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Burgess discusses the controversy between the U.S. Navy and local residents and environmentalists over the Navy's decision to build an outlying landing field (OLF) on 30,000 acres in Beaufort and Washington counties near the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The field would be used by jet pilots to practice landings. The refuge is known for its thousands of wintering birds.
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12096
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Incorporating geometric patterns and shapes into gardens is a old technique. Burgess discusses how those interested in having a garden of this type can make one. The North Carolina Arboretum, located in Asheville, has one of the largest in the state.
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Rain gardens put stormwater runoff to work, making it an asset to the gardens instead of diverting it somewhere else. Burgess discusses how those interested in having a garden of this type can make one.
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Doug Monroe of Ashe County and John Swann of Yancey County are two maple syrup makers in the state who have tapped into a niche market. It takes forty-five gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. Monroe has 250 taps and Swann has 400 so their production is limited, and they sell their syrup only locally.
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Cooleemee in Davie County was once a thriving mill town with many residents working in a large textile mill on the banks of the South Yadkin River. Though the mill closed in 1969, the town is unique among Southern mill towns because the mill building and about 330 original mill village houses still stand. Of the 960 residents, most are the old workers or their descendants. In 1989, the Cooleemee Historical Association began recording workers' memories of life in the mill and surrounding village. This led to an outpouring of photographs and other memorabilia that is now housed in the former general manager's two-story house.
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During the past year, a cooperative spirit accomplished something extraordinary in North Carolina's textile industry. The mission was to grow organic cotton, turn the fiber into thread, the thread into cloth, and the cloth into clothing--all without leaving the state.
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19372
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A little digging in coastal North Carolina shows that some communities rest on herring bones. Burgess discusses the history the herring fishery in North Carolina.
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19379
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Burgess discusses a day in the life of a North Carolina shrimp fisherman, from dusk to dawn, as they contend with weather, rising costs, and commercial competition.
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19381
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Burgess discusses the history and culture of Currituck County, whose unique environment are home to numerous fish and waterfowl.
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19392
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North Carolina has many resources that pull together to protect the state's water, natural, and coastal cultural resources, such as the NC Coastal Federation, the NC Wildlife Foundation, and NC Environmental Defense Fund to name a few.
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11.Bats Make Good Neighbors by Burgess, Carla B. North Carolina Naturalist Vol. 14 Issue 2, Sum 2006
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20977
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There are seventeen species of bats known to be in North Carolina. They are the main predators of night-flying insects, as well as agricultural pests like hickory shuckworms and corn earworms. Burgess explains how Lon Coulter of Crumpler in this state and Frank and Teresa Bibin of Georgia utilize bat houses to control pests. Bat colonies number about 1,000 in North Carolina and between 3,000 and 4,000 in Georgia.
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21013
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Burgess describes the fascinating courtship ritual of the American woodcock and reports on what John Conner, coordinator of the NC Museum of Natural Science's Naturalist Center, has learned of the bird through his research.
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21021
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The NC Museum of Natural Science has built a 38-acre outdoor education station known as Prairie Ridge. The purpose of the construction was to build eleven shallow ponds ranging from sizes of 15x30 feet to one acre that would attract and provide frogs, toads, and salamanders with a place to lay their eggs. Burgess provides a description.
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Burgess describes the state's newest public arboretum, as yet unnamed, which is constructed on a five-acre portion of land within the NC Museum of Natural Science's Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh. Though many of the plantings are small in stature now, when they grow, they will showcase every single wetland tree species in the state.
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21025
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Burgess describes the110,000-acre Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and its wildlife, along with its 2,900-acre Pungo Lake, and the ongoing controversy created when the U.S. Navy wanted to build a 28,000-acre practice field right next door for jet pilots to practice landings and takeoffs.
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