Record #:

4785

Author(s):

Hart, David

Abstract:

Many duck hunters enjoy hunting on the big salt marshes along the Carolina coast. However, good duck hunting can be found closer to home along small rivers and on beaver ponds.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 10, Oct 2000, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duck shooting

Record #:

4833

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Mercury is one of the earth's most poisonous substances. Coal-fired power plants, medical and municipal incinerators, and some mercury-using, chemical manufacturing plants contribute highly to North Carolina's mercury pollution problems. Because of elevated mercury levels in fish over the past decade, the state has issued advisories to avoid eating fish in ten eastern streams and one species in the Atlantic Ocean.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 11, Nov 2000, p4-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Pollution; Fishes--Effect of heavy metals on; Mercury wastes

Record #:

4834

Author(s):

Powell, Chris

Abstract:

Employers would be delighted to have an employee who thoroughly loves his job, works for no salary, never even thinks about complaining of holiday work, and gives his partner 100 percent effort. Meet the dogs of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission game law enforcement division.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 11, Nov 2000, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Game wardens; Animals in police work; Working dogs

Record #:

4836

Author(s):

Prioli, Carmine

Abstract:

The Great Storm of August 1899, and a follow-up one in October of the same year, drove residents of Core and Shackleford Banks from their homes forever. Many settled in Morehead City, Salter Path, and Harkers Island. Prioli recounts the history of these hardy people and how they used their native skills to survive.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 11, Nov 2000, p17-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Carteret County--History

Record #:

4878

Author(s):

Powell, Chris

Abstract:

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's 2001 waterfowl stamp and print is titled \"Canvasbacks at the Whalehead Club.\" Money from sales supports the North Carolina Wildlife Commission's Waterfowl Fund. Since its inception in 1983, over $3 million has been raised.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 12, Dec 2000, p33, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterfowl in art; Waterfowl conservation

Record #:

4879

Author(s):

James, A. Everette, Jr.; Andresen, Kroghie

Abstract:

Rough-hewn and homely roothead decoys carved on the Outer Banks are highly prized by collectors who pay thousands of dollars for them. Most were carved before 1918, and carvers between Portsmouth Island and Hatteras Village are credited with their construction and use in the 19th-century. They are called roothead decoys because the carver used natural curves in roots and branches to form decoy heads.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 12, Dec 2000, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Outer Banks--History; Decoys (Hunting)--Outer Banks

Record #:

4896

Author(s):

Foushee, Rodney

Abstract:

Once almost 30 rice plantations producing millions of pounds of rice annually lined the lower Cape Fear River and its tributaries. Rice grew there from the 18th-century till the last harvest in 1931. Today the land is a refuge for wildlife. The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has conserved 4,000 acres of this land and seeks to save more before developers can move in.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 2001, p4-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rice farmers--Lower Cape Fear; Plantations--Cape Fear River; Wildlife refuges--Cape Fear River

Record #:

4897

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Artist Thomas Bennett is following in the footsteps of artists Audubon and Fuertes in painting highly detailed, accurate paintings of the state's extinct and endangered wildlife. In 1998, he embarked on a ten-year project depicting wildlife in North Carolina and the Southeast. When finished, the series will contain between 70 and 80 paintings. Several of Bennett's paintings hang in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, where he has been named the museum's first artist-in-residence.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 2001, p12-16, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife artists--Raleigh; Wildlife art; Bennett, Thomas

Record #:

4898

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission reports on its activities and accomplishments from July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2000. Divisions reporting included Wildlife Enforcement; Wildlife Management; Inland Fisheries; Engineering Services; Conservation Education; and Administrative Services.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 2001, p17-39, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Record #:

4899

Author(s):

Powell, Roger

Abstract:

North Carolina is home to three species of tree squirrels. Red squirrels, also called \"boomers,\" are found in the mountains, while the gray squirrel inhabits the Piedmont area. Occupying the Coastal Plain is the largest of the squirrels, the fox squirrel, which measures between twenty and twenty-six inches.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 2001, p48-51, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Squirrels

Record #:

4925

Author(s):

Powell, Chris

Abstract:

Powell discusses myths people have about prescribed burning, or the controlled burning of woodlands. One is that fire sterilizes the land; another is that animals do not know what to do in a fire. Actually fires help restore the ecosystem. Fire burning resources available to landowners include the Forest Resources Commission and private foresters.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 2, Feb 2001, p4-8, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Prescribed burning

Record #:

4926

Author(s):

Beane, Jeff

Abstract:

Project Bog Turtle is a conservation initiative started in 1995 by the North Carolina Herpetological Society and is the latest in a number of researches done on bog turtles dating back to the late 19th-century. Among the project's objectives are habitat protection, habitat restoration and management, involvement of landowners, and site surveys.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 2, Feb 2001, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Bog turtle

Record #:

4927

Author(s):

Gaddis, Mike

Abstract:

Where are the fish and how deep are they were unsolved mysteries for bass fishermen prior to the 1950s. Then Carl Lowrance moved bass fishing into the electronic age with the creation of the LO-K-Tor, a portable device that allowed fishermen to see below the surface. The device first appeared in North Carolina in 1961. Gaddis describes its development and subsequent acceptance by sports fishermen.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 2, Feb 2001, p20-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bass fishing; Lighthouses; Lowrance, Carl

Record #:

4932

Author(s):

Besler, Doug

Abstract:

Underwater structures like piles of rocks or rubber tires and sunken ships attract many varieties of fish which find shelter and food sources there. The North Carolina Wildlife Commission regularly \"stocks\" lakes and ponds across the state with discarded Christmas trees, brush piles, and dead trees. Sinking this material in lakes and ponds enhances the ability of these bodies of water to support game fish.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 2, Feb 2001, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish habitat improvement

Record #:

4987

Author(s):

Powell, Chris

Abstract:

Over-hunting and habitat destruction eliminated the Eastern elk from the Smoky Mountains by the mid-1800s. Now the National Park Service seeks to introduce the Manitoban elk, a close relative of the extinct Eastern elk, to the Smoky Mountains National Park. In February 2001, twenty-five elk were released. Another twenty-five will be released in 2002 and 2003. If the species can sustain itself over a five-year period, it will be allowed to remain.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 3, Mar 2001, p6-10, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Elk; Wildlife reintroduction--North Carolina, Western