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9353
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Amundson examines wildlife management of the bobwhite quail.
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9434
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Amundson discusses the history, description, behavior, breeding habits, enemies, and management of North Carolina's state mammal, the gray squirrel.
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9070
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This is the second in a series describing the North Carolina Wildlife Commission's game lands. These are areas open to hunting by the public during the regular season. A special games land permit is required to hunt on these managed lands. The Northern Game Lands consist of 395, 785 acres that include Pisgah National Forest Game Land, South Mountains Game Land, Thurmond Chatham Game Land, and the Cherokee National Game Land.
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9072
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This is the fourth in a series describing the North Carolina Wildlife Commission's game lands. These are areas open to hunting by the public during the regular season. A special games land permit is required to hunt on these managed lands. The Western Game Lands, at 655,298 acres, is one of the smaller of the state's four game lands. This area includes the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, Caney Fork, Green River, and Toxaway Lands, plus several tracts owned by Champion International Corporation.
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11356
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Amundson discusses how conservation efforts at the Weldon Hatchery are assisting in the preservation of striped bass, or rockfish, in the Roanoke River. The hatchery is the world's first and oldest striped bass hatchery.
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9017
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Frogs and toads make up a group of animals which lie between fish and reptiles in the biological classification of the animal kingdom. Amundson describes their life history, food habits, hibernation, enemies, and being creatures as food and sport.
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9044
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The prime objective of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's game lands program is to provide more hunters with more lands where they are free to go whenever the seasons are open. Amundson describes the program's eastern section, which is located in the Coastal Plains and covers over 664,512 acres that are under intensive wildlife management.
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This is the second in a series describing the North Carolina Wildlife Commission's game lands. These are areas open to hunting by the public during the regular season. A special games land permit is required to hunt on these managed lands. The central game lands area covers 153,626 acres and coincides with the physiographic region known as the Piedmont.
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Having a distinctive black mask over its eyes and a long, bushy tail with black rings, the raccoon is easily recognizable. Amundson discusses the raccoon's history, behavior, food habits, breeding habits, enemies, and wildlife management.
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8144
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The black bear, the smallest of the American bears, seldom attains over five feet in length or over 500 pounds in weight. Encroaching civilization has greatly reduced the bear population in this country since the first English settlers arrived. In North Carolina the black bear population is around 5,000. North Carolina has placed the bears on the list of protected game animals to keep them from becoming extinct in the state. Amundson discusses the bear's coloration, behavior, breeding habits, food habits, enemies, management, and hunting.
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6625
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There are five general types of quail in the United States, including seven races of bobwhites. The species native to North Carolina is the Eastern bobwhite. Amundson discusses the history of the bobwhite quail, its general characteristics, breeding and food habits, and wildlife management.
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13281
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Schools of porpoises like to hang around the North Carolina coast. These fascinating creatures, with a confusion of common names, are common sights alongside fishing boats in North Carolina's sounds and along her coasts.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 8, July 1953, p3-4, 13, f
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13831
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A new fence has been built to keep saltwater out of the Currituck Sound. The saltwater has been negatively affecting bass.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 32, Jan 1953, p5-6, il
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13796
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In Mount Airy, they discovered that fishing is a way to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 49, May 1952, p3-4, f
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In Mount Airy, juvenile delinquency was a budding problem. A group of law enforcement officers took it upon themselves to round up juveniles who had been in trouble and take them fishing. The rate of juvenile delinquency has decreased as a result.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 50, May 1952, p3-4, il
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