Record #:

3912

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

When the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission acquired the Rollins Tract in 1998, the 17,829-acre purchase tripled the size of the South Mountains Game Lands. Lying in Cleveland and Rutherford counties, it, together with South Mountain State Park, now comprises over 35,000 acres of environmentally protected lands.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 8, Aug 1998, p4-9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Environmental protection--Citizen participation; Environmental protection--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

3990

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Woodcarver Ron Mayhew lives in Canton, near the Smoky Mountains, but his subjects - heron, ibis, amphibians, and others - come from where land and water meet. His work is extensively collected, some in places as distant as Australia and Russia. In 1994, he placed second in the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 12, Dec 1998, p4-9, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mayhew, Ron; Wood-carvers--Canton

Record #:

3340

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Aubrey Shaw was the seventh generation of his family to live on their land near Roseboro. His ancestors harvested the longleaf pine for naval stores. He was probably the last North Carolinian to continue the work, prior to his death in 1995.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997, p16-21, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Longleaf pine; Naval stores; Shaw, Aubrey, d. 1995

Record #:

2791

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Currently almost 1,000 non-game species in North Carolina receive little or no funding for research and management. The proposed $350 million federal Wildlife Diversity Funding Initiative would remedy this.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 3, Mar 1996, p10-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation--Laws and legislation

Record #:

2852

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.; Dossett, Ted

Abstract:

Sterling Keeter's life has been a long association with the Roanoke River near his home in Weldon. His eighty-five years are crowded with outdoor experiences, floods, rockfish, and river history.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p8-11, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Roanoke River; Keeter, Sterling, 1910-2004

Record #:

2853

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

For over twenty years the Mississippi kite has been seen and thought to nest along the Roanoke River, but no nest has ever been found there. The first one was located in 1995, in downtown Laurinburg.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p2-3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mississippi kite

Record #:

2890

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Buffalo existed in the state into the early 18th century, but when settlers moved into the Piedmont, the small herds were soon hunted to extinction.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 6, June 1996, p2-3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

American bison

Record #:

3057

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Protecting an endangered species often pits landowners against conservationists. The Safe Harbor Habitat Conservation Plan for protecting the Sandhills area's red-cockaded woodpecker demonstrates how both sides benefit through cooperation.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 10, Oct 1996, p10-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Wildlife conservation--Sandhills (Ga. and N.C.); Woodpeckers--Sandhills (Ga. and N.C.)

Record #:

1381

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Neotropical migrant birds, commonly referred to as songbirds, are facing a grim future owing to, among other factors, loss of habitat in North America.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 2, Feb 1994, p4-9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Birds--Migration

Record #:

1600

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

The dunes that fringe North Carolina beaches are anchored by a group of remarkably adapted plants. Without these plants the dunes would be susceptible to shifting as dictated by the wind.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 6, June 1994, p2-3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sand dunes; Seashore plants; Sand dune flora

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 #:

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 #:

941

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

A management plan released by the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study would restore the sickly Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Feb 1993, p4-9, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Albemarle Sound; Pamlico Sound; Estuarine area conservation

Record #:

943

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Earley discusses the career of nature photographer Derrick Hamrick.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Feb 1993, p22-27, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Nature photography; Hamrick, Derrick

Record #:

1054

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Ernal Foster is a pioneer of offshore sportfishing at Hatteras.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 57 Issue 4, Apr 1993, p11-15, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Foster, Ernal Willard Sr., 1910-1996; Fishing--Hatteras