by Carlo B. Burgess 



Natur 



Stand in a 



seaside marsh. 



following the flipping 



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of fish and sucking in 

 the salty breeze. Hip- 

 high in cordgrass and 



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brackish water, your 

 toes will sink into 



the soft bottom. 

 Stand in a pocosin, 



thick with scrub- 

 shrubs and deep in 

 coastal plain wilder- 

 ness, and the peaty 

 ground might be dry 

 enough to burn 

 beneath your feet. 

 Which is the 

 wetland? 



2 MARCH I APRIL 1992 



Raccoons and other wildlife abound in Tar Heel wetlands 



