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for "Endangered species"
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9520
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Fifteen species of wildlife are endangered in North Carolina. They are the bald eagle, Indiana bat, gray bat, brown pelican, ivory-billed woodpecker, Kirtland's warbler, mountain lion, spotfin chub, shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic leatherback turtle, American alligator, red-cockaded woodpecker, peregrine falcon, Bachman's warbler, and the Florida manatee. Wooten discusses how these species became endangered.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 42 Issue 7, July 1978,
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9521
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The authors discuss species of wildlife that once lived in North Carolina and are now either extinct or have moved to other locales. Among them are the wolf, buffalo, passenger pigeon, cougar, Carolina parakeet, elk, and beaver.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 42 Issue 7, July 1978,
p11-13, il
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9750
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Earley discusses the flying squirrel and why it might be a threat to the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 48 Issue 2, Feb 1984,
p23-27, il
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9851
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Brown pelicans have been declining along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, so much so that they have been declared an endangered species. However, in North Carolina their numbers are increasing. In the last ten years, nesting pairs in the state have increased tenfold.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 52 Issue 7, July 1988,
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9927
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There never were many bog turtles in North Carolina, and real estate development, habitat destruction, and the illegal pet trade have seriously reduced the bog turtle population that has survived.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 53 Issue 10, Oct 1989,
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9973
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Sixteen species of bats have been recorded in the state. Several are relatively rare and three--Townsend's big-eared bat, the Indiana bat, and the gray bat--are endangered.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 11, Nov 1990,
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10056
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Mike and Ali Lubbock founded the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and Eco-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. The center contains about 1,000 birds representing over 170 species from six continents.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 5, May 2008,
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15931
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Increasingly in the United States, the preservation of endangered species and biological diversity conflicts with the mounting pressures of urban growth and development. This article presents several arguments on the importance of species protection.
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16761
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Mike and Ali Lubbock founded the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center in Scotland Neck in Halifax County in 1989, after spending five years in Sylva. 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.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 3 Issue 3, Spring 2012,
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10.Of Bridges and Mussels by Earley, Lawrence S. North Carolina Naturalist Vol. 11 Issue 3, Win 2003
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20966
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Freshwater mussels are declining to the point of bring imperiled. Bridges and stream culverts have been implicated in their decline. A study conducted by the NC Museum of Natural Science and NC State University seeks to find a solution.
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21802
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Northeastern North Carolina, specifically 1.7 acres of the Albemarle Peninsula, has the only wild red wolf mainland population in the world. Twenty-seven years ago the animal was on the brink of extinction, but now the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates there are between 90 and 110 ten wolves on the peninsula. In this excerpt from her book, titled above, Beeland recounts a night on the peninsula howling with the wolves.
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23892
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North Carolina shores are the home of four endangered sea turtle species: loggerheads, kemp's ridleys, green, and leatherbacks. Sea turtle lives are mysteries to humans, but scientists and environmentalists work tirelessly to learn about these creatures and save them from extinction.
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24052
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Southern flounder fishermen use specialized nets called gill nets to catch fish, but endangered sea turtle species often get caught in these nets. In the recent past, the government threatened to close estuarine gill net fisheries. However, a series of agencies work with the national Marine Fisheries to ensure that these gill net fisheries stay open and that endangered species are protected.
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Coastwatch
(NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 4, Autumn 2015,
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24433
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Dr. Michael Bleyman is the founder of the Carnivore Preservation Trust, a nonprofit organization in Pittsboro devoted to the preservation of endangered animals native to Third World rainforests.
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25085
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Since the days of early European settlers, the Red Wolf has been hunted to near extinction. New conservation efforts are attempting to change that by reintroducing the species to its natural environment.
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