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Brown-Headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) and Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) are both losing their habitat due to human progress. Many electric co-op members are working to reverse that trend by building birdhouses and nesting places for them. The efforts to provide homes for the birds are detailed.
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North Carolina’s college students are finding new ways to support sustainable causes on campus. Students from UNC Pembroke and Edgecombe Community College are highlighted for their promotion of sustainable food source and renewable energy sources.
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4-H and NC Cooperative Extension Service wanted to offer an updated facility including a HVAC-supplied auditorium/conference center. According to the author, the real value of this state of the art facility can’t be measured in the building. It’s calibrated in neighborly efforts ranging from wood donated by NC companies such as the Jordan Company Co (Mount Gilead) to the labor of love provided by carpenters from nearby Union Grove’s Amish community.
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Jay Hutchins grew up working on gas-powered vehicles in Davie County, North Carolina but after a tour in Kuwait with the National Guard, Hutchins realized electric vehicles were the way of the future. Hutchins developed the Lektron Stelth R electric motorcycle as a start and continuing to develop motorcycles that save money in gas and do not pollute the environment.
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For admission purposes, most higher education institutions require students to take standardized tests. Rural North Carolina students often do not have ready access to test preparation as urban students do. Since 2012, a program called ASPIRE--ACT Supplemental Preparation in Rural Education--has successfully prepared students for standardized testing at a fraction of the price.
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As coyotes become a more prominent threat to livestock in North Carolina, a variety of guard animals--including dogs, goats, and llamas--now protect herds of cattle and sheep.
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Hannah Miller related how one beach visitor was inspired to put groceries his fellow vacationers left behind to good use: to benefit those in need of food.
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Shad have been coming up the Cape Fear River from the ocean to spawn in Harnett County for untold years before the arrival of the European settlers. The shad is a silvery, 12-to-18 inch fish, and in the 1800s large numbers were smoked and exported and their roe became sought-after caviar. Miller describes how river residents and others mark their spring arrival with fishing and festivals.
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North Carolina fishermen and seafood dealers are feeling high competition from foreign imports. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration) reports the 91 percent of the country's seafood is foreign. In 2004 Carteret County fishermen joined with restaurant owners and seafood dealers to fight back, forming Carteret Catch to promote local seafood. Others counties like Brunswick and the outer Banks soon followed.
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10.Still Natural After All These Years by Miller, Hannah Carolina Country Vol. 45 Issue 9, Sept 2013
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20722
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Sunset Beach is celebrating its 50th year. Miller describes the attractions of the beach, one being that the three-mile stretch of Sunset's sand, unlike other beach communities, has never had to resort to pumping sand to replenish it. The place began as a low-key, residential community planned by its founder, Mannon C. Gore, and it has pretty much remained that way. No structure can be higher than two stories.
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For years the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has been building oyster reefs from Dare County on the northern coast to Brunswick County on the southern. Miller discusses how it is done and the success of the program.
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An educational initiative at T.C. Henderson Elementary School in western North Carolina takes science students outdoors for first-hand experience with concepts such as momentum. These educational experiences are actually improving student test scores.
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The Dunstan chestnut is a cross between an American chestnut and a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut. The nuts have a sweet taste, especially when roasted over a charcoal fire. A small number of orchardists in the state are trying to interest people in the nuts which are high in carbohydrates and much lower in oil than many other nuts.
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Mary Ellen Rogers started Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter on Oak Island in 2007. It is the only bird rescue facility on the Atlantic Coast between Morehead City and Charleston. A normal stay is six months, and if recovered, the bird is released; otherwise, it will be used by an educational facility to teach the public about bird life. A total of 398 birds were brought to the facility in 2010.
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A lack of access to high-speed internet service is an ongoing complaint among North Carolinians, especially in rural areas and smaller communities. Rural sections of the state are often bypassed by the larger cable providers--one reason being that they don't bring in enough revenue. Sixty years ago electric cooperatives brought electricity to these same areas. Now they are working to bring fast, reliable cable services to these areas. Miller describes a fiber-optic cable network that's going up across the state to bring \"the network to the unserved and underserved.\"
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