Sand Hill High School in Buncombe County has founded several junior wildlife clubs and its classroom curriculum emphasizes the importance of conservation, whether it be for soil, wildlife, or nature.
This is a progress report on the activities of Federal Aid Project 25-D, which was created in 1948 to solve the problem of diminishing small game animals.
The North Carolina Resources Commission was one of the first of its kind in the US; their purpose was to garner public interest in the natural resources of the state.
Four initiatives yielded for William David the 2019 Young Eco-Hero Award: recycling hard to recycle items; Eastern box turtle conservation; invasive species prevention; and French Broad watershed water quality project. Information pointing to his potential and promising a future in conservation: a mentor from the NC Arboretum; career plans involving engineering.