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Lessons in Resilience: NC Program Teaches Children How To Cope With Disasters

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Oct 14, 2025

Government Shutdown Could Disrupt Timing of Crucial Conservation and Wildfire Efforts

Inside Climate News
“A government shutdown is never a good thing for national parks,” Lincoln Larson, an associate professor of parks, recreation and tourism management at North Carolina State University.

Oct 8, 2025

Peak Leaf Season in NC: Where to See the Best Colors and Which WNC Roads Are Open

The Charlotte Observer
In North Carolina, fall foliage begins in the mountains and continues across the Piedmont region before petering out toward the coast, according to Robert Bardon, a professor of forestry and environmental resources at North Carolina State University.

Oct 1, 2025

The Bears’ Fall Feast

Morning AgClips
Research led by Sierra McMurry, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, examines how acorn availability drives fall foraging behavior in black bears.

Sep 29, 2025

Climate Change Is Reshaping North Carolina’s Fall Colors

WRAL
Warmer nights and a drier fall are shortening and muting North Carolina’s iconic leaf‑peeping season as climate change accelerates, according to Robert Bardon, a professor of forestry and environmental resources at North Carolina State University.

Sep 24, 2025

Healing After Disaster: How Duke Experts Are Thinking About the Less Visible Impacts of Natural Disasters

EdNC
Led by Liz DeMattia, lead research scientist for the Duke University Marine Lab’s Community Science Initiative, and Kathryn Stevenson, director of the North Carolina State University’s Environmental Education Lab, Ready, Set, Resilience grew out of a need to support Carteret County students and teachers in the wake of two hurricanes and during the pandemic.

Sep 24, 2025

From Screen Time to ‘Green Time’: Going Outside to Support Student Well-Being

The 74
“You don’t need a giant swath of green space or forest to get a lot of these mental and physical health benefits,” said Lincoln Larson, an associate professor of parks, recreation and tourism management at North Carolina State University.

Sep 18, 2025

Mapped Out of Risk, Washed Into Ruin: Carrboro Families Left Underwater After Chantal

CBS 17
FEMA's flood maps are traditionally created using historical data. “We’re simulating risk for the past rather than the future, not even the present," said Georgina Sanchez, director of research engagement for the Center for Geospatial Analytics at North Carolina State University.

Sep 15, 2025

Fall Foliage in North Carolina: What to Expect This Year

Morning AgClips
The duration of the fall foliage season and the intensity of leaf colors will largely depend on upcoming weather patterns, according to Robert Bardon, a professor of forestry and environmental resources at North Carolina State University.

Sep 10, 2025

When Is Peak Leaf Season in NC? When and Where To See the Brightest Colors

The News and Observer
Robert Bardon, a professor of forestry and environmental resources at North Carolina State University, anticipates that the fall colors will begin to emerge in the upper elevations of North Carolina's mountains by late September, with peak colors occurring in the mountains by mid-October.

Sep 5, 2025

Lessons in Resilience: NC Program Teaches Children How To Cope With Disasters

WRAL
The Ready, Set, Resilience curriculum, developed by researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University, is being adopted in North Carolina schools to help students build emotional tools to process trauma and adapt after events like Hurricane Helene.