Record #:

7753

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

The side-by-side barreled shotgun is traditionally associated with wing shooting. This gun has been around since the late 18th-century, and the modern over-and-under barreled gun was developed about a hundred years later. American gun makers now sell more over-and-under guns, and Wilson compares the two, seeking to answer the question, when accuracy is at issue, which is the better gun?

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 4, Apr 2006, p25-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shotguns

Record #:

7754

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

The side-by-side barreled shotgun was the gun of choice for most bird hunters in the 19th and early 20th centuries. While the over-and-under barreled shotgun became more popular in the 20th century, the side-by-side continued to hold a special place among wing shooters. Wilson feels this continued use is caused by a combination of nostalgia, the beauty feel of the gun, and a certain grace this gun possesses that no other gun can match. He discusses the Vintagers, also known as the Order of Edwardian Gunners, which formed in 1994. This group not only appreciates the double-barreled gun, but many members like to dress in clothing of the Edwardian era (1895-1914), when they are in the field.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 4, Apr 2006, p20-24, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shotguns

Record #:

7964

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is acquiring over 65,000 acres of land from the International Paper Corp. The land consists mostly of bottomland forests, floodplains, and wetlands, making them valuable for water quality protection. Several tracts contain rare and endangered plants and animals. Most of the land lies in the northeastern and southeastern sections of the state.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 7, July 2006, p36, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Nature conservation

Record #:

8011

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

North Carolina's commercial fishing harvest continues to drop. The 2005 harvest of finfish and shellfish totaled 79 million pounds, valued at $64.9 million. This is the smallest harvest on record and continues the downward trend that began in 1997. The menhaden catch was low, and blue crabs and shrimp, two other commercial mainstays, had decreased landings.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fisheries

Record #:

8139

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Beginning on January 1, 2007, most anglers who fish in coastal and ocean waters of the state must have a new Coastal Recreational Fishing License. Previously, North Carolina was the last state in the Southeast without a recreational saltwater license. Saltwater fishing is big business in the state with over a million people fishing each year. The new license will aid the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries in collecting crucial data to help the agency better manage fish stocks.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p20-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fisheries--Laws and legislation; Fish and game licenses; Saltwater fishing

Record #:

8234

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Commercial fishermen in the state face an increasingly difficult life. They deal with intense state and federal regulations, while facing stiff competition from foreign imports. Fish houses are disappearing, leaving fewer places to sell catches. Boats slips are losing out to developments. A new factor is the tension that exists between commercial fisherman and recreational anglers. Wilson discusses reasons for this tension and what can be done about it.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 11, Nov 2006, p4-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishing; Fisheries

Record #:

8341

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

For over fifty years, wildlife photographers Jack Dermid and Gene Hester have traveled across North Carolina in search of photographic opportunities. Dermid has a reputation for extraordinary patience in getting exactly the right shot, and Hester travels widely each year in search of waterfowl and deer. Wilson discusses the careers of these two well-known photographers.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Photographers; Wildlife photography

Record #:

8342

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) likely will designate North Carolina's first Marine Protected Area (MPA) when it meets in March 2007 to adopt amendment 14 to the Snapper Grouper Fisheries Management Plan. The MPA, one of eight covering waters from North Carolina to the Florida Keys, is being established to protect species of the snapper grouper complex from directed fishing pressures in federal waters. The snapper grouper complex is comprised of seventy-three species, including deep-water, slow-growing species, such as snowy grouper, misty grouper, speckled hind, Warsaw grouper, golden tilefish, and blueline tilefish.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p36, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishery management; Groupers; Fishes--Conservation

Record #:

8452

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Jeff Evans, superintendent of the Watha State Fish Hatchery in Pender County, and his staff have overseen extensive renovations at the facility. Wilson discusses the renovations which will increase by 50 percent the hatchery's capacity to raise and stock warm water fishes in public, inland waters across the state.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 1, Jan 2007, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish hatcheries--Pender County

Record #:

8513

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

The Appalachian elktoe mussel was placed on the endangered species list in 1994. Between 2004 and 2006, North Carolina Wildlife Commission biologists studied this mussel on the Little Tennessee River between the town of Franklin and the Fontana Reservoir and reported a decline in its population. There is no obvious reason for the decline, and biologists are not ruling out disease, parasites, or toxins. Part of the decline is attributed to flooding from tropical storms Frances and Ivan. Even more puzzling is that five other mussel species in the same area at the same time have stable populations.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 2, Feb 2007, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Freshwater mussels--Little Tennessee River

Record #:

8683

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Once covering nine million acres in the eastern United States and Ohio River Valley, the American chestnut was virtually eliminated by an Asian fungus blight in the 1900s. The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) are working together to plant blight-resistant chestnut trees. The chestnut was an important food source for wild turkeys. The restoration of the chestnut is a long-term project. The new tree in development will have the blight resistance of the Chinese chestnut and the physical appearance of the American chestnut.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 3, Mar 2007, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

American chestnut

Record #:

9403

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Last spring a Northern snakehead was caught and released in the Catawba River. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has urged anglers not to release any further catches but to freeze or put them on ice and to notify the Commission. This fish, an Asian native, can displace local fish populations where it has been illegally introduced. Since 2002, transporting, purchasing, possessing, or selling live snakeheads in North Carolina has been illegal.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 9, Sept 2007, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Northern snakehead

Record #:

10150

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Wilson discusses catch-and-release fishing in North Carolina. The program came to the state in 1954 on trout streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The program is an approach to having more fish available to catch and emphasizes the recreational rather than the consumptive value of fish.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 6, June 2008, p10-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishing; Fish populations; Fishery conservation

Record #:

10153

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Wilson discusses progress in the Roanoke River American Shad Restoration Program, which was started over a decade ago to enhance the depleted fishery.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 6, June 2008, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

American shad--Roanoke River--Restoration

Record #:

10179

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Seafood caught by commercial fisherman declined for the fifth straight year in 2007, but the dockside value increased from the previous year. Total recreational landings by pounds declined by 7.3 percent from 2006.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 7, July 2008, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Commercial fishing--Statistics; Saltwater fishing--Statistics