The Neuse River Hawks Conservationists

Protect. Conserve. Restore.

A winner of the 2025 Rolesville Community Group Funding Program!

Over $2,000 toward native plant installation and pollinator plant distribution

Ongoing Habitat Conservation Projects

Our members and community volunteers install new plants and weed out invasive plants at Holding Park Nature Garden monthly.

Senior citizens and our pollinators value the native garden we installed and continue to maintain at the Wake Forest Center for Active Aging. We also provide and maintain the patio flowers.

3. adults and kids count monarch eggs in stonemill falls

Children and adults alike work to count monarch eggs and maintain the Cascades at Stonemill Falls Butterfly Garden.

We commend the Town of Rolesville for prioritizing the removal of invasive plants and installing natives at Main Street Park. NRHC donates plants and organizes volunteer workdays. Funds for additional plants will be provided by the Rolesville Community Funding Program in fall of 2025.

Community Outreach Projects

NRHC chapter wildlife enthusiasts present on a variety of topics to area organizations.

Nature enthusiasts come together for monthly walks on trails in the greater Wake Forest area.

Our NRHC members Jim and Tricia Bell built and painted the Little Nature Library located across the street from Holding Park. We keep it stocked with nature books for people of all ages.

River Hawks Jim and Tricia Bell also built and donated raised beds for the Northeast Community Garden.

Local groups invite us to share our knowledge with the community at events.

Completed Projects

Our volunteers collaborated with the Wake Forest Stormwater Department to determine the feasibility and benefits of installing pollinator plants at retention ponds in 2023.

NRHC gardeners supported a Girl Scout at Franklin Academy High School by providing design guidance, and donating plants and an educational sign for the native garden she installed at the school in 2024. We provided educational materials for the class on native plants she subsequently taught as part of her Gold Star project.

Our members worked with staff from Raleigh Parks to design, choose plants for, and create the Forest Ridge Wildlife Garden. We helped build it from scratch, and took care of the garden from 2017 through 2023 through the Raleigh Adopt a Park program.

We commend the Town of Wake Forest for their Bradford Exchange program in 2023. We volunteered with the Town for this wildly popular event in which the public could provide proof of having removed an invasive Bradford Pear in exchange for a life-sustaining native tree.

15. wildlife habitat steward training group photo

NRHC members were invited to participate in the NCWF Wildlife Habitat Steward Training. We heard from many experts in the field of wildlife habitat restoration, visited a local native garden, and completed a native planting project.

We witnessed the life cycle of bluebirds while gathering data from five bluebird boxes at Forest Ridge Park over two years under the auspices of the NC Bluebird Society.

How You Can Help

Make a Donation/Join Our Community/Renew Your Membership

Your donation will help us reach our mission: to protect, conserve, and restore North Carolina wildlife and habitat in Wake Forest and the surrounding area.

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Become a Volunteer

Do you have some extra time to spare? If so, we can always use volunteers to participate in our outreach programs and community events.

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Our Focus Area

The Neuse River Hawks Conservationists (NRHC) focuses volunteer efforts in the Wake Forest/North Raleigh/Rolesville/Youngsville area in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

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