Record #:

2794

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Restoration work by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has raised the wild turkey population from 2,600 in the 1960s to 85,000 today. Restoration is complete in the mountains. Two to three years of work remain for the rest of the state.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 3, Mar 1996, p29, il

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation; Wild turkeys