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Fire on the Landscape: Fire Ecology Hike

Name: Fire on the Landscape: Fire Ecology Hike
Start: 2026-09-20T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-20T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve

September 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Weymouth Woods – Sandhills Nature Preserve is hosting educational and family-friendly nature programming on Sunday afternoons in late September 2026. Visitors can explore the longleaf pine ecosystem during a ranger-led ecology hike or enjoy an outdoor children’s storybook reading as part of Take a Child Outside Week.

Fire on the Landscape: Fire Ecology Hike: Sunday, September 20th at 2:00PM-Join a park ranger for a 1-mile guided hike through a recently burned area to observe plant and wildlife recovery and learn why prescribed fire is essential for maintaining healthy forests.

Take a Child Outside Week: Storybook Reading: Sunday, September 27th at 2:00PM Celebrate Take a Child Outside Week with an outdoor reading of 2–3 nature storybooks held at the preserve’s outdoor amphitheater.

Location: Weymouth Woods – Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 N Fort Bragg Rd, Southern Pines, NC 28387