The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) has awarded Dr. William McLarney of Franklin, N.C., the Thomas L. Quay Wildlife Diversity Award, bestowed each year to an individual who demonstrates a strong commitment to North Carolina’s nongame conservation efforts and is a leader in promoting and sustaining wildlife diversity.
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is advising residents that it is illegal to keep deer as pets and unwise to try to tame deer. Several incidents have occurred across the state this year involving people and dogs being attacked and injured by deer that were likely raised by humans illegally and regularly fed by local neighbors.
Slumber time for black bears is quickly approaching, and in some cases, already happening. Now is the time to start bear proofing residential and commercial properties to discourage winter denning.
NCWRC is confirming a case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Edgecombe County.The National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the initial positive test result, announced by the agency November 4, of a male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter near the Pitt-Martin County line.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is reporting the first presumptive detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Edgecombe County. NCWRC has received a preliminary positive test result on a 3 ½ year-old male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter in the eastern corner of the county. The closest confirmed location from this new suspected site is 92 miles away in Cumberland County.
New fishing reporting requirements are just a month away — beginning Dec. 1 — and North Carolina’s two fisheries management agencies continue efforts to get the word out, as the requirements impact both commercial and recreational fishermen.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) has awarded the late Walter Cross of Asheboro this year’s prestigious Lawrence G. Diedrick Small Game Award. The award recognizes meaningful contributions that benefit small game in North Carolina.Cross, a Randolph County native, was the longest-serving active member of the North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS) before he passed away on May 27, 2025.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) recently released twelve rehabilitated black bear cubs back to the wild, with four of them coming from the coastal region and eight from the mountains.
This time of year, new cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) begin to emerge due to the high numbers of migratory waterfowl that pass through or congregate in North Carolina. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) monitors HPAI in wildlife populations across the state, with an emphasis on birds.
Just as many lives, businesses, landscapes and wildlife were impacted on September 27, 2024 by Hurricane Helene as it ravaged through western North Carolina, one of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC) fish hatcheries, the Armstrong State Fish Hatchery in McDowell County, was nearly destroyed.