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events, Past Events, Plants

Landscaping with Native Plants

Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m. 

Enka-Candler Public Library

1404 Sand Hill Rd, Candler

Western North Carolina is one of the most biodiverse areas of the world! Native plants beautify natural landscapes and benefit both people and nature. Horticulturalist Steve Pettis will present his favorite native landscape plants for gardens and pollinators and will recommend beautiful species that are easy to grow and available locally. 

Pettis is a NC State Cooperative Extension Agent in Henderson County, where he consults with homeowners, business owners and government officials on horticultural, agricultural, and environmental topics.

Past Events, Wildlife

Blue Ridge Naturalist Network Program

Turtles in Trade: The International Market for Southeastern U.S. Turtles and What’s Being Done to Protect Them

Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m.

University of North Carolina Asheville

300 Campus View Rd, Asheville

Reuter Center Manheimer Room

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April 11 BRNN program on Zoom

More than half of the world’s turtles are currently threatened with extinction. The leading driver of declines is the global demand for turtles to be kept as pets or used for human consumption. Some species that are found in the Southeastern United States, one of the most important areas for turtle diversity globally, are traded in staggering quantities. In recent years, more than 500,000 snapping turtles and close to 1.5 million musk turtles were exported from the United States. In the fall of 2022, countries from around the globe voted to give 21 U.S. turtle species international trade protections. In this talk, Dianne DuBois, Staff Scientist for The Center for Biological Diversity, will discuss these new protections, what they mean for turtles found around Asheville and the broader Southeastern United States, and how additional conservation actions can be taken to ensure turtles thrive in our ecosystems for many years to come.

Inspiration, Past Events

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022 AT 7 PM online.

Please join us for a presentation by Appalachian Wildlife Refuge volunteers Paula Musto and Winslow Umberger who will share Jane Goodall’s inspirational memoir, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, and discuss why we should be hopeful for a better future and how individual actions can help shape that future.

To watch the Zoom recording of this event, please click on the link below.

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