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N.C. DOCUMENTS 



CLEARINGHOUSE 



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N.C. STATE LfBRARY 

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Off the Beaten Path: A Trek Through 

 the Alligator River Refuge 



Home to wolves, gators and red-cockaded woodpeckers, 

 Alligator River is a wilderness worth witnessing. Access 

 isn't easy, but writer Alison Davis braves the mosquitoes, 

 yellow flies and head-high gallberry bushes to profile this 

 ambitious national wildlife haven that thrives on a modest 

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Coaxing the Red Wolf 

 from the Brink of Extinction 



Shunned in other parts of the country, endangered red 

 wolves have found safe haven on an eastern North Carolina 

 wetland. Six years ago, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials 

 released the first pair of red wolves on the Alligator River 

 National Wildlife Refuge. But writer Alison Davis has 

 found that the campaign to restore Canis rufus has been 

 arduous. Though Dare Countians have been hospitable 

 on the whole, the wolves worry some landowners and 

 developers 8 



A Five-Sided Fortress 



Lures History-Hungry Visitors 



History and unique architecture lure visitors to Fort 

 Macon like bluefish to a chunk of salt mullet. The 

 casemate fortress of five sides and 9 million bricks is North 

 Carolina's most visited state park, hooking 1.4 million 

 tourists each year. Former Coastwatch writer C.R. Edgerton 

 chronicles the legend of this Civil War bulwark, which 

 fell to the Union in April 1862 12 



Departments 



Marine Advice 



Letting By catch Out of the Bag 19 



Young Mariners 



Sea Which 20 



Back Talk 21 



Aft Deck 22 



Coastal Commentary 



Fishing for a Saltwater License 24 



Bookstore 25 



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