Tropical Depression Fred hit western North Carolina hard this past August causing severe damage at the Bobby N. Setzer Fish Hatchery and Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education. About 1 million trout were lost and our staff were left with a huge challenge to ensure Delayed Harvest stockings would run as scheduled starting Oct. 1. MORE

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) weighs heavily on the minds of biologists across the United States as a silent killer of deer and elk. With a recent positive case just over 30 miles across the state line in Virginia, our agency staff are hard at work increasing CWD monitoring efforts this deer season. MORE

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will once again be at the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh from Oct. 14–24. As with most things these days, the agency’s presence will be different than in years past. MORE

In late May, biologists began to receive reports of sick and dying songbirds in several states near North Carolina. MORE

In the fall of 2020, we headed to the field in search of a unique and rather uncommon bird – the red crossbill. This unusual finch uses its asymmetrical bill to extract seed from the cones of conifer trees. The species is further divided into “types”...MORE