Record #:

4926

Author(s):

Beane, Jeff

Abstract:

Project Bog Turtle is a conservation initiative started in 1995 by the North Carolina Herpetological Society and is the latest in a number of researches done on bog turtles dating back to the late 19th-century. Among the project's objectives are habitat protection, habitat restoration and management, involvement of landowners, and site surveys.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 2, Feb 2001, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Bog turtle

Record #:

5210

Author(s):

Kowite, Lisa

Abstract:

Once classified as endangered, the brown pelican is staging a comeback. At one time the only known nesting flock in the 1970s was on Ocracoke. Kowite discusses reasons why the pelican became endangered and how it survived to thrive in North Carolina.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2002, p26-29, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown pelican; Endangered species

Record #:

5767

Author(s):

Deen, Brad

Abstract:

The endangered Virginia big-eared bat in found in only two places in North Carolina. One of them is an abandoned Surry County iron mine, which is used as a winter hibernation site. To protect the bats during this period, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has installed gates resembling farm gates over the five mine entrances.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 3, Mar 2003, p32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Bats--Surry County

Record #:

6006

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Earley profiles some of the animals and plants that live in the state that could soon vanish if efforts to save them fail. These include swamp pink, cliff avens, Heller's blazing star, Plymouth gentian, northern pine snake, Cape Fear shiner, and piping plover.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 55 Issue 3, Mar 1991, p14-19, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species

Record #:

6065

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Rising 5,100 feet in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Bluff Mountain, near West Jefferson, is a treasure chest of botanical riches. Forty-two rare, endangered animals and flowering plants, including the bog turtle, wood lily, and sundew, are found there. An unusual feature of the mountain is a highland plateau that contains the only fen in the southern Appalachians.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 46 Issue 5, May 1982, p2-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Endangered plants; Bluff Mountain

Record #:

6899

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

A long-range goal of the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries is to have all of the state's major fish species in a viable or recovering category within the next ten years. Currently eighteen out of the forty stocks are in these classifications. New additions are the Atlantic croaker, which moved from concerned to viable, and the monkfish, which moved from overfished to recovering.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 68 Issue 11, Nov 2004, p34, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Atlantic croaker fisheries

Record #:

6910

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Freshwater mussels benefit the environment by cleaning water as they filter it for food particles. Because many of the mussels are classified as endangered, their presence in a particular location can cause trouble with plans for growth and development. Since 1999, one hundred and nine road projects were delayed in North Carolina while local ordinances, stormwater controls and other measures were put into place to safeguard the federally protected mussels. Early encourages smart planning to direct growth to where it will do the least harm to one of the most threatened natural resources in the state.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 68 Issue 11, Nov 2004, p8-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Freshwater mussels

Record #:

6975

Author(s):

Beane, Jeff

Abstract:

The Eastern tiger salamander is North Carolina's largest terrestrial salamander. Although it may grow to a foot in length, the salamander is such a secretive creature that few people have ever seen one. Most of the state's tiger salamanders are confined to the Sandhills region. This salamander is on North Carolina's endangered species list.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 68 Issue 12, Dec 2004, p10-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Salamanders

Record #:

8233

Author(s):

Bolen, Eric G.

Abstract:

Bolen reviews the lives and philosophies of three conservation giants whose ideas can be tied to the conservation of endangered species and help answer the question: Why should we care? The conservationists are John Muir (1838-1914); Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946); and Aldo Leopold (1887-1948).

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 11, Nov 2006, p26-31, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Conservationists

Record #:

8245

Author(s):

Westbrook, Kathy Grant

Abstract:

Mike and Ali Lubbock founded the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center in Scotland Neck in Halifax County in 1989. Covering about nine acres, the center boasts the largest collection of waterfowl in the world and is a conservation and research orientated center for birds, especially rare and endangered waterfowl. Sylvan Heights contains around 3,000 birds and 170 species, including 30 species that cannot be seen in any other collection or zoo in North America.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 6, Nov 2006, p32-34, 35-36, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Endangered species; Waterfowl

Record #:

9040

Author(s):

Shelley, Rowland M.

Abstract:

In Part 2 of endangered wildlife, birds are categorized. The status of these species is based on federal definitions for endangered, rare, undetermined, and peripheral species. Information includes the species; its range in North Carolina; preferred habitat; general comments about it; and status.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 37 Issue 7, July 1973, p21-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Birds

Record #:

9074

Author(s):

Shelley, Rowland M.

Abstract:

In Part 4 of endangered wildlife, reptiles are categorized. The status of these species is based on federal definitions for endangered, rare, undetermined, and peripheral species. Information includes the species; its range in North Carolina; preferred habitat; general comments about it; and status.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 38 Issue 3, Mar 1974, p12-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Reptiles

Record #:

9422

Author(s):

Parnell, James F., Jr.; Soots, Robert F., Jr.

Abstract:

The authors describe the brown pelican and why the bird is becoming an endangered species in the face of new environmental hazards brought on by modern man.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 40 Issue 7, July 1976, p4-6, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown pelican; Endangered species

Record #:

9464

Author(s):

Wooten, Curtis

Abstract:

North Carolina's only nesting colony of brown pelicans was discovered in 1929 on Royal Shoal, a low island located about ten miles northwest of Ocracoke Island in Pamlico Sound. Wooten discusses follow-up sightings and studies and why the brown pelican is on the endangered species list.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 41 Issue 7, July 1977, p13-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown pelican; Endangered species

Record #:

9465

Author(s):

Barick, Frank B.

Abstract:

Barick discusses how a species can be designated as endangered and once on the list what can be done to ensure its survival. Currently there are 170 animal species in the country designated as endangered, and fifteen of them are listed as occurring in North Carolina.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 41 Issue 7, July 1977, p24-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species