More than 200,000 acres of land have been preserved or restored. Over 28 million metric tons of greenhouse gases were removed from the air and $421 million in funding.
Sounds like a huge deal, right? It is, and those are just the topline numbers.
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This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I kicked it off by visiting Rockingham Early College High School, located in Wentworth, NC, where I spent time with Ms. Valencia Abbott, a history and civics teacher at the school.
A few years ago, there was a news headline that read, “Kudzu Spreading Like, Well, Kudzu.”
To borrow from pop culture, science is “everything, everywhere, all at once.”
Governor Roy Cooper introduced his 2023-25 budget proposal on March 15.
In North Carolina, 2023 is officially the Year of the Trail. They passed a law that says so. Really.
Our department’s 50th anniversary year is coming to a close. We have been celebrating throughout the year, across the state. While it’s nice to celebrate an impressive past, I view this year as a springboard to an even more dynamic future.
On the night of January 18, 1954, the Ku Klux Klan planned to hold a rally in the Robeson County town of Maxton. The local Lumbee tribal community had a different idea. Hundreds of Lumbee men and women gathered in opposition to the planned rally.
I’ve still got some work to do to achieve my State Parks Annual 100-Mile Challenge, both on foot and on two wheels. So yeah, I like to hike and bike. I’m lucky because there are many state and local parks, trails, and greenways around Raleigh. But ther