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26114
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Farmers have been contending with growing deer populations who tend to gravitate toward the types of crops grown in eastern North Carolina, such as soybean and corn. Biologists and managers have set up either sex hunting seasons in these critical areas.
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26115
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Rabbit populations in North Carolina are low but biologists are not sure why. Several causes may include changes in habitat preference or factors associated with poor weather.
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26116
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Islands created by channel and inlet dredging have become suitable habitats for many shorebirds in North Carolina. State and federal agencies are teaming up to study the effects of dredging and these spoil islands, and how to maintain them for the health and safety of the birds.
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26117
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has made changes to its access policy on the game lands it manages. The change allows the Division of Game Lands to control access and close roads on Commission owned properties.
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26118
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The control of wild boar in the Great Smokey Mountains National park has become a contention between Park Service managers and NCWRC officers. A previous agreement provided for the live-trapping of boar in the Park and their move to public hunting lands; however, the Park Service has been moving toward attempts at complete eradication from the park to which the NCWRC are not amenable.
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26119
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Given recommendations from the Division of Inland Fisheries, the NCWRC has declared four lakes as trophy-sized largemouth bass lakes. This change increases the minimum size limit on bass in these waters.
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26295
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On March 4th, Lake Gaston will be the site of the first of several state bass fishing tournaments. These tournaments are an attempt by sportsmen to attack the littering problem in an active and public way.
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26296
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Supporters are taking up a second try to revise a 42-year old game law which has caused increasing issues due to ambiguity. A Conservation law study Committee has been set up to discuss legal problems with the current law and ways to change contradictions and lack of effective enforcement provisions.
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26297
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To pay for maintenance of inland waterways, the NC House of Representatives has passed a waterway user tax on barge fuel to be raised to six cents per gallon by 1981.
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26298
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A grant of $4 million was made to the Nature Conservancy’s Land Preservation Fund to purchase two undisturbed areas of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The funds will be used to protect the Swan and Monkey Islands in Currituck County.
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26299
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The status foxes in North Carolina has been of concern in recent years. State and local laws controlling fox hunting and trapping have been unclear and often contradictory. The NCWRC has made efforts to clarify wildlife laws through a game law revision, and the current status of foxes is that they are considered a game animal and thus may not be trapped or their skins sold.
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26300
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is conducting a study on striped bass in the state’s coastal waters to determine if populations are declining.
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26301
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Due to increased protection of breeding grounds and good weather, waterfowl wintering in North Carolina have increased over the last year.
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26302
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Hidden in western North Carolina is one of the best whitewater canoeing rivers in the country—the Nantahala River. However, in 1975 the area around the river was cut into by bulldozers to accommodate Corridor A. But recently, local North Carolinians have decided they do not want to see the Nantahala River subject to more construction.
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26303
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The N.C. Beach Buggy Association and supporters gathered at Nags Head in response to the National Park Service’s propose to close the seashore to off road vehicle access.
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