Abstract:
Over the last 50 years, North Carolina moved from a rural state with a population of 3 and one-half million to a growing urbanized one of 6 million. At the same time some wildlife populations, like the whitetail deer, have grown. WILDLIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA asked representatives from sportsmen's groups, universities, government and industry to project what may lie ahead for the state's wildlife in the next 50 years.