Carteret County possesses extraordinary natural diversity. 

 The original document compiled by Fussell and Wilson con- 

 tained reports on 23 natural areas. It has been necessary 

 to reduce that number to those areas considered to possess 

 ecological resources of national, statewide, or regional 

 significance. Descriptions for other sites of local 

 interest are obtainable from the Natural Heritage Program. 



National and Statewide Significance (High ) 



Carrot Island - Bird Shoals 



Cedar Island Refuge Natural Area 



Core Banks and Portsmouth Island 



Shackle ford Banks 



Croatan Pocosins 



Minis Road Savanna and Swales with Pocosins 



Patsy Pond Complex 



Roosevelt Natural Area 



Bogue Inlet Heronry 



Core Sound (Wainwright) Nesting Islands 



Dump Island Nesting Colony 



Morgan Island Nesting Colony 



Phillips and Annex Islands Nesting Colonies 



Regional Significance (Medium ) 



Atlantic Natural Area 



Browns Island 



Emerald Island Woods 



Hadnot Creek Natural Area 



Hadnot Creek Ponds and Longleaf Woods 



Masontown Pocosin 



North River Marshes 



Pringle Road Carolina Bays 



Sea Gate Woods 



Union Point Pocosin 



Walkers Millpond Area 



Wildberry Woods 



White Oak River - Cedar Point Marshes 



The Office of Coastal Management, and the Coastal 

 Resources Commission which it serves, implement the 

 Coastal Area Management Act of 1974 (CA^IA) . Under this 

 statute, the North Carolina Coastal Management Plan 

 has been prepared and approved. It includes the 

 definition and designation of various Areas of Environ- 

 mental Concern (AEC). In some cases, AECs coincide 

 with natural areas that are herein recommended for 



