Massive flooding in western North Carolina damaged trout streams in 16 counties; however, continuing efforts at flood control may also pose a threat to the trout populations by destroying the habitat.
North Carolina’s coastal islands, like Smith Island, are the perfect spots for coastal birds, loggerhead turtles, and numerous other sea and land creatures, as well as a trip to see the splendor of marshes and beaches.
A new program, Renewed Emphasis Now on an Environmental for Wildlife (RENEW), helps farmers prepare parts of their land for improving populations of small game animals.
In Pitt and Beaufort counties, clean up of Chicod Creek has begun with a combination of volunteers with the NCWF, NCWRC, Natural Defense Council, Soil Conservation Service, and Corps of Engineers.
Project crossing striped bass with white bass has been underway in several lakes in North Carolina. Young of year hybrids have been sampled in two of the four study lakes and growth rates have been well-established.