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Record #:
3016
Author(s):
Hart, Kathy
Abstract:
Initiated by Lundie Spence in 1987, N.C. Big Sweep is a linkage of individuals and public and private groups united to clear the state's waterways of aquatic debris. With 12,500 volunteers, it is the country's largest statewide waterway cleanup program.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 1996, p16-20, il
Subject(s):
Environmental protection--Citizen participation; Litter (Trash)--Environmental aspects; North Carolina Big Sweep
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Record #:
3017
Author(s):
Cecelski, David
Abstract:
Travelers now are impatient if their destination is not reached in a good time. Cecil Buckman's journal of his meandering 1873 trip from Beaufort to Baltimore on the OGEECHEE reminds today's travelers that journeys in the era of sail required patience.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 1996, p21-23, il
Subject(s):
Voyages and travels--History--19th Century; Buckman, Cecil; OGEECHEE (Ship)
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Record #:
3018
Author(s):
Wharton, Rachael
Abstract:
Natural vegetative buffers, or grasslands, shrubs, and forests that grow on banks of streams and rivers, are effective in filtering nonpoint pollutants and improving water quality.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 1996, p12-15, il
Subject(s):
Water quality management; Riparian ecology
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