Record #:

3213

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

The N.C. Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network reported 502 strandings in 1996, an increase of 44.6 percent from 1995. Carteret County had the most strandings. To date, scientists have yet to find a way to avoid this or why this phenomenon occurs.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 3, Mar 1997, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sea turtles

Record #:

3214

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Tag-A-Giant, the N.C. Giant Bluefin Tuna Conservation Series, is a combined research effort of scientists and anglers to tag one hundred bluefins caught off Cape Hatteras in 1997. Scientists hope to recover five to ten percent of the archival tags.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 3, Mar 1997, p29, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bluefin tuna

Record #:

3253

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

The N.C. Wildlife Commission's new computerized Customer Support System can assign a boat number, record the information, and print a registration card and three-year decal in just seconds. This greatly reduces the possible sixty-day waiting period.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 4, Apr 1997, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boats and boating--Registration and transfer

Record #:

3339

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

In the summer of 1996, the destructive forces of hurricanes Bertha and Fran caused widespread damage to woodlands and animal habitats far inland, to the Piedmont. Nature, though, has a built-in resiliency that provides for eventual recovery.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997, p4-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hurricane Bertha, 1996; Hurricane Fran, 1996

Record #:

3341

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Beginning in July, 1997, all hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses and permits will be sold statewide using the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's Customer Support System. Use of the computer wall mean less waiting time.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997, p226-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Record #:

3342

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Fewer Canadian geese migrate to the Outer Banks each year. To understand more about migration patterns, wildlife managers are using geese specially equipped with transmitters that are tracked by the French-based ARGOS system.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Artificial satellites in wildlife management; Geese--Outer Banks

Record #:

3523

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

By the mid-1800s, elk were eliminated from the state. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and other agencies are conducting studies to see if elk can be reintroduced in the park. If the report is favorable, fifty elk will be released in 1998.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 11, Nov 1997, p32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Elk; Wildlife reintroduction--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

3536

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Purchased with $3 million in private funds, the skeleton of an Arcocanthasauras dinosaur will be displayed in 1999 at the new N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. It will be the only one of its kind exhibited in the world.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 3, Mar 1998, p33, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Record #:

3589

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

The bald eagle was nearly eradicated in the state by the 1970s. Habitat destruction, human encroachment, and DDT had devastated the population. Wildlife reintroduction efforts have restored the bird to thirteen counties.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 3, Mar 1998, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Wildlife reintroduction--North Carolina, Eastern; Bald eagle--North Carolina, Eastern

Record #:

3592

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Removal of the Quaker Neck Dam on the Neuse River near Goldsboro opens up 75 miles of the river, plus tributaries, to spawning fish, including striped bass. Built in 1952, the 260-foot dam was the first one in the state removed for environmental reasons.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 3, Mar 1998, p32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Neuse River; Dams--Goldsboro; Dams--Environmental aspects

Record #:

3594

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

With populations of a number of songbirds in decline, state biologists are participating in the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program. Demographic data will help explain the decline as well as provide data on conserving birds.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 2, Feb 1998, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Bird populations

Record #:

3595

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

The state's striped bass population declined during the 1970s. Because of migration patterns, multi-state cooperation was needed to manage recovery. The 1984 federal Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act accomplished this, and the bass is now restored.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 2, Feb 1998, p32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Striped bass; Fish populations; Fishery conservation

Record #:

3742

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Cases of rabies have increased from 71 in 1993 to almost 900 in 1997. Although cats, rabbits, beavers, and cows have been found to be rabid, the prime carrier of the disease continues to be raccoons.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 5, May 1998, p1998, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rabies in animals; Raccoons as carriers of disease

Record #:

3778

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Funding to conserve nongame species, including songbirds and reptiles, is declining. Teaming with Wildlife, a national funding initiative, is a possible solution. If politicians agree, a small tax would be placed on outdoor equipment. This would earn $8 million for the state alone.

Source:

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 46 Issue 2, Spring 1998, p2-5, il

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation

Record #:

3785

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

The 1998 state waterfowl stamps and print feature Canadian geese and the historic Currituck Shooting Club in Corolla. Money from sales supports the North Carolina Wildlife Commission's Waterfowl Fund.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 6, June 1998, p32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterfowl in art; Waterfowl conservation