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Nickens, T. Edward

A powerful storm in 1846 carved Oregon Inlet through the Outer Banks. Now 2,500 feet wide, it is a place of turbulent waters and shifting sands. It is a mixed blessing, taking lives, yet providing ocean access for fishermen. A controversial plan to control the shifting inlet is construction of two 3,500-foot jetties.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , High Season 1998, p6-13, il

Inlets--Dare County; Oregon Inlet--History

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Nickens, T. Edward

Every fall for decades, fishermen have made the trek to the tip of Cape Hatteras. There, where the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current surge by, is some of the best autumn fishing to be found.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Autumn 1998, p6-13, il

Cape Hatteras--Description and travel; Saltwater fishing--Cape Hatteras

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Nickens, T. Edward

Many people drive over the Intracoastal Waterway on their way to the beach and never give their water route a second thought. What they are ignoring is a dredged navigation channel of 3,000 miles where travelers find historic and cultural sites, explorable rivers, sounds, creeks, and man-made canals.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 1999, p6-13, il

Boats and boating; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

4061

Nickens, T. Edward

William Bartram, son of the famous royal botanist, John Bartram, left Philadelphia in 1773, on a four-year botanizing expedition across the Southeast. When he returned in 1777, he had categorized over 100 plants and 215 birds and had written an incomparable travel epic. The University of Georgia Press has recently reissued the narrative.

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Winter 1999, p8-9, il

Bartram, William, 1739-1823; Natural history--Southern states; Naturalists

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Nickens, T. Edward

Plentiful game birds on Currituck Sound from the 1870s to the 1910s attracted many market hunters. These were hunters who were able to shoot without limit waterfowl which were then sold to markets and restaurants. Perhaps millions of birds were killed. Intervention by the federal government, with laws including the Weeks McLean Law (1913), brought unrestricted market hunting to an end in 1918.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 1999, p6-13, il

Currituck Sound--History; Market hunting (Game hunting); Waterfowl shooting--Currituck Sound

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Nickens, T. Edward

The Cape Fear River is a history-filled waterway, having seen early European explorers, including English, French, and Spanish ply its waters; bustling commerce, especially naval stores from 1720 to the Civil War; and warfare, including Spanish harassment during the 18th-century and the Union's blockade during the Civil War. Today it is a quiet stream, inviting travelers back through time.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , High Season 1999, p6-13, il

Cape Fear River--Description and travel; Cape Fear River--History

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Nickens, T. Edward

In 2000, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation is fifty-five years old. Nickens discusses the growth of the organization, which was originally founded to lobby for a separate state wildlife agency, to a 22,500-member federation that has interest in and support of numerous environmental concerns. Twice the organization has been named National Wildlife Federation \"Affiliate of the Year.\"

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 48 Issue 1, Winter 2000, p2-9, il

North Carolina Wildlife Federation

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Nickens, T. Edward

Once great flocks of passenger pigeons numbering in the millions filled the skies. Over 16 inches in length with a 2-foot wingspan, the bird made its home mainly in the North, but it did visit North Carolina. Moravians reported them in 1760. Over the years other sightings were noted, down to the last single pigeon seen in 1894. Driven to extinction by unrestricted hunting, the last passenger pigeon, named Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Oct 1999, p8-13, il Periodical Website

Passenger pigeon

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Nickens, T. Edward

William Bartram, son of the famous royal botanist, John Bartram, left Philadelphia in 1773 on a four-year botanizing expedition across the Southeast. The newly-opened, 81-mile Bartram Trail follows his path through the wilds of western North Carolina. Nickens describes his experiences hiking in Bartram's 200-year-old footsteps.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 9, Sept 1999, p22-27, il Periodical Website

Bartram, William, 1739-1823; Trails--North Carolina, Western; Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (Raleigh)

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Nickens, T. Edward

As the state of North Carolina moves into the twenty-first century, Nickens takes a look back through the centuries at how humans interacted with the state's wildlife, from 1524, when Verrazano sailed along the coast, to the restoration of the wild turkey in 1999.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 1, Jan 2000, p14-17, il Periodical Website

Wildlife

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Nickens, T. Edward

Carolina northern flying squirrels are an endangered species with only nine known populations existing in the high peaks of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. With the habitat of this elusive creature threatened by tree mortality, increasing tourism in the Appalachians, four-lane roads, and predators like bobcats, foxes, and coyotes, scientists seek to learn all they can about this Appalachian acrobat to save the species from further decline.

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 49 Issue 1, Winter 2001, p16, il

Flying squirrels

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Nickens, T. Edward

The Intracoastal Waterway connects sounds, bays, tidal rivers, and canals to provide boaters a passage from southern Virginia to Florida. Nickens describes a trip on the 140-mile Great Dismal Loop, which leaves Elizabeth City and goes to Norfolk through the Great Dismal Swamp, then returns through Currituck Sound.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 66 Issue 5, May 2002, p18-23

Boats and boating; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

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Nickens, T. Edward

Charlie Woodhouse, whose work as a district biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission started in 1947, was one of the state's first wildlife biologists. Nickens discusses his life and work.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 1, Jan 2003, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website

Woodhouse, Charles B. (Charlie), 1917-2011

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Nickens, T. Edward

Nickens discusses herring fishing in Eastern North Carolina and the Cypress Grill in Jamesville. The restaurant has been operated by Sally and Leslie Gardner for 27 of its 65-year history. The grill is open just three months a year, mid-January to late-April, which corresponds to the herring run on the river. The menu's main draw, herring, attracts people from in-state and without.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 3, Mar 2003, p6-11, il Periodical Website

Herring; Restaurants--Jamesville

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Nickens, T. Edward

North Carolina's geographical areas - coast, piedmont, and mountains - provide numerous opportunities for viewing wildlife. Nickens lists a number of tips that wildlife watchers can use to enhance viewing. These include practicing splatter vision, turning to stone, and slowing down every movement.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 5, May 2003, p2-7, il Periodical Website

Wildlife watching