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26039
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According to the August/September 1976 issue of the National Wildlife Magazine, the US Forest Service is altering their policies on forest fires. Controlled forest fires are seen as a way to maintain a natural balance in the ecosystem, providing benefits to wildlife through distribution, health, and abundance.
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26040
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A pair of mated red wolves is being transplanted to the east coast in hopes a new breeding ground will help prevent further persecution of this rare endangered species.
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26042
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is playing with a new program: RENEW, or Renewed Emphasis Now on an Environment for Wildlife. The program, which is still in a formative stage, aims to provide more suitable wildlife habitat and access to hunters by working with farms and private landowners.
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26043
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With increasing pressure from coastal development, researchers are concerned about saving sandpipers, plovers, and willets. A joint Canadian-American program designed to save North American shorebirds, is asking bird watchers to aid in the cause.
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5.A New Approach to Injurious Wildlife by Not Given Friend O’ Wildlife Vol. 20 Issue 4, Oct-Nov 1976
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26044
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Exotic species may be introduced into the United States in a number of deliberate or accidental ways. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is offering new plans for regulating the importation of these species through legislation that includes many new entries on the list injurious species.
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26052
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Indications show the 1976-77 hunting season in North Carolina will be one of the most productive. White-tailed deer populations are well established and continue to grow. Bear populations in the western region of the state have ample numbers while in the coastal region they are suffering from loss of habitat.
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26053
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The National Wildlife Federation has shown its support for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the push to phase out lead shot in waterfowl hunting. Although the National Rifle Association contends that steel shot is potentially harmful to equipment and hunters, lead shot can cause poisoning in the waterfowl.
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26056
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is opposing the flooding of the newly completed New Hope Reservoir, located in Chatham County until acceptable water quality can be guaranteed by managers.
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26057
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Researchers have determined that in North Carolina, domestic livestock should be graze in the woodlands. Livestock may accidentally eat poisonous plants and not get the nutrition that comes from woodland plants, while at the same time compacting the soil which leads to increased runoff.
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26064
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The 40th annual National Wildlife Week will feature the need for clean water in all the nation’s waterways. The focus will be that clean water not only helps humans thrive but also wildlife from the mountains to the oceans.
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26066
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The destruction of habitat has made the red-cockaded woodpecker one of the rarest endangered species. The Carolina Conservationist Program is dedicated to protecting habitat for such non-game wildlife populations.
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26068
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Over 30,000 North Carolinians passed the hunter safety course offered by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The program, conducted for high schoolers, teachers an understanding and respect of firearms and archery equipment.
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26070
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The manatee, leatherback turtle, and short-nose sturgeon may be large in size but are limited in number in the waters of North Carolina, being listed on the US endangered species list. As an agent of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, the Marine Fisheries Division can use funds and do research that aids in protecting and managing such species.
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26071
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s Division of Game is doing research to examine the life history of raccoons in the western mountain region of North Carolina.
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26079
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A significant contribution for American conservation efforts has been the removal of most of the nation’s alligators from the endangered species list. With the aid of federal and local legislation, less alligator species are threatened and endangered in the southern states.
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