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Features 



Coastal Tidings 



The Hook: Man's Tenure on Cape Lookout 



Locals call it "the cape," and outsiders call it "the hook." No matter 

 what you call it. Cape Lookout is a wild landscape of empty 

 beaches, undisturbed marshes and rolling dunes. Few people, 

 however, are aware that this remote cape of the national seashore 

 was once quite heavily settled 6 



Shaping the Waterfront: 



New Law Allows Building Over Public Waters 



A new state law intended to encourage revitalization of urban 

 waterfronts allows certain development over public waters. When 

 passed last year, the legislation had developers seeing green and 

 environmentalists seeing red. But the impact on North Carolina 

 waterways remains to be seen 1 6 



Luring Boaters to Waters Less Traveled 



A new tourism group hopes to persuade people who paddle, motor 

 and cruise the Intracoastal Waterway to linger in North Carolina and 

 explore its coastal treasures. In the process, they hope the state will 

 collect a little treasure too 20 



A Historian's Coast: 



Elliott Coues, a Naturalist at Fort Macon 



While stationed as an Army surgeon at Fort Macon from 1869-70. 

 Elliot Coues spent countless hours collecting, drawing and writing 

 about the wildlife of the area. His efforts made him one of the day's 

 most respected naturalists — and put Bogue Banks on the natural 

 history map 24 



Book Market: 



Electrifying, Exotic and Entertaining — 

 Curl up With a Few Critters 



The watery depths of the oceans are home to creatures bizarre and 

 beautiful. Learn how to identify the exotic, appreciate the grand and 

 avoid the dangerous creatures of the seas 27 



Maritime Morsels: 

 Seafood can be Kid Food 



Want to know how to hook your kids on seafood for life? The secret 

 lies in taste, presentation and involvement 30 



Naturalist's Notebook: 



Salt Marsh Citizen — The Diamondback Terrapin 



Once the entree on gourmets' plates, the diamondback terrapin now 

 faces the threats of habitat loss and accidental death in fishing gear. 

 The future is uncertain for this salt marsh critter 32 



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