Our mission is to protect, conserve and restore North Carolina wildlife and habitat. Since 1945, NCWF has worked for all wildlife and habitat, bringing together citizens, outdoor enthusiasts, hunters and anglers, government and industry to protect NC's natural resources. From the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks, our non-profit 501c3 organization includes people who value wildlife and wild places, and the many ways to enjoy them. Engagement in the natural world is a cornerstone of NCWF's history and philosophy. Supporting access to wild places and opportunities to enjoy them is a defining feature of our organization. Our work includes policy and protection, research and education and hands-on conservation projects, guided by the best available science and fortified by a network representing broad wildlife and outdoor interests.
I can't tell you how much I love and appreciate this video... your videos are absolutely fascinating. Opossums are highly misunderstood and underappreciated. I happened to raise a baby that needed rescuing as it was crying and surrounded by cats. My husband and I raised her til she passed sadly 😢 after a year. She was so special and I gave her a wonderful, comfortable life. She taught me so much more than I ever could imagine. I experienced something very few ever. I am still grieving over her. 💔🕊 RIP🕊 My sweet Joey. 4-16-24.❤
This is by far one of the best videos I have seen on opossums! Your enthusiasm is contagious! My daughter and I picked up two babies off of a deceased mother just a month ago and they are growing and thriving so much! They are fun to watch and interact with.
Beavers saved my 10 acre small lake/pond - for real. I had invasive lily-pads/weeds (that are destroying several small watersheds in Clark/Cowlitz county) infesting my watershed. Also, I had a new neighbor bucket scrape 2 acres of a very small 2.5 acre parcel on the hill adjacent to my house which caused flooding (was completely against land use code for riparian zone type 3 zones). The beaver fell 6 mature alders, built a levee in the stream feeding my pond 3 ft high, 70 feet across and 4 -5 feet wide SERIOUSLY NO exaggeration. CREATED A 1 ACRE 3 FEET HOLDING POND which stopped the rapid flooding and perked the water. Then they ate 90% of the lily pads and snacked on a bunch of invasive weeds. Awesome animal - and to think my neighbors recommended to trap them out because of some bank erosion when it turned out to be nutria - lol - the beaver got rid of them too. Love these guys - they totally won me over. I have 4 generations living in one huge lodge made from an old Hemlock stump, two small stick lodges and 3-4 beaver burrows with about a dozen of them living here and they are a very social group. Long reply but these animals really made me change the way I think about wildlife for the better and I can't imagine harming such wonderful spirits - btw I am an outdoorsman and I hunt and fish for the table.
My kids and I watched this as part of our science lesson today, and we enjoyed every minute!!! I would truly love recommendations from the speaker for favorite books to read, whether kids books or adult books, that the audience could explore for more information. Thank you to NCWF for this spectacular presentation!
I was just thinking yesterday about the campaign that used to be no Wetlands no seafood. Also you're right about the netting IT Supplies shrimp but it also kills other forms of life
This is the first time hearing of your group. Enjoying the presentation. I try to post on iNaturalist but often can’t get pictures. This year I saw my first hummingbird a Ruby-throated hummingbird on 3-10-2024 as it stopped to enjoy some nectar. I finally put up my one feeder and saw one at it 3-20-23. Normally once they show up I see them on a regular basis not so much this year. Maybe they’re finding some of the new native plants and i have just missed seeing them. Suwannee County, Florida
SAY "NO" to Mosquito Fogging DEATH SPRAY. Mosquito fogging kills ALLLLL insects on contact. ALL INSECTS. The NCDA fines for Drift are basically ZERO and Fogging Companies are never held accountable for drift. It is all to discourage citizens from reporting and totally to the benefit of the Mosquito Death Fogger. The applicators NEVER EVER apply in a compliant way. My experience with my neighbors and the companies they used NONE applied as required and people applying changed monthly. Use BTI dunks and create a BTI Dunk Mosquito Larvae Trap buckets. Use common sense tips and DO NOT Mosquito Fog. FYI, I made Mosquito Larvae Trap Buckets and gave to all my neighbors and STOPPED them from using Mosquito Fog.
This was a great video to watch for myself and my family. We are originally from NY and not used to having this type of wildlife to enjoy and or be weary of also having 3 small dogs. My first instinct was to be scared of them and for my little guys. But I wanted to learn about them and defend my dogs that way. I love wildlife and coyotes included in think they are beautiful but no I haven’t lost a pet to them and I know that would change things. So learning about them in more detail will help me and help them coexist. Thank you for this education !
If you watch enough interviews with conservation biologists that track and follow deer and squirrel, that don't eat meat, some of them have documented both eating meat such as birds. So sometimes herbivores will eat meat. As far as I know, basal Boreoeutheria, the ancestral clade of Laurasiatheria and Euarchontaglire was omnivorous. And even before that around Theria and Eitheria, precursor clades to Placentalia which is before Boreoeutheria, fossils of Eomaia and Juramaia certainly didn't have herbivore dentition.
Very incorrect about Indians living the same 1000 years ago as they did when Lawson did. It’s extremely sad to hear Native History lost, the first waves of diseases from early Spanish explorers Gordillo, Ayllon, Narvaez, DeSoto completely eradicated the Mississippian esc cultures of the Carolinas. The tribes that rose up in the late 1500s where a post apocalyptic people. Chicora’s tales of Duhare are true.
@@here_we_go_again2571 haven’t read the Chicora testimony of 1525, the Mississippians we’re still strong then, we have the history of their collapse and the Creek and Cherokee invasion after the Spanish left.
@@grahamfry7184 he’s wrong, the first native to learn Spanish, Francisco Chicora describes the Duhare Empire and it’s provinces in great detail in the 1525 Chicora testimony.
While this was an interesting presentation with lots of good info, it was NOT a virtual tour of the Suther prairie. From the title I expected video footage taken in the prairie. However, the entire hour long video contains maybe 5 still images from the prairie and no video footage. Thank you, NCWF, for all the great work you do, but it would be nice if you could film an ACTUAL tour of the Suther prairie someday. Perhaps collect a few minutes of video from each season and compile a 10 film for youtube. I am in the process of restoring a native tallgrass prairie in Stanly County and would be interested to learn more about the flora of the Suther prairie.
Thank you for the presentation. I've learnt a lot and hope be able to implement it in my kampung somewhere in Central Java. Don't know how but I am working on my dissertation now. Wish me luck.
40 Acre Rock is a nature preserve now. I couldn’t believe when he was describing it because I’ve been there and seeing the same reddish plants growing in the pools of water. Thanks to the Conservancy. It is still there all the graffiti artist have marred it’s beauty.
Am reading his diary right now and agree with you regarding his importance. Fascinating read. I want to see his specimens! His attitudes about Native Americans show how his learned prejudices were conflicting with his observations of native decency. Ironic death, however 😳.
How would someone go about joining the NC wildlife federation? I have a lot of ideas on how we could, at least within the aquarium hobby breed a lot of species and attempt to release them back into the wild. It's been successful in Mexico and I've been breeding exotic fish as a hobby
Sickle darters and pinewood darters have been something I've been interested in for a couple of years now. But please leave a comment with some info, I would love to act more along the lines of conservation rather than curiosity
This is such a wonderful presentation of information. Thank you so much for blessing us with this invaluable information. I am planning on moth hunting soon for my 14 year old step daughter, with the white sheet and lilght.
Aquatic salamanders may be active under the ice through the winter, but land-based salamanders may find shelter and hibernate in underground burrows, under logs or in leaf litter on the forest floor, and in rocky crevices. Salamanders are either male or female.
