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The protected areas of North Carolina cover roughly 3.8 million acres, making up 11% of the total land in the state. [ 1 ] 86.5% of this protected land is publicly owned and is managed by different federal and state level authorities and receive varying levels of protection. [ 1 ]
The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is composed of 152,000 acres (615 km 2) lying in the mainland portions of Dare and Hyde Counties, North Carolina. [2] It is roughly 28 miles (45 km) from north to south and 15 miles (24 km) from east to west and lies in North Carolina's Coastal Plain.
website, 59 acres, operated by the City Walter B Jones, Sr. Center for The Sounds: Columbia: Tyrrell: Eastern: Natural history of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: Walter L. Stasavich Science and Nature Center: Greenville: Pitt: Eastern: website, operated by the City in 324-acre River Park North Western North Carolina Nature Center ...
Conserving Carolina is a non-profit conservation organization working to preserve land and water resources in Western North Carolina.Conserving Carolina was created in July 2017, from a merger of two previously separate organizations, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Pacolet Area Conservancy.
The forest had initially spanned over Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. However, in 1936, the forest was reorganized to follow the state boundaries of North Carolina. Several areas of old-growth forest have been identified in the Nantahala National Forest, totaling some 30,800 acres (125 km 2). [8]
The North Mills River in North Carolina. North Carolina's geography is usually divided into three biomes: Coastal, Piedmont, and the Appalachian Mountains. North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats.
The State of North Carolina has a group of twelve protected areas known as State Forests which are managed by the North Carolina Forest Service, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The feather trade was at its height in the late 19th and was brought to an end in the early 20th century. By the late 19th century, plume hunters had nearly wiped out the snowy egret population of the United States.