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Bike Durham is Hiring

Bike Durham is looking to hire a new director of development, filling a critical role to lead their staff, board, and volunteers in their development work enabling Bike Durham’s delivery on their organization’s mission, strategic plan, and annual work plans. This individual will lead the organization’s development strategies as Bike Durham continues to grow.  They are looking for someone who has experience with non-profit development and who shares our passion for transformational change so that everyone in Durham has access to safe, affordable, and sustainable transportation regardless of who they are or where they live. 

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Creek Week Coming March 16-23

Help protect our drinking water and watersheds. Creek Week is a time to discover and clean up our local streams. It has been celebrated in Durham since 2009. To date, we have collected 210,989 pounds of litter with 4,808 volunteers. Read all about it HERE.

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The 2025 Eno River Wall Calendar call for photo submissions

Calling all photographers! Whether you are a photography enthusiast or tend to snap only the occasional shot, the Eno River Association invites you to submit your best photos to us for consideration for the 2025 Eno River wall calendar. For this year’s calendar, we ask you to share with us your favorite places along the Eno River. We know that so many of you have a trail, a swimming hole, a historic site, and other places that are special to you. Submissions are open through May 31, 2024.

Complete this form to receive further instructions on how to submit your photos to us: https://form.jotform.com/240215082852147

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Master Naturalists share knowledge of ancestral land

Members of the Ho-Chunk nation in Wisconsin are part of an effort to widen the circle of professionals and volunteers tending to the earth and passing along their knowledge to others. Read the story from NPR.

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Monarch habitat in southern swamps

Decades of monarch tagging reveals surprises about this icon butterfly. Read the article in Garden & Gun.

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Spotted Lanternfly Summit

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If you would like to take a deep dive into the latest research on Spotted Lanternfly (SLF), here is your chance! Virtual tickets are $35 and may be purchased using the link in the message below.

Learn more about SLF, an invasive pest currently found in NC in Forsyth and Guilford Counties but expected to spread further. 

Review past years’ SLF Summits and SLF 101 recordings: https://www.stopslf.org/research-updates/meeting-reports-and-presentations/

Register on Eventbrite
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Climate Community Conversations

The Central Pines Regional Council (CPRC) was awarded a $1 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) by EPA to develop the climate action plan for our region. As part of the process this coming week they are holding a series of community meetings to help identify priorities. Learn more and register to attend.

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TLC Photo Challenge

Combine your love of photography and nature, participate in TLC’s photo challenge.

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Durham Garden Forum

Durham Garden Forum offers programs the 3rd Tuesday of each month 7-8:30pm via zoom. Check out their schedule of upcoming speakers. Or visit their website: https://durhammastergardeners.com/durham-garden-forum/

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Butterfly Highway – Feb 3

Please join us for an afternoon of Butterfly Highway seed packing and mingling with like-minded conservationists at the Southwest Regional Library in Durham on Saturday, February 3rd, 12pm – 2pm. This will be a great opportunity to learn about what it takes to be part of a Community Wildlife Chapter and how NCWF is working to protect and conserve wildlife and habitat throughout the state.

If you can make it, we would love to have you!