Record #:

2795

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Sea turtle strandings increased on coastal beaches in 1995. The North Carolina Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network counted 345 strandings. The majority were loggerheads.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 3, Mar 1996, p30, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sea turtles

Record #:

2796

Author(s):

Caffrey, Elizabeth

Abstract:

Before most were killed by a blight in the early 20th-century, the American chestnut spread from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. Because the roots survived, many botanists feel a method will be found to bring the trees back.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 2, Feb 1996, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

American chestnut; Chestnut blight

Record #:

2851

Author(s):

Almy, Gerald A.

Abstract:

Weeds, grass, and other aquatic vegetation are favorite habitats of largemouth bass. Fishing in such areas requires special lures, including weedless spoons, spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p4-6, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishing lures; Largemouth bass fishing

Record #:

2852

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.; Dossett, Ted

Abstract:

Sterling Keeter's life has been a long association with the Roanoke River near his home in Weldon. His eighty-five years are crowded with outdoor experiences, floods, rockfish, and river history.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p8-11, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Roanoke River; Keeter, Sterling, 1910-2004

Record #:

2853

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

For over twenty years the Mississippi kite has been seen and thought to nest along the Roanoke River, but no nest has ever been found there. The first one was located in 1995, in downtown Laurinburg.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p2-3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mississippi kite

Record #:

2890

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Buffalo existed in the state into the early 18th century, but when settlers moved into the Piedmont, the small herds were soon hunted to extinction.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 6, June 1996, p2-3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

American bison

Record #:

2891

Author(s):

Lee, David S.

Abstract:

Dr. Rowland Shelley, Curator of Invertebrates at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, is one of the world's leading experts on millipedes and centipedes.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p12-15, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Centipedes; Millipedes; Shelley, Rowland

Record #:

2892

Author(s):

Bolen, Eric G.

Abstract:

John Bartram, botanist to King George III, and his son William, were eminent naturalists who traveled the Carolinas and the Southeast collecting botanical specimens. William's 1791 book, TRAVELS, is considered a landmark of early botanical study.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p16-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bartram, John, 1699-1777; Bartram, William, 1739-1823; Natural history--Southern states; Naturalists

Record #:

2893

Author(s):

Manual, John

Abstract:

Water gardens, in addition to providing beauty, colors, and wildness in backyards, attract wildlife, like frogs, birds, rabbits, and insects.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p22-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water gardens

Record #:

2894

Author(s):

Venters, Vic

Abstract:

Each year deer are involved in around 9,000 traffic accidents statewide. Steps drivers can take to avoid accidents include being cautious at dusk and dawn and learning deer habitats.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Deer; Traffic safety and wildlife

Record #:

2895

Author(s):

Meyer, Peter K.

Abstract:

Over 100 species of puffer fish exist worldwide. Eating them can be harmful, since many carry deadly toxins. Scientists have not fully decided whether the northern puffer, which is common to state waters, is poisonous.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 6, June 1996, p16-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tetraodontidae

Record #:

2896

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Although usually less than six acres in size, mountain bogs support an uncommon collection of plants, including lady slippers and cinnamon ferns, and animals like wood frogs and crab spiders.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 6, June 1996, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bogs; Mountain ecology

Record #:

2897

Author(s):

Almy, Gerald A.

Abstract:

Though many fishermen often overlook them for more popular panfish, like crappies, rock bass, redbeasts, and fliers in streams of the mountains and Piedmont offer and enjoyable change of pace.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 6, June 1996, p10-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Panfish fishing

Record #:

2927

Author(s):

Dean, Jim

Abstract:

In 1983, the General Assembly passed a law to fund waterfowl habitat preservation by asking waterfowl hunters to purchase a specially painted state duck stamp. The stamp and limited edition art prints have raised over $3 million for the program.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 7, July 1996, punnumbered, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife habitat improvement; Waterfowl in art; Waterfowl management

Record #:

2928

Author(s):

Venters, Vic

Abstract:

The theme for the 1996 state waterfowl stamps and art print is \"North Carolina's Wildlife Heritage\", featuring such sites as Lake Mattamuskeet. Since its inception in 1983, the program has raised over $3 million for waterfowl conservation.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 7, July 1996, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterfowl in art; Waterfowl conservation