Record #:

41144

Author(s):

Schweitzer, Sara

Abstract:

Coastal Plain places perhaps considered uninhabitable by many have become a new home to Wood Stork. On the endangered species list since 1984, the only native stork in America has four nesting colonies in North Carolina in which to replenish its populations, such as the pictured one in Columbus County and described one within a Carolina bay near Lumberton.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 83 Issue 3, May/June 2019, p16-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bird populations; Bird populations--North Carolina, northeastern--Wood Stork; Wood Stork--nesting sites--Columbus County ; Wood storks--nesting colonies--North Carolina ; Wood stork--see also Wood ibis, Ironhead, Flinthead, Gannet; Threatened species--North Carolina--Wood stork; Audubon Society of North Carolina; N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission; Wildlife diversity

Record #:

44106

Author(s):

Schweitzer, Sara; Johnson, Carmen

Abstract:

The North Carolina Colonial Wildlife Management Committee was formed in 1983 with a memorandum of understanding signed by 10 agencies and conservation groups in forging a commitment to protect North Carolina waterbird populations and their habitats. It was recognized from an early point that migrating waterbirds were making substantial use of man-made islands, creating by the activates of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Largely due to the efforts of Dr. James Parnell and Thomas Henson many of these were acquired by the Wildlife Resources Commission in the early 2000s. In all, there are 23 dredged material islands managed by the Commission and Audubon North Carolina biologists.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 88 Issue 2, March-April 2024, p40-49, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterbirds; Islands; Birds, Protection of; Birds--Research; Coastal management; Waterbirds--North Carolina--habitat management