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North Carolina has a rich history in minerals and gems, with more than three hundred kinds of minerals and gemstones scattered through three geographic regions. It is the only state in the nation in which all four of the major gems--diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires--have been found. The first gold rush in the country began in Cabarrus County in 1799. The largest emerald ever discovered in North America was found in western North Carolina in 1984, and gold mined from the same region supplied the U.S. Mint in Charlotte from 1837 to 1861.
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Standards for treating drinking water and wastewater in the country are becoming stricter. At the same time the pipes and related conduits that bring drinking water to and take wastewater away from the home or business are wearing out. Some of these underground systems have been doing their jobs for over one hundred years. Burgess discusses the problems created in dealing with water infrastructure replacement when federal mandates, like the Clean Water Act, are either underfunded, unfunded, or cut by Congress.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 350, Jan/Feb 2005,
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The summer of 2005 will mark the tenth anniversary of massive algae blooms and fish kills on the lower Neuse River caused by excessive nitrogen and phosphate loading in the Neuse estuary. Bill Holman, executive director of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, feels this was one instance where policymakers and scientists were at odds. He cites two examples of proactive, progressive management of water quality in the state's rapidly growing and highly urbanized Piedmont region--the Mountain Island Lake initiative and the Catawba River Mountain Island Lake. The latter contains the largest drinking water supply in North Carolina.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 351, Mar/Apr 2005,
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Low-impact development, or LID, is a new stormwater management strategy. Instead of diverting runoff away from its origin, LID assimilates rainwater where it falls, through a system of small, discrete methods distributed throughout the landscape. It uses the hydrological functions that were there before the property was developed. Instead of using traditional methods of water conveyance, like roof downspouts, curbs and gutters, or drainage pipes, builders can use bioretention areas (rain gardens), grassy swales, vegetated buffer/filter strips and infiltration trenches.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 352, May/June 2005,
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Since 1988, owners of commercial and noncommercial underground storage tanks (USTs) have had assistance from state trust funds to clean up petroleum leaks. Because of a major backlog of claims and substantial financial deficits, the state is phasing out this assistance program. The North Carolina Department of Waste Management is developing new legislation on USTs. The three objectives of the legislation are: initiate regulatory reform; allocate more money to meet its existing obligations to pay for cleanup at sites already reported; and transition toward alternate means for commercial tank owners to demonstrate, as required by federal law, that they have the financial means through insurance or other sources, to clean up any releases.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 353, July/Aug 2005,
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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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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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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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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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A little digging in coastal North Carolina shows that some communities rest on herring bones. Burgess discusses the history the herring fishery in North Carolina.
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Burgess discusses a day in the life of a North Carolina shrimp fisherman, from dusk to dawn, as they contend with weather, rising costs, and commercial competition.
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Burgess discusses the history and culture of Currituck County, whose unique environment are home to numerous fish and waterfowl.
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