Fox Creek Nature Lab
Franklin County School students and
teacher(above and right) install wood duck
and bluebird boxes at Fox Creek
Nature Lab
SERVICE FUNDS ALLOCATED:$10,445 (24% of total project funding)
PROJECT PURPOSE: To establish Fox Creek Nature Lab, an experiential
education site in environmental sciences for Franklin County students and
North Carolina teachers; and, to facilitate the protection of 52
acres of riparian areas, wetlands and floodplain along Fox Creek and the
Tar River, in Franklin County, North Carolina.
OTHER PARTNERS:
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Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District
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Natural Resources Conservation Service
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Town of Louisburg
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Franklin County Schools
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United Way
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North Carolina Division of Soil and Water
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
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Wake Electric
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Boy Scouts of America
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Pilot Women's Club
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North Carolina Forest Service
PUBLIC BENEFITS: 
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Protection of the riparian area, wetlands and a floodplain along
the Tar River and Fox Creek
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Monitoring and protection of habitat for the federally-endangered
Tar spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), and the dwarf wedge mussel (Alasmidonta
heterodon); and three federal species of concern, the Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia
mansoni), the yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa), and the yellow lance
(Elliptio lanceolata).
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Promotion of environmental awareness through experiential education
of wetlands, North Carolina's federally and state listed endangered and
threatened species, natural resource management, and sustainable development.
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Promotion of natural resource stewardship.
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Monitoring of water quality in Fox Creek and the Tar River.
For additional information regarding this Web page, contact John Ann
Shearer, in Raleigh, NC, at johnann_shearer@fws.gov
Visit the North Carolina ES Homepage
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