The State Library of North Carolina’s Government and Heritage Library will host North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green on April 17 for National Poetry Month.
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The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that a district and five individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Celebrate North Carolina’s Year of the Trail and Pick Your Own PATH at Lake James State Park.
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources sites have some great events planned throughout April.
Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site is excited to announce the return of its nature-themed event, “Bentonville in Bloom.” The event will showcase the natural resources and wildlife that call Bentonville home.
The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation will now offer two boat cleaning stations at Lake Waccamaw State Park in Columbus County to hinder the spread of hydrilla and other highly invasive aquatic species.
State officials have signed an agreement with Weyerhaeuser that protects more than 1,600 acres of environmentally rich land across eastern North Carolina. The properties will be added to the N.C. Registry of Natural Heritage Areas.
The State Library and State Archives of North Carolina will host “North Carolina Trivia Night,” Wednesday, March 29, 7-9 p.m.
Historic Halifax State Historic Site will host the annual Halifax Resolves Day event on Wednesday, April 12 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., to commemorate the 247th anniversary of the adoption of the Halifax Resolves. The day’s activities are free and open to the public.
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced today that Denise Young has been named the next director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.