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Barbara Doll has been named an Environmental Hero for 2001 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Doll, a North Carolina Sea Grant water quality extension specialist, was recognized for her work in preserving and protecting the nation's environment.
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5182
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Ports at Wilmington and Morehead City create 80,000 jobs statewide and generate around $300 million in tax revenues. In 1994, the Morehead City Port was deepened, and business increased. By 2005, the Wilmington Port will be deepened from 40 feet to 44 feet, and 26 miles of river deepened from 38 feet to 42 feet. Erik Stromerg, executive director of the State Ports Authority, discusses the economic impact of the project.
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Once classified as endangered, the brown pelican is staging a comeback. At one time the only known nesting flock in the 1970s was on Ocracoke. Kowite discusses reasons why the pelican became endangered and how it survived to thrive in North Carolina.
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5211
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Many shellfishing areas in North Carolina waters are either closed or temporarily closed because of pollution. Such closings affect not only the economy and the consumer but also those whose livelihood depends on shellfishing. Henderson discusses the status of the shellfishing industry today.
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Hope Plantation was built in 1803 by David Stone, who was governor from 1808 to 1810. Visitors to the stately Bertie County plantation can experience rural life in the northeastern part of the state as it was lived in the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries.
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One of the nation's premier state-managed artificial reef programs is found in the waters off North Carolina's coastline. State involvement in the program began in the mid-1980s, and today the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries manages thirty-nine ocean sites and seven estuarine sites. Only three of the ocean reefs are over twenty miles offshore. Artificial reefs are used to increase fish habitats and areas for sports fishing.
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Smith discusses folklorist Bill Mansfield's newest book, SONG OF AN UNSUNG PLACE: LIVING TRADITIONS BY THE PAMLICO SOUND. In it the author documents \"the folklore and folklife of the coastal county's mainland communities.\" Today Hyde County's population is 5,800, only half of what it was in 1990. Mansfield sees this as a concern if traditional ways are to be carried on and preserved. If the children and grandchildren move away, who will continue the old ways.
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5232
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The Coastal Society, an international organization, is marking its 25th anniversary in 2002. The purpose of the society is \"to address emergency marine and coastal issues.\" Smith discusses the society's influence on North Carolina.
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5233
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A recent study by scientists at the North Carolina State University Seafood Laboratory in Morehead City has discovered a new way to treat raw fish and processing equipment to reduce the amount of bacteria that could spoil the seafood. The treatment uses ozone. Green examines how this new approach could benefit seafood processing plants.
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5290
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Alger G. Willis Fishing Camps, located on Core Banks, the southern part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore, have attracted anglers for over fifty years. Green describes the camps' history and what changes the years have brought.
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5291
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Restoring degraded inland streams is critical to protecting the health of the state's estuarine systems. Rocky Branch, which flows a mile through the North Carolina State University campus before emptying into Walnut Creek, was designated in 1978 as \"the most polluted urban stream in North Carolina.\" Smith describes the steps being taken at a cost of $4 million to restore this once pristine waterway.
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The CSS Neuse was an ironclad built at Kinston between 1862 and 1864. Although her career in service might be called less than glorious, the ship represented the newest technology of its time. The scuttled ship was raised from the river bottom in 1965, and the remains are displayed at the CSS Neuse State Historic Site in Kinston.
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5293
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Rip currents cause around 100 fatalities along the nation's coastlines each year. In 2000, ten individuals died from them in North Carolina waters. Mosher discusses a North Carolina Sea Grant project that raises rip current awareness in beach communities and the rip current research going on in Florida.
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5294
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Some homes survive the powerful winds and water of a hurricane; others do not. Green discusses how homes can be improved through building techniques, including new designs for plywood shutters and strong rooms.
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For canoe enthusiasts, eastern North Carolina provides 1,200 miles of navigable waters. Each canoe trail entry point has a map and information on the difficulty level of the trail, mile markers, and places to put in and take out a canoe. The trails provide canoeists the opportunity to bird watch, fish, explore historic places, and observe plants and wildlife.
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