Record #:

1744

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

North Carolina has joined other states in the nation in restoring, and even creating, wetlands. The creation of wetlands is still a relatively new science, and its reliability is uncertain.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 7, July 1994, p8-13, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wetland conservation; Constructed wetlands

Record #:

4601

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

One of the greatest and most influential conservation books ever published in the United States was published in 1949. The author was Aldo Leopold, and the book was A Sand County Almanac. Only Carson's Silent Spring and Thoreau's Walden are serious competitors. Wildlife biologists Pete Bromley and Phil Doerr discuss what Leopold's work says to citizens of North Carolina at the start of the twenty-first century.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 9, Sept 1999, p14-19, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation; Conservationists; Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948

Record #:

30893

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Workboats in the Core Sound region of North Carolina are linked to families, communities, local landscapes, and the types of fishing that the region offers. On March 1, 2008, a symposium and photographic exhibit celebrates the role and importance of the area’s historic workboats. The public event will present talks by Core Sound fishermen, historians, and writers on the cultural heritage of the area’s fishing vessels.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 40 Issue 1, Jan 2008, p21, il

Subject(s):

Maritime culture; Boats and boating, Traditional--North Carolina; Fishing communities--Core Sound

Record #:

8760

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

On July 30, 1936, fifty guests and scores of U.S. Forest Service personnel gathered near Robbinsville to listen to a message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicating the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. The forest, 3,800 acres of woodland lying in Graham County, is the last virgin forest on the East Coast and constitutes one of the remnants of the original forest that covered the slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. It has never been touched by an axe and will remain so. It was dedicated to the American soldier-poet, Joyce Kilmer, who wrote the famous poem “Trees,\" and was later killed in World War I on July 30, 1918.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 50 Issue 11, Nov 1986, p28-31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (N.C.); Old growth forests--Graham County

Record #:

808

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

The North Carolina Nature Conservancy has an impressive record in preserving endangered habitats.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 10, Oct 1992, p16-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Nature Conservancy. North Carolina Chapter

Record #:

6587

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

One North Carolina Naturally (ONCN), the new conservation program of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, seeks to protect the state's diminishing open spaces. The plan is an attempt to focus nonprofit and government conservation efforts in three program areas: Green Lands, Blue Waters - protection of one million acres of land by 2010; Private Lands, Public Benefits - stewardship of natural resources on privately owned farms and forests; and Working on the Water - restoration of sounds and ocean habitats.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 68 Issue 4, Apr 2004, p4-9, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Conservation of natural resources

Record #:

4593

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Bill Holman, who lobbied the state legislature for twenty years on environmental issues, is the new secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Just a few weeks after he took office, Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd battered Eastern North Carolina. In an interview with Lawrence Earley, Holman discusses his environmental agenda for the twenty-first century.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 1, Jan 2000, p4-7, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Holman, William E.; North Carolina. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources

Record #:

9805

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Julian Hamilton, Jr. was born in 1925 and has lived most of his life In Beaufort and the surrounding area. He has worked as a commercial fisherman; is known as a decoy maker of some stature; and is one of the area's most knowledgeable sportsmen. In this Carolina Profile, he reflects on his outdoor experiences and what the coastal lands and resources mean to him.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hamilton, Julian, Jr., 1925-2000

Record #:

9871

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Two species of ibis have settled on Battery Island in the Cape Fear River--the white ibis and the glossy ibis. Around 9,000 pairs of white ibises nest there. Glossy ibis are rare in the state and only a dozen pairs were found there. Battery Island is leased from the state by the Audubon Society and is a protected sanctuary, one unit in Audubon's North Carolina Coastal Sanctuary System.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 53 Issue 8, Aug 1989, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Ibises--Battery Island

Record #:

4744

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Early-successional habitats are areas of a mountain forest that are beginning to recover from events like fires, storms, or logging. First come grasses, then shrubs, and finally trees. All of these stages are important to wildlife survival. Earley discusses the value of early-successional habitats for mountain wildlife, their growing rarity, and what steps are being taken to maintain them.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 9, Sept 2000, p12-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Habitat (Ecology); Habitat conservation; Wildlife management

Record #:

9833

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Two subspecies of hellbenders have been found in the United States. North Carolina's hellbender lives in the cold mountain streams of the western counties. It is one of the largest salamanders in the western hemisphere and can grow up to 2 and one-half feet in length. It is rarely seen and lives on crayfish, fish, and other foods.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Mar 1987, p2-3, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Salamanders--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

735

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Thurston Gaskill has been leading hunting and fishing parties in the Pamlico Sound all his life. The veteran guide has witnessed many changes during that time.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 2, Feb 1987, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gaskill, Tony Thurston, d. 2000; Hunting guides; Fishing guides

Record #:

1151

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

The existing dilemma in Currituck County is how to make development coexist with the preservation of this unique area. The issue of accessibility to the area in the face of an increasing population is particularly troubling.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 57 Issue 7, July 1993, p4-9, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Currituck County; Real estate development--Currituck County; Corolla

Record #:

1775

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.; Baynes, A. Sidney

Abstract:

Tom Quay, retired professor of zoology and wildlife conservation at North Carolina State University, has left a profound legacy to the modern environmental movement.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 8, Aug 1994, p20-23, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Quay, Thomas L. (Lavelle), 1914-2012; Environmentalists

Record #:

8732

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

The Black River begins in Sampson County and flows sixty-six miles before emptying into the Cape Fear River fourteen miles above Wilmington. The water is black because unlike the Neuse and Cape Fear rivers, the Black River does not have sediment deposits, and its water is more acidic. Earley traveled two months on the river discovering its history and exploring the natural surroundings. Once a commercial thoroughfare, the river has again returned to its ancient ways. The steamboats and naval stores industry are gone. Some of the towns have fallen into ruin. No industries pollute it; no dams interrupt it; and no reservoirs disturb its flooding patterns.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 50 Issue 9, Sept 1986, p4-11, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Black River--Description and travel