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Beaufort's North Carolina Maritime Museum has two new branches: Roanoke Island/Manteo and Southport. The additions will help serve larger numbers of residents and tourists, make more resources available, and expand educational programs. The new museums will focus on boats and boatbuilders on Roanoke Island and the maritime heritage of northeastern and southeastern sections of the state.
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North Carolina's rivers are troubled. In 1999, there were 54 reported fish kills in which over 1.3 million fish died. Erosion and sedimentation affect river basins; the Tar River is the most affected by these two factors. Nonpoint source water pollution, or runoff from farms, lawns, construction sites, and parking lots, underlies major pollution problems. On the positive side, mandatory and enforceable programs help curb the runoff problem.
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The new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, scheduled to open April 7, 2000, in Raleigh, will be the largest of its kind in the Southeast. The museum is planning a 24-hour grand opening, which will be the first round-the-clock opening ever held in the state.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 3, Mar 2000,
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4584
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Giant salvinia, a highly invasive aquatic weed, has been found in nine eastern counties. Federal law prohibits sale of the plant, but it has been discovered at nurseries and water gardens. The plant can double in size in a few days. It can overrun coastal swamps and freshwater wetlands, choking native vegetation with a mat that be two feet thick and depleting water of oxygen.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 5, May 1999,
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4607
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission purchased the 547-acre Horse Creek Longleaf Pine Forest in Moore County recently to add to its Sandhills Game Land. The purchase not only protects the longleaf pine, but also provides a habitat for red-cockaded woodpeckers. Only 3 percent of the original 90 million acres of longleaf pine that covered the Southeast remains today. The longleaf is a favored tree of the woodpeckers, which nest in tree cavities.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
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The North Carolina Botanical Garden named the eastern aromatic aster North Carolina Wildflower of the Year for 2000. This uncommon plant grows in only two western counties and blooms in early October. The wildflower program is in its 19th year.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
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4616
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Over 5 percent (11,129) of all traffic accidents reported in North Carolina in 1997 involved deer/vehicle collisions. The majority of these occurred in the eastern half of the state. Hyde County, for example, reported that deer were involved in 40 percent of all accidents. Half of this kind of accident typically occurs in fall and early winter, and 75 percent happens between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. About 8 percent of drivers are injured, but most of the damage is sustained by the deer and the vehicle.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999,
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4625
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A joint activity of the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development, and the Department of Cultural Resources, The Rich Heritage of African-Americans in North Carolina, highlights statewide historic sites and cultural events of interest to African-Americans.
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4628
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Famed maritime artist Robert Dance discusses his work. Dance was born in Tokyo but calls Kinston his hometown. He received his art education at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art. His favored medium is alkyd and watercolor. Dance's works hang in the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Mississippi Museum of Art, and numerous corporate and private collections.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 6, June 1999,
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William J. Stinson, a teacher at J. H. Rose High School in Pitt County, received the Terry Sanford Award for Creativity in Teaching and Administration for the year 2000. Stinson's project engaged students in creating a video using video footage, special effects, music, and animation that promotes the school's academic, athletic, and elective courses.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 30 Issue 8, June 2000,
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Winston-Salem native Doris Gardner had modest life goals - finish her master's degree at Wake Forest and become a teacher. Instead the FBI sparked her interest, and she joined in 1988, becoming an agent in 1992. In August 1999, Gardner became the first supervisor of the FBI's fifteen member computer crime unit in Charlotte. There are sixteen such units nationwide.
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Dean Sink is president of High Point-based Mickey Truck Bodies, Inc., which makes side-loading beverage truck bodies for companies like Pepsi and Budweiser. The company employs 525 and has quadrupled revenues to $100 million since Sink became president in 1990. The company has risen from fifth to first in its main market.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 6, June 2000,
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On March 18-19, 2000, thirty-seven hundred Civil War reenactors portraying Confederate and Union soldiers commemorated the Battle of Bentonville in Johnston County. Bentonville is the state's largest Civil War battle reenactment and is staged only once every five years.
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Catherine J. Morris has been named state archivist. She has been acting Archives and Records administrator since 1999. Morris began her career with the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in 1972. She graduated from Wake Forest University magna cum laude in 1971.
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David J. Olson has been named deputy director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Prior to his appointment, Olson was the state's archivist and records administrator since 1981. Before coming to North Carolina, he held archival positions at the University of Wisconsin, DePauw University, and the Michigan Department of State, History Division.
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