Friends of Lower Haw is planning invasive plant species workdays led by State Parks biologists.  We plan to schedule workdays throughout the year.    Learn about invasive plant species and removal techniques.  All tools will be provided.  Bring work gloves, insect repellent, and water.  Wear long pants, long sleeve shirt, and sturdy closed-toe shoes.  Contact lowerhawevents@gmail.com with "Invasives" in the subject line to sign up for our Whack-Attack Team.

Friends of Lower Haw need volunteers for our birdhouse and wildlife camera projects in the Lower Haw River State Natural Area.  The birdhouses and wildlife cams were funded by a generous donation from bePhilARThropy's Bynum Bridge Fest.

Friends of Lower Haw and New Hope Audubon partnered on a bird nest box project around the Lower Haw River State Natural Area by installing 15 nest boxes intended to accommodate a variety of bird species. These boxes are located in 4 general areas: Bynum Mill (5 bluebird boxes), Bynum Mill trail (2 prothonotary warbler boxes), SW Bynum (1 wood duck box, 1 bluebird box), and Bynum Dam area (1 brown-headed nuthatch box, 2 prothonotary warbler boxes, 1 wood duck box, 1 screech owl box). An additional bluebird box and two bee houses have been added in a pollinator garden at the Bynum Dam area as part of an Eagle Scout project.  Volunteers monitor them for nesting activity between March and June in a given area about once a week, and then report the results.  We also need volunteers to clean the boxes after nesting season and prepare them for the next season.

We also installed 3 wildlife cameras to capture wildlife activity and need volunteer monitors for each wildlife cam.  The wildlife cameras are monitored year-round, downloading the images every month.

Please let us know if you are interested in signing up as either a birdhouse monitor, or a wildlife cam monitor, or both!  Contact lowerhawevents@gmail.com if you want to volunteer.