• January 2025 Block Stars: Ecoregion Crew Leads

      As we welcome 2025 and kick off another season of late winter Atlasing, we want to take a moment to highlight and appreciate three exceptional individuals this month as our Block Stars: Emily Reasor-Zwirner (Mountains), Alicia Bachman (Piedmont), and Josh Emm (Coastal Plain).  These dedicated individuals serve as the NCBA Ecoregion Crew Leads and are […]

  • December 2024 Block Star: Stacy Weiss

    The Quackalacky is excited to announce Stacy Weiss as the December Block Star! Stacy is newer to Atlasing, but a perfect example of how it is never too late to join the effort and help get us over the finish line strong!

  • November 2024 Block Star: Guy McGrane

    The Quackalacky is excited to announce Guy McGrane as the November Block Star! Guy is an active Atlaser in the Boone area, covering the mountains of western North Carolina.

  • September 2024 Block Star: Loren Hintz

    I have been interested in birds since my dad took me birding in Ohio as a kid. For my Senior Independent Study project at the College of Wooster (Ohio), I studied the flocking feeding behavior of winter birds.

  • September 2022 Block Star: Karen Lebing

    After 30 years working for the Federal Government in Washington, D.C., Karen Lebing and her husband, Gerry, retired to Hatteras Island of NC’s Outer Banks in 2013. Karen volunteers for the U.S.