What makes the synchronous fireflies so special? How can you help fireflies in your own backyard?
CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Lightning Bugs or Fireflies?
Whatever you call them, we hope you will join us for this presentation about these fascinating creatures that have captured children's (and many adults) imagination through the years.
Dr. Kuhn, the director of science and research at Discover Life in America, talks about fireflies of the Smokies region and answers your burning firefly questions (see what we did there?), including… What exactly is a firefly? Are there more than one kind of firefly? What makes the synchronous fireflies so special? How can you help fireflies in your own backyard?
CLICK HERE TO WATCH
BABIES, BABIES EVERYWHERE
AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FIND ONE
ANIMAL REHABILITATORS OF THE CAROLINAS
Spring is here! Amongst the new blooms and warmer weather, many of our furry friends are having their babies. Mammal moms are the best moms but sometimes their babies get separated or injured, maybe fall out of a tree or grabbed by a neighborhood cat.
This is where the Animal Rehabilitators of the Carolinas (ARC) steps in. ARC is a nonprofit fully volunteer-driven Charlotte-based organization that has rehabbed and released thousands of orphaned and injured wildlife since 1987.
Join a couple of ARC volunteers as they introduce you to the organization, share what it is like to be a rehabilitator, meet some of our recent rescues, and learn what you should do if you find an orphaned or injured animal.
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A DELIGHTFUL PRESENTATION
AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FIND ONE
ANIMAL REHABILITATORS OF THE CAROLINAS
Spring is here! Amongst the new blooms and warmer weather, many of our furry friends are having their babies. Mammal moms are the best moms but sometimes their babies get separated or injured, maybe fall out of a tree or grabbed by a neighborhood cat.
This is where the Animal Rehabilitators of the Carolinas (ARC) steps in. ARC is a nonprofit fully volunteer-driven Charlotte-based organization that has rehabbed and released thousands of orphaned and injured wildlife since 1987.
Join a couple of ARC volunteers as they introduce you to the organization, share what it is like to be a rehabilitator, meet some of our recent rescues, and learn what you should do if you find an orphaned or injured animal.
CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT YOU MISSED!
A DELIGHTFUL PRESENTATION
HAWK IS SELLING SIGNED COPIES OF DR. TALLAMY'S LATEST BOOK AT BIRD HOUSE ON THE GREENWAY OR WILDOLOGY
PROCEEDS OF BOOK SALES HELP HAWK PROTECT AND RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITAT
If you missed our virtual event with David Mizejewski on September 1, (or you would like to listen again), click here for the recording of the webinar.
THERE WAS A WHOLE LOTTA TREE HUGGIN' GOING ON AT OUR
KIDS AND NATURE DAY LAST YEAR!
IT IS HAWK'S MISSION TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS!
KIDS AND NATURE DAY LAST YEAR!
IT IS HAWK'S MISSION TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS!
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WE HOPE YOU ARE INSPIRED TO GO OUTSIDE AND HUG A TREE, TOO!
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WHO IS HAWK?
Habitat and Wildlife Keepers (HAWK), founded in 2006 as the first chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF), is a non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education and conservation, whose mission is to:
Habitat and Wildlife Keepers (HAWK), founded in 2006 as the first chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF), is a non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education and conservation, whose mission is to:
- Create a network of like-minded individuals to share resources and local conservation news,
- Raise awareness of the need, importance and ease of acting locally to impact the environment globally,
- Create a local presence and unified voice for representation on conservation issues,
- Offer educational opportunities to learn how to become effective stewards of the environment, and
- Practice stewardship by performing local conservation projects.
Contact information: HAWKncwf@gmail.com or call 704-236-0929
Habitat and Wildlife Keepers, P. O. Box 1201, Matthews, NC 28106
Habitat and Wildlife Keepers, P. O. Box 1201, Matthews, NC 28106
