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685
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Many coastal birds nest together, and protecting the places where they raise their young is the key to their survival.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p14-19, il
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7915
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The tiger salamander's name comes from its coloration which features dark yellow spots and bars across a dark background. It grows to lengths of seven to eleven inches. It is an extremely difficult creature to find, as it spends ten months of the year beneath the surface of the ground feeding on earthworms and other insects. It leaves its burrow in December and January to breed in nearby ponds and then goes back underground. Although tiger salamanders were once widespread across the state, they are now confined to the edge of the Sandhills in Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland Counties.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p2-3, il
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7916
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Flathead catfish, which were introduced from the Mississippi River into the Cape Fear River, can weigh close to sixty pounds. The fish is not popular with local fishermen as it is decimating other fish populations, like the sunfish. A recently passed local law now allows fishermen to electrofish for the catfish in parts of the Cape Fear River and in Sampson, Bladen, and Pender Counties. Only catfish are susceptible to this technique; bass and sunfish are not affected.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p28, il
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7917
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Private groups are taking an increasingly active role in helping wildlife and its critical habits. Venters describes five diverse groups that are working to save the state's wildlife and environment: the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Ducks unlimited, Trout Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and Quail Unlimited.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p20-23, il
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Record #:
7920
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Water pollution, habitat alteration, and overfishing have contributed to the decline of one of the country's best striped bass fisheries in the Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River. A project now underway in Aurora may help to reverse that trend. Using N.C. Sea Grant Program and National Coastal Research Institute research, Lee and Harvey Brothers of Aurora became the first persons in the nation to pond-raise hybrid sea bass commercially when they harvested their first crop of 70,000 pounds. The fish is a cross between a striped bass and a white fish. Venters discusses what this success means to the aquaculture industry and to the recovery of the fish in the wild.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p29, il
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Record #:
9967
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Having a distinctive black mask over its eyes and a long, bushy tail with black rings, the raccoon is easily recognizable. The animal is known for its curiosity and playfulness, in addition to a sensitive nose, keen eyesight, and hearing.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p4-9, il
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9969
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Once the American chestnut spread from the East Coast to the Mississippi River; however, a blight in the early 1930s virtually wiped the tree out.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p10-13, il
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