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43344
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In this article the author is talking about citizen science or community science. The author states that citizen science is something that anyone can be a part of. Citizen science programs and projects can be started by a scientist but also by an average citizen. Any community members can gather data they are interested in studying. This can be seen in the biologists working for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission wanting North Carolinians help with gathering data on native species. The reason for asking for help from community is because there are thousands of species in North Carolina that need data gathered on.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p8
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43345
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In this article the author is talking about the importance of being goal orients in citizen science projects. One example the author gives is about the N.C. Bird Atlas which wants to log all of the bird species in North Carolina over the next five years. Previously stated would be the long term goal and the short term goal would be to have volunteers in the community to observe birds during the winter to log their migration patterns. Another long term goal would be to correlate changes in bird migration patterns to climate change. Another example given by the author was the N.C. Alligators iNaturalist project. This program asks that volunteer community members to take picture of alligators and to upload them into the iNaturalist mobile app. The long term goal of this project is to learn about the natural distribution of alligators in North Carolina. The short term goal is to learn about North Carolina alligators behaviors in different areas of North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p8-9
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43346
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In this article the author discusses how citizen science projects help individuals and community members to get outside. The citizen science projects will have you to identify different habitats and species of animal that live in North Carolina. The author also discusses that these citizen science projects can also help you and your family get outside. Lastly, the author states that having more people volunteering in identifying native species increases the odds of correctly identifying individual species.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p9
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43349
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In this article the author is discussing the detailed information that the North Carolina Wildlife Commission has on the striped bass. The first thing discussed by the author is that striped bass are androgynous and different parts of their life they in live in freshwater and saltwater. Striped bass move to fresh water to spawn and reproduce and the Roanoke River is where this occurs in North Carolina. The path the striped bass follows is Atlantic Ocean, Albemarle Sound, and then the Roanoke River to spawn. The striped bass will then spend around two to four years maturing in the Albemarle Sound before venturing off into the Atlantic Ocean. When the spawn hatch the currents will take them to the Roanoke River then to the Albemarle Sound. Since the life span of striped bass is around twenty years the process of migrating is repeated multiple time throughout their life. The striped bass is considered a popular sport fish but this would lead to them being over fished which occurred between 1970 and 1980. This lead to strict regulations to help increase the fish population. The North Carolina Wildlife Commission and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission was appointed to manage the striped bass.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p46-47
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43353
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In this article the author is discussing a veteran that has been dedicating their time to help other veterans and community members through fishing education. The veteran the author discusses is Army SFC Hector J. Gonzalez who is originally from Puerto Rico and served in the army for twenty-six years. Gonzalez continues to help veterans and the North Carolina community through his participation with the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville. The author discusses that Gonzalez enjoys working through the angler and boater recruitment and retention. In 2021 Gonzalez was awarded the Pechmann Fishing Education Center volunteer of the year. Gonzalez was also awarded with the AmeriCorps’ Presidential Volunteer Service Medal and was recognized by Project Healing Waters because of his volunteer work with veterans. It was seen that one reason for Gonzalez volunteer work was because he needed a new outlet when he got out of his army service.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 3, May-June 2022,
p14-15
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43354
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In this article the author is discussing the importance of banding and tracking geese populations by hunter harvesting rates. The author asks the question why is banding geese so important. The author states that Joe Fuller who is the Supervisor of Game & Furbearer Program says that banding helps the program to estimate the size of the geese populations. Fuller states that their banding studies show that 8 out of 10 geese are recovered by hunters. Through this practice they can determine a harvest rate for the geese that the hunters capture. The data gathered from these studies show that North Carolina has a breeding population of geese at 156,000. This population number shows that North Carolina has a stable population of geese.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 3, May-June 2022,
p21-22
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43356
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In this article the author is discussing the diamondback rattlesnakes that live in North Carolina and what aspects contribute to their decline. The diamondback rattlesnake mainly resides in the longleaf pine tree forests. The diamondback rattlesnake takes up residence in burrows created by gopher tortoise. In the event there are no gopher tortoise burrows’ around the diamondback must find large and deep tree stumps which mainly are found in old longleaf pine forests. Another factor contributing the decline of the diamondback rattlesnake is the reproductive rates of the species is that females tend to reproduce twice in their life time and they produce a litter of six to ten neonates but the species can have up to thirty. During pregnancy the female snakes lose half their body weight which is dangerous for the health of the snake. After giving birth to a litter the female tends to not be able to give birth to another litter for at least two to six years. Diamondback rattlesnakes require large areas as their habitat but only 1-3% of longleaf pine forests that still exist. Lastly, the diamondback rattlesnake has been historically persecuted by humans due to their size and also them being venomous. The author states that yes a bite would require immediate medical attention but the snake are not a threat to humans as long as they are left alone.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 3, May-June 2022,
p28-29
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43362
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In this article the author is discussing how one student, Davis, began teaching fly-fishing. Davis’ gained her passion for fly-fishing from her great uncle had been fly-fishing for a majority of his adult life. Davis states when they moved to Colorado their great uncle gave them a crash course in fly-fishing and they have been fly-fishing ever since. Davis was attracted to fly-fishing do to the creativity involved in the sport. They love to build their own fly-fishing rods and also the lures they use. Davis states that their favorite fish to catch is trout and goes on to describe that they are starting to get into catching largemouth bass and that catfish love to put up a fight when trying to catch them. The conservation education class was started by Matt Rieger which consisted of him sitting in front of a class with a HD camera focused on his work bench which had tools to attach different material to hooks to create lures for different fish species. The camera was hooked up to different TV screens throughout the class room. Now Alisa Davis a former student now teaches this same class.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 3, May-June 2022,
p34
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43204
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In the beginning of the article the author talks about how women fall through the cracks in the STEM field. They give the analogy of women falling through the leaks in a pipe in which they leave the field but they then state that they are not a path, pipe, or road but a complex system. They talk about gaining an interest in wildlife from visiting natural resource centers in Charlotte and growing up watching “ Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.” The author states that their interests growing up included exploring, fishing, riding ponies, and fox hunting. The school subjects the author excelled in during school was biology, chemistry, physics and math. The author got their undergraduate degree in biology from UNC Chapel Hill and worked mostly in genetics and botany labs. The author talks about in 2018 that they got the position of assistant chief of the Wildlife Diversity Program in the Wildlife Management Division.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p8-9
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43206
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The author discusses the reintroduction of 52 Manitoban Elk in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park as a means to reestablish elf populations in the area that have not been around for the past 200 years. This was an experimental program to see if the area can sustain an elk population. This experiment was deemed a success when the elk populations began to increase and started moving outside Great Smoky Mountain National Park lands and the Creation of the William H. Silver Game Land. The William H. Silver Game Land consists of 2,030 acres that borders the national park and the herd are watched over by the Commission, National Park Service, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In the beginning stages of the experiment there was a concern of black bears eating the newly born calves but over time the female elks learned to give birth up higher in the mountains to protect from black bear attacks. National Park Services looks after the herd within the park. The commission and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians looks over the herd that fall outside of the national park.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p13-15
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43208
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In this article the author is discussing his reputation of being called the “bowfin guy.” He discusses that in 2007 he had submitted his first of six different applications to the North Carolina Angler Recognition Program and in the end he was recognized as a “Master Angler.” In 2014 he was contacted by a TV producer for a reality TV show and later on he was awarded a grant to finish a book he was working on. In an attempt to be able to travel to other places to catch bowfin fish he used tournament fishing under the guise of research. The author considered this to be a failure because he spent the last three years traveling North Carolina but had not won any money from said completions. This lead to the author putting in more work during the years of 2016 and 2020 by going to tournaments in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana and Arkansas. Through these competitions he was able to fund his “foolish idea.” The author talks about how in these other states he did not catch one Bowfin like he would have while in North Carolina. During the year of 2020 the author said that they were in a state of “panic” and “stubborn denial.” During this time he did not go to any out-of-state event but made the one exception for the KBF National Championship. The last part of the article the author discusses that he had finally caught a Tennessee River Bowfin which was the first he had caught while being outside of North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p18-19
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12.A Worthy Fish by Henry Veggian Wildlife in North Carolina Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021
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43213
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In this article the author is discussing the lack of research and conservationist efforts towards the Bowfin fish. The author talks about how other fish species like the Red Drum have protect waterways and is recognized but these same practices are used when it comes to the Bowfin fish. The author states that there is research going into it scales, bone structure, and muscle structure but there is no research on how or where it lives. The author speaks about one weird instance he saw when fishing that relates to the Bowfin. The author states that he saw what looked like Bowfin and Bass corroborating when trying to catch bait fish which is not heard of in the literature.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p19-20
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43215
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In this article the author discusses setting up restoration of native vegetation and the building of new fish habitats in Shearon Harris. These talks were brought up during the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission meetings. The author discusses that he also had another reason for the restoration to occur which was that in the restoration of Bass habitats it will also help rebuild the onshore habitats for the Bowfin. The talk for restoration was discussed after the damage that occurred after Hurricane Mathew hit the coast of North Carolina. The author states that locals talk about how Shearon Harris is not what it used to be but the author asks what Harris will be like in the years to come. The author discusses that the vegetation restoration will bring the Bowfin and Bass back from off-shore because they use the vegetation for nesting grounds. The author says that some fisherman will be disappointed to find a bowfin at the end of their line or that they will check their North Carolina Sportfish Identification Pocket Guide and see that it is listed as a sport fish. Many state that the Bowfin does not put up much of a fight to be considered a sport fish but the author says they can list many publications that will attest to their ferocity. Even though the Bowfin is listed as a sport fish it does not have the same protections that other fish have on the same list. The author states that you can catch and kill as many Bowfin as you want unlike other fish. Lastly, the author states that there needs to be more education on this North Carolina fish because after returning to many of the places he use to fish he would find the dead bodies of many Bowfin on the shore.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p20-21
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43250
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In this article the author describes an experience of watching a mother minx capture a blue crab to feed to her pups. The author describes the difficulty of being able to capture a clear phot of the mother while she darted in and out of the rocks to the water. The mother minx then proceeded to dive into the water and then reemerge with a blue soft shell crab. The author sates that once the mother minx disappeared into the rocks they could hear the sounds of the pup eating the blue crap their mother brought them.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p34
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Record #:
43282
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In this article the author is discussing the tides and waves and how that relates to fishing practices. The author gives advice about how to check the tides in your area and they said that the easiest way to check the tides was through an app or website. The author states that when the tides are changes this is the best time to scout for a fishing locations. The author states that when you see an area that has a collection of seashells this would a good area to fish because this area attracts fish. The author states that learning to read the water or tides is something that takes many years and example was that a riptide is a great place to fish but not the place to swim.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 5, September-October 2021,
p17
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