Record #:

4896

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Once almost 30 rice plantations producing millions of pounds of rice annually lined the lower Cape Fear River and its tributaries. Rice grew there from the 18th-century till the last harvest in 1931. Today the land is a refuge for wildlife. The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has conserved 4,000 acres of this land and seeks to save more before developers can move in.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 2001, p4-11, il

Subject(s):

Rice farmers--Lower Cape Fear; Plantations--Cape Fear River; Wildlife refuges--Cape Fear River