Record #:

8316

Author(s):

Davis, Chester S.

Abstract:

North Carolina's estuarine region covers two million acres. Only Alaska and Louisiana have more extensive estuarine areas than North Carolina, and no state is destroying the productivity of its estuaries as rapidly as this state. In the past fifteen years, almost one-third of the state's prime coastal marshlands have been destroyed. Davis discusses why this area is important to the state's economy, how development is affecting it, and possible approaches to saving the area.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 32 Issue 3, Mar 1968, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Real estate development; Estuarine area conservation; Wetlands--Economic aspects