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March 14, 2013 Commission Meeting Notice
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 7, 2013) Download the PDF below for the March 14, 2013 Commission Meeting Notice. March 14, 2013 Commission Meeting Notice (PDF) Visit Meetings / Actions in the About section for more information. 
Spring Turkey Season Includes Youth-Only Week
RALEIGH,N.C. (Feb. 7) —The 2013 spring turkey season has changed to allow for a longer youth turkey season in which adults can accompany more than one youth. The youth-only season will be open from the first Saturday in April — April...
Wildlife Commission Reschedules Special Event for Women
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 6, 2013) — The Becoming an Outdoors-Woman weekend workshop for 2013 has been rescheduled to May 31-June 2, with the location remaining at YMCA Camp Harrison at Herring Ridge in Wilkes County. “Those dates better ac...
Wildlife Commission Conducts Prescribed Burn in Wake County Today
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 5, 2013) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is conducting a prescribed burn on Butner-Falls of the Neuse Game Land in the Triangle area today. Wildlife Commission staff will burn 94 acres around Falls Lake in Wake Co...
Marine Recreational Fishing Forum Set for Feb. 16
RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 31, 2013) — A Marine Recreational Fishing Forum will be held Feb. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at N.C. State University's McKimmon Center in Raleigh. N.C. Sea Grant organized the free event, which is designed for recreati...
Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers Find Safe Harbor in Agreement
WINNABOW, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2013) — The red-cockaded woodpecker is a relatively small member of the woodpecker family but its habitat requirements are anything but small. The federally endangered bird prefers vast acres of longleaf pine forests...
Nomination Period for Wildlife Conservation Award Closes Jan. 30
RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2013) — Recognize someone who is considered a leader in nongame wildlife conservation in North Carolina with a nomination for the eighth annual Thomas L. Quay Wildlife Diversity Award. The nomination period for the...
Richard Edwards, of Wilmington, Tapped as New Wildlife Commissioner
RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 17, 2013) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission welcomed Richard Edwards as a wildlife commissioner at large during its business meeting today. The 35-year-old Wilmington resident joins 18 other wildlife commissioner...
January 16, 2013 Committee Meeting Agendas
RALEIGH, N.C. (January 14, 2013) Download the PDFs below for the January 16, 2013 Committee Meeting Agendas. Big Game Committee Meeting Agenda (PDF) Nongame and Endangered Species Committee Meeting Agenda (PDF) Land Use and Access Committee Me...
Conserve Wildlife by Donating on Line 31 of Tax Form
RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 11, 2013) — Help keep North Carolina wild when completing a N.C. State Income tax form this tax season by donating on line 31. Your donation will go to the Nongameand Endangered Wildlife Fund, which helps the N.C. Wildl...
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