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Hillsborough Climate Challenge: Events for Everyone

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Post date March 24, 2026
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We’re very excited to announce this year’s Hillsborough Climate Challenge, April 1-22, 2026, an amazing and extensive array of climate-related activities and presentations lined up by the Hillsborough Climate Challenge Planning Committee. Learn more in this HCC video 

This year we’ve got a wide variety of topics, presenters, and types of activities:

Youth activities, in coordination with the OC Public Library
Poetry reading by Amal Kassir, Hillsborough’s Poet Laureate
Book study
Nature walks to build community
Tour of the Wooden Nickel’s Regenerative Farm 
Stargazing at The Confluence with the Eno River Association and CHAOS
Meditation 
Green burial tours 
Meatless Monday restaurant meet-ups
Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 18th at RambleRill Farm
Fairview Community work days
‘Faucets to Floods’ forum
Heat Action information sessions
and much more to build knowledge, connection and community

See the full calendar of events and see detailed descriptions in the online Green Guide. These and many more related resources are on our Linktr.ee page. 

Please mark your calendars and join us for as many of these events as you can. And please spread the word through your networks and to your friends and neighbors! Let’s come together to make our community Better Stronger Greener.

We are very excited about these activities - there is truly something for everyone! We hope to see you in April!

Understanding the Red Wolf: History and Conservation Efforts

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Post date February 18, 2025
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The Red Wolf is the world’s most endangered canid, with fewer than 300 left in existence. The only wild population, with fewer than 19 wolves, exists in Eastern North Carolina. Their recovery has a complex history and management.

Join the Tri-County Conservationists Chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and Katerina Ramos, NCWF’s Red Wolf Education and Outreach Coordinator, for a talk on the species’ history, biology, management, and how you can help their recovery.

When: Thursday, March 13, 2025 – 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Where: Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27514

About the presenter

Katerina Ramos began her career as a high school volunteer in wildlife rehabilitation in Pennsylvania. She holds a B.S. in Zoology from Delaware Valley University and an M.S. in Integrative Biology from Oklahoma State University. She interned with the Red Wolf Recovery Program in 2018 and has served as NCWF’s Red Wolf Education and Outreach Coordinator since 2020. She also runs the Red Wolf Center in Columbia, NC, and sits on the SAFE Education Committee for Red Wolves.