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19039
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In December 2012, the federal Bureau of Ocean Management began to look to North Carolina for the leasing on wind farms in federal waters off the state. This first phase will gauge public and industry interests in potential offshore lease areas.
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28586
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. State University are tracking black bear movement in and around Asheville. This study is groundbreaking because it studies the habits of urban bears. Biologists have set up traps throughout Asheville and has collect3ed data on 153 different bears over the past three years by outfitting them with GPS radio collars, tattooing the bears, and attaching ear tags. The study will help determine if Asheville lies along a dispersal corridor for bears, as well as a source or sink population bears.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 81 Issue 3, May-June 2017,
p28-35
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15308
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Angelo De Paola has been catching king mackerel off the Jolly Roger Pier on Topsail Island for the past fifty-six years. While he has landed a number of different species from the pier, king mackerel seems to be his specialty with an impressive number of 512 caught as of June 2011. In November 2010 he passed another milestone - his ninetieth birthday. He draws on his half century of experience to give advice and help to beginning anglers in their quest for the king mackerel.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 75 Issue 8, Sept/Oct 2011,
p30-35, il, por
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20144
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Whether you are traveling by car or simply cruising the internet, the Outer Banks offers unique ways to visit important cultural, historical, geographical, and environmental features of North Carolina's Outer Banks. The Outer Banks National Scenic Byway connects sea and soundside villages, museums, lighthouses, wildlife refuges, ferries, and the coastal shared heritage. The Outer Banks Maritime Heritage Trail provides a virtual travel experience with videos and oral histories highlighting landmarks on land or under water, along N.C. 12 from Nags Head to Hatteras Inlet.
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8536
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As development intensifies and makes natural areas scarcer, greenways are becoming an indispensable aspect of cities in the state. In some of the state's urban areas, city dwellers who long for the open spaces are getting more miles of nature trails closer to home and work. Horan describes Charlotte's newest trail, the Little Sugar Creek Greenway, which, at fifteen miles in length, will be a major part of the city's total greenway plan.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 3, Mar 2006,
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7406
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Hiker and author Allen de Hart of Louisburg is profiled. A history professor emeritus at Louisburg College, de Hart has charted hundreds of routes across North Carolina and several other southern states in eight hiking guidebooks. He is a trail promoter, designer, and builder. He has served on the North Carolina Trails Commission for sixteen years and as project director of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 69 Issue 9, Sept 2005,
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