Record #:

9400

Author(s):

Beane, Jeff

Abstract:

The coachwhip is North Carolina's longest snake with a record length of 8 and one-half feet. The snake is characterized by a slender body, extremely fast movement, defensive action when cornered or restrained, and alert and active in extremely hot weather. In the southeastern section of the state, the snake inhabits sand ridges, pine flatwoods, beach dunes, and other dry, open, sandy habitats. In 1999, Beane became the first person in North Carolina to radio-track a coachwhip. His article records the experience.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 9, Sept 2007, p8-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Masticophis flagellum

Record #:

9401

Author(s):

Price, Carol; Nichols, Rob; Norris, George; Hall, Jeff

Abstract:

The Wildlife Action Plan was created by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to address conservation needs of the state over the next decade. In this fourth of a five-part series, the authors discuss how the plan is being implemented in the Coastal Plains. In this region water is the hub around which conservation of land and animals revolves.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 9, Sept 2007, p22-27, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation

Record #:

9402

Author(s):

Mallicoat, Don

Abstract:

Bird dog field trials date back to 1874. The purpose is the promotion and development of high-class bird dogs through competition. Mallicoat describes the National Open Shooting Dog trails held at the J. Robert Gordon Sandhills Field Trial Grounds. The grounds, which consist of 9,000 acres of the 55,000-acre Sandhills Game Land, are considered to be one of the finest facilities of its type.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 9, Sept 2007, p28-31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Field trials--Sandhills; Field trial dogs

Record #:

9403

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Last spring a Northern snakehead was caught and released in the Catawba River. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has urged anglers not to release any further catches but to freeze or put them on ice and to notify the Commission. This fish, an Asian native, can displace local fish populations where it has been illegally introduced. Since 2002, transporting, purchasing, possessing, or selling live snakeheads in North Carolina has been illegal.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 9, Sept 2007, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Northern snakehead