From Fields to Forest

Insects and other invertebrates are a vital part of a healthy ecosystem. This in-person event will bring landowners and resource professionals together to learn how “bugs” fill critical roles as predators, prey, and pollinators. In addition, we will explore how you can make your property more attractive for these often-overlooked animals.

The value a diverse plant community offers for food, and cover can’t be replaced with food plots, agricultural crops, or exotic plants. This workshop will focus on management options for your fields and woods that will increase native plant diversity, sustaining a vast web of invertebrates.

NCWF staff member, John Isenhour, will lead a hike (.8 mile) through open meadows and managed woods, with opportunities to see and discuss techniques for enhancing native plant communities, including herbicide treatments, mechanical disturbance, and prescribed fire. We will also discuss the benefits and challenges of planting native seed mixtures.

An NCWRC biologist,…