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5046
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The North Carolina Resources Commission's 2001 waterfowl stamp and print is titled \"Black Ducks at Price's Creek Lighthouse\" and was painted by Virginia artist Ron Louque, who also painted the 2000 stamp and print. Price's Creek Lighthouse dates to 1849 and was one of a chain of lighthouses along the lower Cape Fear River. Proceeds from sales of the stamp and print support wetland habitat protection for migratory waterfowl.
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5175
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Deen describes the many activities of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission enforcement officer Mike Edmisten.
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5207
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Bats in the attic? Snakes in the crawl space? Dead possum in the garage? Where can a homeowner find help? Many call a certified wildlife damage control agent. Deen discusses the work of Rocky Pearce, owner of Wild Kingdom Animal Rescue Service in Durham, and the other more than 200 certified agents around the state.
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The 50,000-acre Holly Shelter Game Land in Pender County is part of two million acres of game land managed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. It is also the state's first public game land, having been acquired during the Great Depression. Deen describes the pocosins, savannas, and diversity of plant and animal life in the state's oldest game land.
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5483
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Groundwater is North Carolina is becoming polluted and over consumed. Most of the counties east of I-95 are almost totally dependent on groundwater as a water source. Two sections, a fifteen-county area surrounding and including Greenville, and parts of Robeson, Bladen, and Columbus Counties, are pumping water faster than it can be replenished. The 2002 North Carolina General Assembly will consider regulations to deal with these problem areas.
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5484
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For years, water quality in the state was threatened by point source pollution, readily identifiable culprits like factories, large-scale farming, and leaking sewage treatment plants. While improvement is being made in these areas, new nonpoint sources, like urban and construction site runoff, are causes for concern. Deen examines this new threat.
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5485
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North Carolina's population is rising and so is the demand for water. Some areas are maxing out their water supplies, while the state copes with a continuing drought. Deen examines a number of state communities to learn how they are dealing with this declining resource.
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5495
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Overfishing a species is not a new phenomenon, nor is it limited to the United States. Historical evidence indicates its practice centuries ago by Native Americans and other cultures around the world. Deen discusses links between overfishing and other ecological problems, including invasive species and altering the food web, and what the future holds.
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5729
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The Venus's flytrap, which occurs naturally only in a few counties in North and South Carolina, is on the state's Species of Special Concern list. It is also a much-sought plant on the world-wide black market for insectivorous plants. Recently 200 poached plants were recovered and replanted in a remote section of the Holly Shelter Game Land.
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5767
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The endangered Virginia big-eared bat in found in only two places in North Carolina. One of them is an abandoned Surry County iron mine, which is used as a winter hibernation site. To protect the bats during this period, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has installed gates resembling farm gates over the five mine entrances.
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