Record #:

8736

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

It began with an eight-page brochure, titled WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA, Volume 1, Number 1, dated November 1937. A decade later the named changed to WILDLIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA, and the magazine became the official publication of the newly formed North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Taylor discusses how the magazine has evolved over the past fifty years.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 50 Issue 11, Nov 1986, p2-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife management--Periodicals; Wildlife management--History

Record #:

9764

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Taylor discusses the Stream Watch Program, which is conducted by the Division of Environmental Management of the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development. The program seeks to improve the water quality in the state's rivers and streams by making citizens aware of pollution problems and involving them in waterway protection. Private citizens are often the first to spot a potential problem because of their use of waterways for recreational purposes.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 48 Issue 7, July 1984, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Conservation of natural resources--Citizen participation

Record #:

9676

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Many of the state's rivers, streams, and lakes experience fish kills every year. Taylor discusses a large fish kill that occurred in July 1980 on the Neuse River in Wake County and how the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission determines the extent of a kill. A list of major fish kills between 1976-1980 is included.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 45 Issue 7, July 1981, p6-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish kills

Record #:

9722

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Taylor discusses a project of state and federal agencies to restore the bald eagle population at Lake Mattamuskeet.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 47 Issue 5, May 1983, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife reintroduction--Lake Mattamuskeet; Bald eagle--Lake Mattamuskeet

Record #:

6397

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

In a ramshackle warehouse in Lumberton, the Carolina Boat Company makes a craft called a “one or two-man boat.” The company started in the 1940s and today builds between 200 and 300 boats a year. Such boats have been used traditionally for fishing and hunting in the eastern part of the state.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 4, Apr 1987, p13-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boatbuilding--Lumberton; Boatbuilders--Lumberton; Carolina Boat Co. (Lumberton)

Record #:

9770

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Partly through the Nongame Wildlife Tax Checkoff enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1983, alligators, eagles, sea turtles and other endangered and nongame species of wildlife are being restored. Taylor presents three of the individuals behind the program: Jack Donnelly, John Alderman, and Melinda Welton.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 48 Issue 10, Oct 1984, p24-27, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife reintroduction--Laws and legislation

Record #:

9716

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

The Coastal Area Management Act was enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly to regulate development in areas of environmental concern in sounds, estuaries, wetlands, barrier islands, and beaches. Taylor examines the plan after nine years of operation.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 47 Issue 3, Mar 1983, p20-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA)

Record #:

731

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Serious trouble stalks two of the nation's largest estuarine areas, threatening the state's eastern economy and environment. Our best hope for restoration may lie with the five-year Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 52 Issue 11, Nov 1988, p17-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study; Albemarle Sound; Pamlico Sound

Record #:

9529

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Corporations are purchasing large tracts of land on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula for the purpose of building superfarms in counties including Dare, Tyrrell, Washington, Hyde, and Beaufort. Taylor examines how these farms are changing the landscape of eastern North Carolina and how it might affect the state's wildlife and marine ecology.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 42 Issue 8, Aug 1978, p6-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farms, Size of--North Carolina, Eastern; Agriculture--Environmental aspects--North Carolina, Eastern

Record #:

6401

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Mention the word coyote, and individuals first think of the Old West. However, this animal is spreading across the country and has reached North Carolina. The population is still quite small, but it is expected to grow. Coyotes prey on rats and mice, but also feed on deer, rabbits, and even livestock. Environmentalists are concerned that the coyote will have an adverse effect on the newly started red wolf release program in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 10, Oct 1987, p22-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Coyotes

Record #:

9819

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Taylor discusses what archaeologists have learned about the state's history by studying the clues early inhabitants left behind at places including Phelps Lake, Roanoke Island, Orange County, and Town Creek Indian Mound.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 50 Issue 8, Aug 1986, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Excavations (Archaeology)

Record #:

8731

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

As part of North Carolina's 400th anniversary celebration, Governor James G. Martin declared 1986 the “Year of the Native American” in North Carolina. Taylor discusses what archaeologists, like East Carolina University's David Phelps and David Green, are discovering about the Siouan and Algonkian cultures. These tribes flourished in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain but left few obvious signs of their occupation. By the early 1700s, they had been eliminated by European settlement.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 50 Issue 8, Aug 1986, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Excavations (Archaeology); Indians of North America--North Carolina--Antiquities

Record #:

9724

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling is remembered today as one of this country's great conservationists. He was instrumental in founding the National Wildlife Federation, established the national wildlife refuge system, and made the federal “duck stamp” a reality. He was also an accomplished political cartoonist. Taylor discusses some of his biting cartoons and their influence on conservation.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 47 Issue 6, June 1983, p8-13, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterfowl in art; Waterfowl conservation; Darling, Jay Norwood, 1876-1962

Record #:

9631

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Duane Raver, Jr. is one of the most widely recognized wildlife artists in the nation. He is retiring in July 1979 as editor of WILDLIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA to pursue a career as a full-time free-lance wildlife artist.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 43 Issue 6, June 1979, p23, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife artists; Wildlife art; Raver, Duane, 1927-

Record #:

6074

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Hydrilla, a green plant native to Africa, has been found in the state's waterways, including lakes in Raleigh's Umstead Park and in Wake County. The plant forms dense mats on the water that prevent fishing and boating and that offer fertile mosquito breeding grounds. It is a difficult plant to control.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 46 Issue 6, June 1982, p32 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Aquatic weeds--North Carolina, Eastern