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20th annual Keeping the Farm workshop, with illustrations of fields and barn

Wake County marks 20 years of supporting farmers with Keeping the Farm workshop

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Family Farm award winners and Soil & Water staff pose in farm field

Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District announces 2024 annual awardees

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"Wetlands Are Wonderful: 2025 Conservation Poster Contest"

Wake County students invited to capture the essence of wetlands in poster contest

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Sheila B. Jones, Environmental Educator

Wake County announces winners of the Sheila B. Jones Environmental Education Scholarship

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farm field with growing corn stalks

Study finds agricultural land provides a net benefit to Wake County

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Subchronic Exposure team members with advisors

Envirothon champions from Wake to make record-setting seventh appearance at international contest

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Sheila B. Jones, Environmental Educator

New scholarship to support Wake students in environmental education

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Big Sweep volunteer paddles a canoe loaded with trash

Volunteers remove over 3,000 pounds of trash from Crabtree Creek

Big Sweep
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Big Sweep volunteers celebrate behind piles of garbage collected at Crabtree Creek

Wake County Big Sweep volunteers set to clean up section of Crabtree Creek

Big Sweep
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19th Annual Keeping the Farm Workshop, illustration of barn and rolling fields

Wake County's Keeping the Farm workshop to help landowners preserve their farms

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Bailey Farm, with open fields, buildings, trees in the background

Wake County honors annual award winners for their commitment to conservation in 2023

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Bailey Farm, with open fields, buildings, trees in the background

Wake County celebrates biggest farmland preservation project in history

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Woman standing in field holding papers talks to students

Calling all nature lovers: Scholarships up for grabs for careers in conservation

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Aerial view of Oaky Grove Farm fields and road

Wake Leaders Partner to Protect Historic Property; Commit Unprecedented Funds to Farmland

Board of Commissioners
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smiling team members and advisor

Wake County Now Home to Six-time Environmental State Champions

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"The Living Soil" against a background illustration of soil layers and grass

Poster Contest to Challenge Kids to Find the Wonders Living Beneath our Feet

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