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2024 Impact Report
In 2024, we partnered with local environmental
organizations to offer semi-monthly OBB workshops
to the public on topics about identifying local 昀氀ora
and fauna. The Hemlock Restoration Initiative led a
workshop where we treated over 500 trees along the
Henry Fork River. Forest Her and Catawba Riverkeeper
joined us for another workshop in Oak Hill Community
Park & Forest, where we identi昀椀ed over 30 bird species!
In 2025, FCNC will host bi-monthly workshops focused
on being a steward of nature in your own backyard!
These events are free, family friendly, and will feature
topics like how to compost, planting for pollinators,
growing a wildlife habitat, and more.
2. FCNC’s volunteer program fosters communities
that value conservation by engaging the public in land
stewardship and management. Workdays include
activities such as trail maintenance, litter pickups,
native tree plantings, invasive plant treatments, and
more. Since 2018, this program has accomplished
3,742 hours of volunteer time valued at $111,848.38, with
Our volunteers planted hundreds of livestakes (native trees that reroot from cuttings) around a stream in Oak Hill Community Park and
Forest to restore riparian vegetation.
2,347 trees planted, 23.5 miles of trail maintained and
improved, and 33,719 pounds of litter removed from
our local lands and waterways.
Our Community Engagement
Program Partners
Non-pro昀椀ts:
A Clean Wilson Creek, The American Chestnut
Foundation, Boy Scouts - Hickory Troop 381, Catawba
Riverkeeper, EcoForesters, Forest Her, Friends of
the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Friends of Fonta Flora
State Trail, G5 Trail Collective, Hemlock Restoration
Initiative, Latinos Aventureros en las Carolinas, Lake
James Environmental Association, McDowell Trails
Association, North Carolina Environmental Educators,
Southern Fire Exchange, The Nature Conservancy,
Valdese Rotary Club, Venture Unknown, and Wild South
Schools:
Freedom High School, Haywood Community College,
McDowell High School Environmental Club, Montreat
College, Morganton Day School, Mountain View
Elementary, New Dimensions, North Carolina School
of Science and Mathematics, Valmead Elementary
School, Warren Wilson College, Watauga High School,
and Western Piedmont Community College
Community Partners:
Breathe Yoga, Burke County Chamber of Commerce,
Burke County Tourism, Camp Lake James, The
Chamber of Catawba County, Caldwell Senior Center,
Lake James State Park, Piedmont Natural Gas, South
Mountains State Park, U.S. Forest Service, Valdese Parks
and Recreation, and more!
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