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Moreover, it contains more rare and endangered plants and 

 animals than the other islands of the Outer Banks without a 

 complete overlap in species composition. Shackleford Bank 

 warrants recognition as a natural area for its wilderness, 

 biotic diversity and unique ecosystems and its significance 

 for the scientific study of barrier islands. 



Preserve Recommendation: Because of the geological, biological 

 and phyaographical diversity, Shackleford should remain and 

 be protected as a natural area with efforts to promote it as a 

 recognized wilderness. It is recommended that the island 

 serve as an ideal study ground for barrier island ecology and 

 that such studies be encouraged in order to accrue further 

 knowledge for the management of such systems. 



Data Sources : 



Preston D. Riddle, Supervisor and staff. Cape Lookout National 

 Seashore, Beaufort, N. C. 



Paul J. Godfrey, National Park Service Cooperative Research 

 Unit, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 



John 0, Fussell, Morehead City, N. C. 



Jeannie Wilson, Hampton Mariners Museum, Beaufort, N. C. 



National Park Service, General Management Plan and Environ- 

 mental Impact Statement, 



Scientific References: 



Au, S. (1974) Vegetation and ecological processes on Shackleford 



Banks, North Carolina. National Park Service Scientific 



Monograph Series No. 6. 86 p. 

 Engles, W. L. (1952) Vertebrate fauna of North Carolina coastal 



islands. II. Shackleford Banks, Am. Midlt. Nat. 47: 



702-742. 

 Godfrey, P. J. and Godfrey, M. M. (1976) Barrier island ecology 



of the Cape Lookout National Seashore and vicinity, North 



Carolina. National Park Service Scientific Monograph 



Series. No. 9 160 p. 

 Lewis, I. F. (1917) The vegetation of Shackleford Bank. N. C. 



Geol. Econ. Surv. Eco. Pap. 46. 32 p. 



Documentation and Authentication: Voucher specimens and docum.entations 

 are all on file at the Cape Lookout National Seashore headquarters 

 in Beaufort, North Carolina. See Management Report: Preliminary 

 Resource Inventory of the Vertebrates and Vascular Plants of 

 the Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina, Management 

 Report No. 22. Herbaria, etc. for voucher specimens are listed 

 for described species. 



