Nighttime Insect Study
Our youngest member the Carolina Wildlands team is Dillon Cooper. He us joined this summer after graduating from Chesterfield High School. He came [...]
Slow and Steady Wins the Race, unless….
If you were lucky enough to have Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” read to you at a young age, then you [...]
A Visit with the North Carolina Botanical Garden Team
Walking the walk … There are folks who can talk the talk and those who walk the walk - and we were lucky [...]
Winthrop University Explores Reptile Research
In a preliminary meeting to define possible fellowships/internships, Dr. Kiyoshi Sasaki from Winthrop University, along with four students and two volunteers visited the Carolina [...]
A Sense of Wonder: Celebrating Our First Cohort of Field Biology Interns
The great naturalist and author Rachel Carson wrote about the sense of wonder we are all gifted with as children, and her hope [...]
Finding Flora Along Thompson Creek
Thompson Creek Thompson Creek meanders through the Southern 8th property in Chesterfield County on the North and South Carolina line providing a diversity [...]
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
In many communities, people come together and plant a tree for Earth Day. And what a great thing to do for our only [...]
When a Farm Pond Isn’t Just a Farm Pond
Around here, farm ponds are about as common as pickup trucks. Most were constructed in the 1900’s as water sources for livestock and/or [...]
Regional Guidebooks Now Available On-line
We are in the process of compiling guidebooks and pamphlets featuring the Carolina Slate Belt’s specific species and unique features. Our first two [...]
Educators out on the Trail
To create opportunities for high school and college students to study the natural world, we are inviting interested educators to see what the [...]
