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for "Nickens, T. Edward"
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William B. Umstead Park, located in Wake County ten miles west of Raleigh, covers 5,439 acres and is often called the \"Central Park of the Triangle.\" Nickens discusses the history and development of the park and the activities that attract people to it.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 7, July 2003,
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5951
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Ginseng, an endangered plant that has medicinal properties, is highly prized by plant poachers. The dried roots sell from $270 to $600 a pound. Stealing an endangered plant is also a felony, but that hasn't stopped poachers from targeting growing areas near the Blue Ridge Parkway and in the Great Smokies. Nickens discusses the work of North Carolina Department of Agriculture agents in combating plant theft.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 9, Sept 2003,
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When the National Park Service purchased the Core Banks barrier islands in the mid-1960s, it negotiated long-term leases with the residents that allowed them to keep their homes. In 2003, the leases expired, and the residents had to leave. Nickens discusses the history of the Core Bankers and the residents' departure.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 68 Issue 1, Jan 2004,
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6551
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If everyone did everything right, what would be the best possible natural North Carolina that her citizens could hope for? In the recently published HORIZON 2100: AGGRESSIVE CONSERVATION FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S FUTURE, nine of the state's leading conservation scientists examined current environmental conditions and present a picture of the future. Nickens discusses their projections and lists the four primary strategies required to achieve it.
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William Bartram, son of the famous royal botanist John Bartram, left Philadelphia in 1773, on a four-year botanizing expedition across the Southeast. Part of his travels took him through eighty-one miles of western North Carolina. Today a hiking trail marks his journey's path. Nickens retraces the naturalist's steps and records his observations.
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In the spring of 1867, after recovering from a serious eye injury, John Muir was trekking across western North Carolina. He was a young man of twenty-nine, and his great fame as a conservationist lay years ahead of him. He recorded his travel experiences across the postwar South in THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF, published in 1916. Nickens retraces Muir's journey through what is now the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.
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The Taylor family of Vance County--Ed, Bill, and Dungee--have been hunting rabbits in the northern Piedmont for decades. The ingredients for a good hunt are few--hunters, dogs, guns, and good cover filled with rabbits. In this interview, the Taylors discuss their years of hunting rabbits and what they have learned.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 2, Feb 2007,
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8799
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Many visitors to North Carolina's coastline exit their homes and pass through the sand dunes on their way to the beach without giving the dunes a second thought. Closer inspection would reveal life existing there, a tough life that works hard to make a living in the dunes day and night. Nickens discuses some of these creatures, including the ghost crab, sand wasp, red fox, royal tern, and Eastern glass lizard.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 4, Apr 2007,
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10158
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Among the winners of the North Carolina Governor's Conservation Achievement Awards are the North Carolina Sea Grant Program (Natural Resources Agency); Phytofinders of Kitty Hawk (Youth Conservationists); and J & B Aquafood (Business Conservationists).
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10357
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The American eel lives a long life, but currently their population appears to be declining. Contributing factors include the predatory rainbow snake and a thriving European market in eel meat.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 10, Oct 2008,
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10504
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Nickens provides tips for deer hunters on what to do before, during, and after the hunt, in order to get the most out of the whitetail experience.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 11, Nov 2008,
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Despite the best of intentions, people do get stranded deep in the woods with no chance of getting home for the night. Nickens lists several things to do that might save your life, including how to make it through the night without heat, first aid, and how to survive falling into cold water.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 12, Dec 2009,
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Once the American chestnut spread from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. The trees grew one hundred feet or more. They grew straight for the first fifty feet and produced great timber. The nuts were a cash crop that western North Carolinians sold at Christmastime. However, in 1904 scientists discovered the blight in New York City that by 1950 had destroyed about four billion chestnut trees. It is considered the largest ecological disaster of the 20th century.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
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17836
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Bob Timberlake is famous for his astonishing artistic career, but few know this North Carolina artist is also a master canoe craftsman.
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17837
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Walker Golder grew up in Wrightsville Beach and found himself shaped by the pristine barrier islands. Now as the deputy director of the National Audubon Society's North Carolina State Office, Golder oversees the North Carolina Coastal Islands sanctuary system--nineteen fragile islands scattered along 180 miles of shore.
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