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41395
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A traditional Colonial Revival reflects national and local value, by its inclusion on the Register of Historic Places and Carvers Creek State Park. Long Valley Farm also reflects the professional and personal values of its original owners, members of the John S. Rockefeller family.
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Environmentalists--James S. Rockefeller; National Register of Historic Places; Architecture--traditional Colonial Revival; Nature Conservancy. North Carolina Chapter; Parks--North Carolina--Carvers Creek State Park; State parks--Connect NC Bond; Spring Lake--John S. Rockefeller family; Conservation--historic houses; Recreation areas
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16608
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Leutze discusses how North Carolina state budget cuts affect programs such as The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
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5368
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The Nature Conservancy is marking twenty-five years of preserving a variety of natural areas across the state. Nationally, the group has a million members, with 26,000 in North Carolina. The state group has also protected 538,459 acres. Lynch discusses the group's accomplishments over the past twenty-five years and its plans for the future.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 66 Issue 9, Sept 2002,
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34558
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In North Carolina, it has become difficult to protect species that are disappearing from the state. Protection plans can include listing the species as endangered or otherwise, purchasing or creating easements for habitat lands, and collecting species for museums and conservancies. Examples of many different species and their rehabilitation plans outline how strategies must sometimes be diverse.
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North Carolina Naturalist
(NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2001,
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2985
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The North Carolina Nature Conservancy manages 55,799 acres of land and protects 370,000 more. Each year it conducts over sixty field trips into natural areas, including the Green Swamp and Black River, to give people a closer look at nature.
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2170
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In November, 1994, the Nature Conservancy and the Georgia- Pacific Corporation agreed to co-manage 21,000 acres of hardwood bottomlands along the Roanoke River between Williamston and Plymouth, in an effort to protect the area.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 2, Feb 1995,
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549
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The mission of the North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy is to protect plants, animals, and natural communities.
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808
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The North Carolina Nature Conservancy has an impressive record in preserving endangered habitats.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 10, Oct 1992,
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581
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Astute application of the tax laws and strong ties to the corporate establishment are allowing The Nature Conservancy's NC Chapter to acquire land, thus protecting endangered plants and animals.
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29203
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Panthertown Valley, nestled between the resort towns in Jackson and Macon counties, North Carolina is a scenic and ecological wonderland with cliffs and valleys, harbors and headways, endangered species and trout streams. The natural marvels of Panthertown Valley are under the watchful eye of North Carolina's chapter of the Nature Conservancy, and with the cooperation of the Duke Energy Company has been added to the Nantahala National Forest.
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29204
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With the help of the NC Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife, and money donated by the Prudential Insurance Co., Alligator River, 141,600 acres, is the third largest wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River.
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16330
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Rabb discusses the work of the North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. The Conservancy buys property to protect endangered species or important habitats. Since the local chapter formed in 1977, it has bought 320,000 acres and placed it off-limits to real estate development. Almost 70 percent of the preserved land has come in as gifts, and the chapter has the support of forty-two North Carolina corporate contributors who help supply the group's land protection fund.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 3, Mar 1990,
p73-75, il
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26615
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Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond is a symbol of peace and beauty in nature. The North Carolina Nature Conservancy refers to Walden Ponds in our state as the natural areas they aim to conserve. Currently, the group is concentrating on water quality problems in the Roanoke River and watershed.
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26940
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A woodlands tract, known as Camassia Slopes, harbors rare and endangered species of wildflowers along the Roanoke River in Northampton County. The North Carolina Nature Conservancy will manage the site as a wildlife sanctuary and field laboratory for education and research projects. They will also begin an inventory of the plant species and monitor wildflower populations.
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32910
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Support for the Nature Conservancy has grown in five years to include nineteen companies in North Carolina. Corporate involvement is inspired by belief in the merit of the conservancy’s program and in many cases by the tax benefits. Since 1977, the North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has preserved 50,000 acres.
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