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This spring, Raleigh and the greater Triangle region competed in the nationwide event called City Nature Challenge, coming in sixth place. Competitors took pictures all over the city of animals and plants in order to determine what metropolitan area had the most wildlife. This collection, while a fun competition, also builds a baseline for species occurrence and diversity.
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Art and science interconnect with the work done by Joana Ricou. As Carla Burgess revealed, samples of microbes Ricou took from belly buttons (what she dubbed “the other self”). Through these samples, Ricou was hoping to understand how the microbial world inhabiting human beings shapes their identities. Samples slide images became a group selfie that contained microbes from two dozen plus participants.
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It's black, warty, musky, and brings $800 per pound wholesale. It's the truffle, a mushroom delicacy that is finding a home in the state. Franklin Garland of Hillsborough was the first person in the state to experiment with truffles. Burgess describes how truffles are grown and some of the problems growers face.
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Doug Monroe of Ashe County and John Swann of Yancey County are two maple syrup makers in the state who have tapped into a niche market. It takes forty-five gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. Monroe has 250 taps and Swann has 400 so their production is limited, and they sell their syrup only locally.
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Cooleemee in Davie County was once a thriving mill town with many residents working in a large textile mill on the banks of the South Yadkin River. Though the mill closed in 1969, the town is unique among Southern mill towns because the mill building and about 330 original mill village houses still stand. Of the 960 residents, most are the old workers or their descendants. In 1989, the Cooleemee Historical Association began recording workers' memories of life in the mill and surrounding village. This led to an outpouring of photographs and other memorabilia that is now housed in the former general manager's two-story house.
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During the past year, a cooperative spirit accomplished something extraordinary in North Carolina's textile industry. The mission was to grow organic cotton, turn the fiber into thread, the thread into cloth, and the cloth into clothing--all without leaving the state.
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Incorporating geometric patterns and shapes into gardens is a old technique. Burgess discusses how those interested in having a garden of this type can make one. The North Carolina Arboretum, located in Asheville, has one of the largest in the state.
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Rain gardens put stormwater runoff to work, making it an asset to the gardens instead of diverting it somewhere else. Burgess discusses how those interested in having a garden of this type can make one.
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The NC Museum of Natural Science provides thousands of creatures with artificial habitats, so many in fact that it could be classified as a mid-size zoo. How are these creatures treated when they get ill oo just need a checkup? That's when Dan Dombrowski, Coordinator of Living Collections and also the house veterinarian, receives the call. Burgess describes his work as veterinarian, which ranges from sea turtles to spiders and scorpions.
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The Chimney Swift, a migratory bird that nests in North Carolina in early April, is well-known for their chimney roosting habits. These birds collect by the thousands in chimneys across North Carolina from dusk until dawn. With the disappearance or capping of chimneys in residential areas, conservationists have begun designing towers made from brick or concrete for the swifts to live in.
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The purple martin spends their breeding and nesting season in North Carolina and spend the winter in South America. After finding martin houses unattended, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences teamed up with the Wake Audubon Society to tend to the houses and move them to more desirable locations. The new locations also allow the public to observe the behavior of the purple martins.
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The first edition of the North Carolina Agricultural Review, published by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, came off the press in 1926. It is mailed at no charge to any North Carolina citizen who requests it, and today over 60,000 people receive it. Its mission has remained the same for the past eighty-one years -- to help farmers sell their products.
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13.Call of the Wild by Burgess, Carla B. North Carolina Naturalist Vol. 15 Issue 3, Fall-Winter 2007
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Burgess discusses the controversy between the U.S. Navy and local residents and environmentalists over the Navy's decision to build an outlying landing field (OLF) on 30,000 acres in Beaufort and Washington counties near the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The field would be used by jet pilots to practice landings. The refuge is known for its thousands of wintering birds.
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Burgess describes the fascinating courtship ritual of the American woodcock and reports on what John Conner, coordinator of the NC Museum of Natural Science's Naturalist Center, has learned of the bird through his research.
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The NC Museum of Natural Science has built a 38-acre outdoor education station known as Prairie Ridge. The purpose of the construction was to build eleven shallow ponds ranging from sizes of 15x30 feet to one acre that would attract and provide frogs, toads, and salamanders with a place to lay their eggs. Burgess provides a description.
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