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4230
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Pettigrew State Park, covering parts of Tyrrell and Washington Counties, attracts visitors with its abundant wildlife, including red wolves, deer, and foxes; history, featuring Somerset Place, 4,400-year-old Algonquian dugout canoes, and Confederate General Johnston Pettigrew's grave; and Lake Phelps, providing great bass fishing and fall waterfowl viewing.
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4231
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The state parks of the Coastal Plain provide a variety of natural resources and treasures, including historic Fort Macon State Park; Jockey's Ridge State Park, featuring the East Coast's highest sand dune; and Carolina Beach State Park, which has an exhibit hall focusing on the park's plant and animal life. Other parks are Fort Fisher and Hammock's Beach.
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4233
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The village of Portsmouth on North Core Banks, a once bustling fishing village, stands uninhabited since the last residents left in 1971. The village, founded in 1753, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and contains twenty structures, including a post office, church, and several cemeteries. Around 700 people visit Portsmouth each month in warm weather.
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4234
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Jessie Lee Babb Dominique was born in Portsmouth on August 2, 1927. She was the last child born in the village, which at that time numbered around 100. She recounts her memories of island life, including the arrival of the mailboat. Her mother, sister Marian Gray Babb, and aunt Elma Dixon were the island's last residents. They left in 1971.
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4235
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In January 1999, the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was slightly over 100 feet from the Atlantic Ocean. Over the years various strategies had been used to keep away the encroaching waves, including construction of three concrete groins, beach renourishment, and sandfilled nylon bags. The structure is now being moved away from the ocean, 3,000 feet to the southwest. Plans call for the lighthouse to reopen in its new location on Memorial Day 2000.
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The North Carolina Estuarium, located in Washington, focuses on the unique environment of the Albemarle- Pamlico estuarine system, an area covering 2.2 million acres of water. It is the first aquarium to deal exclusively with the state's estuaries. The facility opened in 1998. Exhibits present ecosystems, fish and wildlife, history, and human interaction with the estuary.
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4303
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Surfing has become very popular along the Outer Banks, especially in the Cape Hatteras area where steepening and narrowing of the continental shelf creates big waves. Surfing has grown more family-oriented, and membership in the Outer Banks Surfing Association numbers over 400. Over the past decade surf shops have multiplied threefold. There are surfing restrictions, such as avoiding piers and wearing ankle ropes, but surfers champion coastal issues, working for clean water, clean beaches, and beach access.
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4304
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Since 1982, Dr. Dan Rittschof has taught zoology at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, focusing on the biochemistry and physiology of animal behavior. His wide-ranging research has covered everything from flounder to hermit crabs to what tells oyster drills that living oysters are nearby. He is a researcher who not only asks how things happen but also applies knowledge is practical ways.
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4309
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The Columbia Theater Cultural Resources Center opened in Columbia in Tyrrell County in 1998 and is operated by the Partnership for the Sound. The focus of the center is the human interaction with the environment. A featured exhibit is Hunter Jim, an animated robot that talks to visitors about area wildlife. Other exhibits include forestry and artifacts from the ESTELLE RANDALL, a ship which burned and sank in 1910 while docked in Columbia.
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4310
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Every fall thousands of migratory birds winter in the eastern part of the state, attracting bird watchers from as far away as Canada, California, and Texas. The Wings Over Water Festival, held in Manteo in November, brings bird watchers together with the local community. Field trips to the Outer Banks, Lake Mattamuskeet, and Alligator River provide good opportunities for wildlife viewing. Other activities include exhibits, a photography contest, and kayaking lessons.
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4386
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High bacterial levels have closed permanently over 56,000 acres of shellfish beds along the coast. In Carteret County's Jumping Run Creek high levels closed beds except for a few days each year. The Jumping Run Creek Shellfish Restoration Project, started in 1997, seeks to develop water-quality improvement strategies that might reopen polluted beds along the coast.
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4390
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The high winds and flooding of the Great Storm of 1899 drove residents of Shackleford Banks and Ca'e (Cape) Banks from their homes forever. Survivors migrated to Morehead City and Harkers Island, where they built new homes and continued their community traditions. Green chronicles the return of their descendants to the Banks to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the storm.
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4391
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Two major hurricanes, Dennis and Floyd, ravaged Eastern Carolina in 1999. While damage to man-made structures can be quickly assessed, damage to the environment over the long- term remains unknown. Early assessments reveal a drop in the oxygen content of the Neuse and other rivers, which can cause fish kills. Also observable is the large amount of freshwater that had flowed into the Pamlico and Core sounds, which promotes the growth of freshwater algae.
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4393
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Between the state's barrier islands are twenty- two inlets, stretching from Oregon Inlet in the northern Outer Banks to Mad Inlet near the South Carolina border. Inlets are more than just openings where the ocean flows in and out. They are dynamic places were the tidal currents try to deepen the channel while ocean waves carry sand to fill it up. Whichever force is dominant determines whether the inlet widens or closes up.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Center for Coastal Fisheries and Marine Habitat Research at Beaufort, known as NOAA's Beaufort Laboratory, is marking its one hundredth year of service. It is the nation's second oldest marine research laboratory.
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