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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's Division of Enforcement began in 1947 with 104 officers and a $200,000 budget. In 1997, the budget is over $12 million, with 214 officers who enforce regulations that govern the state's wildlife resources.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 1, Jan 1997,
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The N.C. Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network reported 502 strandings in 1996, an increase of 44.6 percent from 1995. Carteret County had the most strandings. To date, scientists have yet to find a way to avoid this or why this phenomenon occurs.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 3, Mar 1997,
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Tag-A-Giant, the N.C. Giant Bluefin Tuna Conservation Series, is a combined research effort of scientists and anglers to tag one hundred bluefins caught off Cape Hatteras in 1997. Scientists hope to recover five to ten percent of the archival tags.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 3, Mar 1997,
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Before the delayed-harvest trout fishing regulations went into effect in 1992, trout streams often were exhausted after the season opened. Now trout can be fished from October 1 until the first Saturday in June as long as they are released.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 4, Apr 1997,
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N.C. CATCH, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's aquatic resources education program, offers year-round workshops to train teachers and others in hands-on ways to bring the aquatic environment to the classroom.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 4, Apr 1997,
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The N.C. Wildlife Commission's new computerized Customer Support System can assign a boat number, record the information, and print a registration card and three-year decal in just seconds. This greatly reduces the possible sixty-day waiting period.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 4, Apr 1997,
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3282
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In the southern Appalachians, there are over 200 treeless mountain balds that include two types: heath and grass. Grass balds are home to over 300 species of flowering plants.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 5, May 1997,
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Since 1987, over $27 million in grants from the N.C. Natural Heritage Trust to state agencies have preserved 36 historic and wild places, including Three Top Mountain (Ashe County) and Historic Leigh Park Farm (Durham County).
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 7, July 1997,
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In the summer of 1996, the destructive forces of hurricanes Bertha and Fran caused widespread damage to woodlands and animal habitats far inland, to the Piedmont. Nature, though, has a built-in resiliency that provides for eventual recovery.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997,
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10.The Last Turpentiner by Earley, Lawrence S. Wildlife in North Carolina Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997
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Aubrey Shaw was the seventh generation of his family to live on their land near Roseboro. His ancestors harvested the longleaf pine for naval stores. He was probably the last North Carolinian to continue the work, prior to his death in 1995.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997,
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Beginning in July, 1997, all hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses and permits will be sold statewide using the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's Customer Support System. Use of the computer wall mean less waiting time.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997,
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Fewer Canadian geese migrate to the Outer Banks each year. To understand more about migration patterns, wildlife managers are using geese specially equipped with transmitters that are tracked by the French-based ARGOS system.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 6, June 1997,
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From the earliest Native American dugouts to 20th-century crafts, boat designs in the state were determined by their historical period and the inland waterways on which they were used.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 7, July 1997,
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Retired Mitchell County native Harry Ellis worked all his life as a machinist. Through his love of the out-of-doors, he is known around the state as a well-respected writer, wildlife photographer, and naturalist.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 8, Aug 1997,
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The photographs of photographer-naturalist Harry Ellis are profiled in this pictorial essay.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 8, Aug 1997,
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