Record #:

1464

Author(s):

Simons, Jim

Abstract:

Millponds, numerous along the fall line, can provide anglers secluded surroundings and some notable catches.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Mar 1994, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishing; Reservoirs--Recreational use

Record #:

1465

Author(s):

Lee, David S.

Abstract:

A few years ago the osprey neared extinction as eggshell thinning, caused by DDT, reduced populations. Yet once regulations banned the use of pesticides that accumulate in such organisms as fish, on which ospreys feed, populations stabilized.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Mar 1994, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Osprey

Record #:

1466

Author(s):

Nelson, Kent

Abstract:

The Roanoke River-Albemarle Sound striped bass population is rebuilding after a decade of decline. Continued conservation and protection of habitat (water) quality should foster this trend.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Mar 1994, p8-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Striped bass

Record #:

1467

Author(s):

Stroud, Lisa M.

Abstract:

Each year about 10,000 people hike one of the five trails (there are no roads) that ascend Mt. LeConte. Located on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, it is the fourth-highest mountain east of the Mississippi River.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Mar 1994, p25-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mount LeConte; Mountaineering