Secondly, all pertinent USDA Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural 

 Stabilization and Conservation Service aerial photographs were studied, 

 coupled with a screening flight over the county. These efforts were fol- 

 lowed by extensive field reconnaissance of potentially significant areas 

 identified. 



In addition, because it is not generally possible to identify every 

 sigiiif leant natural area by plane or with aerial photographs, a thorough 

 vehicular reconnaissance of the county was undertaken. Every state and 

 county maintained road was travelled at least once, and hundreds of miles 

 of timber company access roads and other private roads were walked or driven. 

 Further, a number of otherwise inaccessible potential areas were surveyed 

 by boat. 



In order to supplement my own field reconnaissance efforts, an attempt 

 was made to seek assistance from others knowledgeable, or potentially so, 

 of the county's natural resources. Letters explaining the contract objectives 

 and soliciting assistance in identifying potential natural areas were sent 

 to all high-school-or-above-level science instructors within the county, 

 heads of various state and federal agencies (e.g., SCS, NCWRC, etc.), ajid a 

 number of area field biologists. The result was a generally low level of 

 expressed interest, and very few replies, 



CONTRACT NATURAL AREA REPORTS 



In addition to this introduction, the submitted contract survey report 

 for Brunswick County consists of (1) a series of natural area summaries, 

 (2) addenda to several earlier submitted Brunswick County natural area 

 reports, (5) a summary of significant bird breeding habitat, (k) pertinent 

 topographic quad sheets with significant areas mapped, and (5) a Brunswick 

 County map and legend with all natural area.s mapped. 



Thirteen natural area summaries (preliminary reconnaisssmce reports) 

 eire presented. The format followed is a revised version of the North Carolina 

 Natural Heritage Program contract specifications. Additions, deletions, and 

 rearrangements of the specified format were made in order to present what 

 was felt to be appropriate preliminairy reconnaissance information in a logical 

 order. The natural areas reported on are listed alphabetically: 



1« Bald Head Creek Natural Area 



2, Battery Island 



3» Camp Branch Savannah 



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