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In January, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission issued a proclamation and distributed a press release stating that the 2021 striped bass harvest season in the Roanoke River Management Area would be reduced to just two weeks in April. This caught a lot of anglers off guard and angered many others. MORE
Many people are not aware that the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has three education centers across N.C. These Education Centers, located in Corolla, Fayetteville and Pisgah Forest offer a variety of fishing and outdoor education programs. Even better, most of the programs are offered at no charge. MORE
Back by popular demand, ForestHer NC has an exciting new lineup of virtual content curated for female private forest landowners in North Carolina. ForestHer NC was developed by several partner agencies, including the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, to directly connect ... MORE
The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) named Jeff Evans the 2020 Fisheries Biologist of the Year at their 74th annual meeting, held virtually Oct. 26-28. Evans has been the Superintendent of the Watha State Fish Hatchery for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC), for nearly 30 years.MORE
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's Inland Fisheries Division recently won the 2019 Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Award in the category of Sport Fishery Development and Management for creating a successful hybrid striped bass fishery in Lake Norman. The project, “Establishing and Monitoring . . . READ MORE