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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's national wildlife refuge system is marking 100 years of setting lands aside for wildlife. The system totals over 95 million acres or an area about the size of Montana. In North Carolina there are eleven national wildlife refuges, stretching from Pea Island on the Outer Banks to the Pee Dee in the western piedmont.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 67 Issue 3, Mar 2003,
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26373
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North Carolina has ten national wildlife refuges that offer a haven for wildlife such as red wolves, migratory birds and waterfowl. The refuges were established primarily for wildlife protection and conservation, but they also provide opportunities for low-impact recreation and nature observation.
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Formed from Tyrrell, Washington, and Hyde Counties, the 110,000-acre Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is the state's newest refuge. Venters describes the area which, in addition to preserving valuable wetlands, provides an excellent habitat for wintering waterfowl, including tundra swans.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 55 Issue 8, Aug 1991,
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26435
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Over 40 million acres of federal land in Alaska has been designated as national wildlife refuges.
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43097
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"For over 60 years, Cowan's Ford wildlife Refuge has been a haven for waterfowl in the shadow of Charlotte." Originally started in 1961, by a group of Charlotte sportsmen, the site was acquired by Mecklenburg County in 1992.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 5, September-October 2021,
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2731
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In 1972, North Carolina was the first state in the nation to establish bear sanctuaries. Now, through habitat management, the black bear population in the Coastal Plain numbers almost 5,000, the largest in similar areas of the southeastern United States.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 1, Jan 1996,
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Almost extinct in the western counties by the 1920s, black bears were saved by the depression and the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Black bears now number 2,200 and are found in 24 mountain counties.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 2, Feb 1996,
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Through his CBS television program \"Sunday Morning,\" Charles Kuralt brought the beauty of the nation's National Wildlife Refuges to millions of viewers. To honor his efforts, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service created the Charles Kuralt Trail, which links eleven national wildlife refuges and one national fish hatchery. The trail winds though the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina, and includes the Great Dismal Swamp and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
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7595
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Charles Kuralt's love of the outdoors developed from his years of growing up in North Carolina and his later travels across America. One of the most popular features of his CBS television program, \"Sunday Morning,\" was the last five-minute segment in which he brought the beauty of the nation's National Wildlife Refuges and other wilderness landscapes to millions of viewers. To honor his efforts, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service created the Charles Kuralt Trail, which links eleven national wildlife refuges and one national fish hatchery. The trail winds though the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina, and includes the Great Dismal Swamp and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
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26939
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The Interior Department did not appeal when a district judge gave cattle priority on a Montana wildlife refuge to allow livestock grazing. The National Wildlife Federation and the Montana affiliate are appealing the decision because they believe grazing will be detrimental to wildlife in the refuge.
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Mackay Island Wildlife Refuge in northeast North Carolina, one of the state's most historic national wildlife refuges, was granted extra adjacent land to act as a buffer against urban expansion.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 3, Mar 1992,
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25970
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The National Wildlife Federation has released more than 1,000 acres of land to the Federal Government to be used as a refuge for the American bald eagle. The land acquisition was funded by the ‘Save a Living Thing’ Campaign undertaken by the NWF and 7-Eleven food stores.
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26490
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Permanent, full-time residents of the Currituck Outer Banks will be allowed to drive the beach through Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, while vacation home owners and other residents will have limited access.
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Huntersville is a town often identified with suburbia, but the town has much to offer for the nature enthusiast. The Torrence Creek Greenway, a quiet lake, and Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge are just a few of the ways visitors and residents can escape the busyness of Charlotte to simply enjoy the natural beauty of North Carolina.
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2883
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The red wolf has been reintroduced in the state through the Red Wolf Recovery Program. The world's largest free-roaming red wolf population, about sixty, now lives on 500,000 acres in the eastern part of the state.
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