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Protecting the Tar Heel State's Natural Wonders

Beautiful wildflowers, like this yellow fringed orchid, await you in North Carolina's outdoors.

Our best birding preserves

TNC's Jessie Birckhead has compiled a list of three of our best birding places across the state: the Roanoke River, Nags Head Woods and Elk Knob State Park.

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