Outdoor Notes

YOUTH FISHING CLINICS

Carrboro holds a first learn to fish clinic for kids 5-15 Saturday, March 23, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Anderson Park Pond off NC54W. Cost is $5/child and parent or guardian must be present. Register at the town of carrboro website. Supplies including cane poles and worms are furnished. Bring a fishing rod if you have one. Next clinic is April 20.

Learn to Fish for kids 5-15 with Friends of the Lower Haw and Chatham Parks & Rec Saturday, April 6, at Lower Haw SNA riverbank off US15-501 at Bynum from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Supplies provided. Register at ccparksandrec.recdesk.com by 4/1.

TREES PLANTED

Wake County crews planted over 1,600 seedlings across four acres near the NC 54/I-540 interchange in Morrisville. The goal is to reverse the loss of tree canopy. Over their 40-year lifetime the native trees, a mix of oaks, pines and cypress, will capture 28M gallons of rainfall, prevent 3.7M gallons of runoff and store more than 5.4M pounds of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere, the county said. The reforestation project is a pilot program with Davey Resource Group of Raleigh.

TICK SEASON

Ticks are here. The warm winter led to the early arrival of tick season. Check your pets and kids and if you see a tick, remove it and take a picture. That will help you identify both its species and the stage of its lifecycle. Not all ticks carry diseases like Lyme. Be careful around tall grasses. Check yourself and the family carefully when they return from outdoors.

DUKE HERBARIUM

Duke Herbarium, one of the largest in the country, is shutting down after over 100 years and the 825,000 specimens apparently will be relocated in the next two to three years. The story was first reported by the New York Times, about a week before local media. Duke said it can’t afford to maintain the collection and researchers, locally and nationally, are urging Duke to reconsider.

SAFETY REMINDER

Orange Co. deputies warned hikers and bikers to leave valuables at home or do a better job of hiding items in vehicles parked at local trailheads and parks after arresting a man for breaking into cars at area parks in­cluding Brumley North and Hollow Rock Nature Park.

INDY PASS

Two Southeast resorts, Wisp (MD) and Win­tergreen (VA), are among a dozen new additions to the Indy Pass for 24-25 season.