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29804
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Land protection and conservation are topics that come to mind this time of year when we celebrate Earth Day. Eight professionals from the private and public sectors talk about natural resource issues in Western North Carolina, their outlook for the future, and the best action items for concerned citizens.
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36456
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Joining sustainability efforts is the nonprofit American Chestnut Foundation. Factors assuring their sustainability success included partnerships with universities possessing cutting edge technological tools, a successful breeding program at Meadowview Research Farms, and advocacy of volunteers and members known familiarly as “chestnutters.”
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10177
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With North Carolina's population predicted to rise from eight million to over twelve million by 2030, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is developing a long-range plan to protect the state's declining open spaces.
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15940
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According to the 1990 census, North Carolina is for the first time, more urban that rural. This change in demographics has economic and natural resource implications for regional and state-wide growth management. Concerns regarding the ability of communities to deal with such changes has resulted in management initiatives that are controversial.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 18 Issue 2, 1993, p37-40, il, bibl
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26497
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About eighty percent of North Carolina land is in private ownership. The N.C. Wildlife Federation is continually seeking ways to encourage and support landowners’ efforts to wisely manage the natural resources they oversee.
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Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 38 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1991, p20
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26953
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Railroads have enabled the public to access resources at a faster pace, but this service is being abandoned rapidly. Consequently, management dilemmas are arising between land developments versus natural habitat protection. One suggestion is for Congress to introduce legislation that transfers back to federal ownership a certain amount of forest land for every mile of railroad track abandoned.
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Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 29 Issue 10, Nov/Dec 1982, p6, il
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15825
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During the last twenty years, the importance of ensuring proper land planning and landscape management on barrier islands has been firmly established. Culminating with the passage and implementation of the North Carolina Coastal Area Management Act of 1974, the overall planning and management process for barrier islands has substantially improved the balance between island development activities and the ability of the barrier island to maintain its essential ecological and geomorphological functions and processes. This includes the considerable role of maritime forests in the overall maintenance of the barrier island ecosystem.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Fall 1980, p14-21, il, f
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20222
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In the early 19th century, the Whig party came to power in North Carolina, ousting the dominant Democratic party over the consideration of land policy. The Whig plan called for distributing the proceeds from federal land sales to all the states, while the Jacksonian opposition to annual distribution for the loss of control of North Carolina from the Democrats.
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