Record #:

9774

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

The first year of the Nongame Wildlife Tax Checkoff, enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1983, has been a big success. Over 28,000 North Carolinians contributed either part or all of their state tax returns. Already the contributions are assisting in the restoration of the state's bald eagles and peregrine falcons and other endangered species, including sea turtles and nesting colonial waterbirds.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 2, Feb 1985, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife reintroduction--Laws and legislation

Record #:

9775

Author(s):

Wooten, Curtis

Abstract:

The muskellunge are native to the French Broad and Little Tennessee river systems, but by the 1950s they were almost gone. This decline was caused by chemical pollution and siltation from timber operations, agriculture, and land development. Improvements in water quality by 1970 allowed for the reintroduction of 1,500 “muskies” into the French Broad River and 500 into the Little Tennessee. Wooten discusses the program and its results.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 2, Feb 1985, p8-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife reintroduction--North Carolina, Western; Muskellunge

Record #:

9776

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

The authors interview Taylor Crockett, who is a descendant of Davy Crockett's grandfather. He was born in 1908 and has lived almost entirely in Franklin in Macon County. He has spent most of his life as a logger and lifelong bear and boar hunter. Crockett reflects on his outdoor experiences and what the land and resources of the Nantahala Mountains mean to him.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 2, Feb 1985, p18-22, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Crockett, Howe Taylor, 1908-1996

Record #:

9777

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

The wild, free-running Horsepasture River flows through Jackson and Transylvania Counties and drops 2,000 feet in 14.8 miles. Plans to build a controversial power plant on it have been delayed for three years while the federal government considers it for inclusion in the Wild and Scenic River Program. Water diverted to the plant along a 2.5 mile stretch would diminish the water flow in five scenic waterfalls. No other state river has so many waterfalls in so short a stretch.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 2, Feb 1985, p23-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rivers--Classification; Rivers--North Carolina, Western