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Managed by the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, this natural area preserves an undeveloped barrier island, near Wilmington, North Carolina. The island is only accessible by boat. Mitchells Millpond State Natural Area — Piedmont Wake [2] 93 acres (0.38 km 2) [5] 1976 [2] Closed The natural area protects granitic flatrock outcrops.
The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High ...
On May 19, 1999, Gov. Jim Hunt signed a bill abolishing Anson Community College and Union Technical Education Center and creating North Carolina's newest community college: South Piedmont Community College. On August 3, 1999, South Piedmont Community College was named as the result of a naming contest.
The park and the surrounding North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) area include five habitat types: bottomland hardwood forest, upland hardwood forest, pine forest, forested wetlands and fields. Habitat fragmentation is a significant threat to wildlife. As a means of habitat protection, Piedmont Wildlife Center (PWC), associated ...
Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; [1] [2] [3] it occupies 7,000 acres (2,833 ha) in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. It is owned and managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, [ 4 ] a private non-profit organization.
Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station is a national historic district located near Asheville, in the Appalachian Mountains, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Bent Creek Experimental Forest of the Pisgah National Forest .
Asheville Dream Center CEO Matthew Coleman indicated that two trucks had come to Asheville in time for aid on Sept. 29. The first one was full of a variety of resources like food, paper towels ...
Just off Interstate 40, Marion is located approximately 35 miles (56 km) east of Asheville and 20 miles (32 km) west of Morganton. Marion was named "North Carolina Small Town of the Year" for 2018 from the N.C. Rural Center.