A Guide to Nature Conservancy Projects in North Carolina
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Book Description
A Guide to Nature Conservancy Projects in North Carolina provides natural history information and invaluable travel tips for visiting North Carolina's most unique wild places, ranging from Bat Cave in the Blue Ridge Mountains to Nags Head Woods on the Outer Banks. The guidebook focuses exclusively on natural areas that have been protected by The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit conservation organization that has saved more than 476,000 acres in North Carolina.
Tourists and travelers can easily carry this portable guidebook in their glove compartment or backpack. Written for hikers, birders, paddlers, wildflower lovers, nature photographers, and armchair travelers, the book describes the most exceptional natural areas in each of North Carolina's geographical regions: the southern Appalachians, piedmont, coastal plain, and coast.
All of the areas featured in the book are open to the public. The sites include state parks, game lands, national wildlife refuges, or national forests, and Nature Conservancy preserves that are accessible through The Nature Conservancy's extensive field trip program. Each description includes an overview of the ecological features of the natural area, highlights about the conservation history of the project, ownership and access information, and directions to the site.
The book features photographs by well-known nature photographers, including Jeff Lepore, Jack Dermid, Carl Galie, Bill Lea, Harold E. Malde, Jay Kranyik, Michael Halminski, Derrik Hamrick, and Ken Taylor. The guidebook also includes a colorful foldout map of North Carolina based on an original watercolor by artist Mike Reagan.
A Guide to Nature Conservancy Projects in North Carolina features nationally significant Nature Conservancy preserves and projects, including:
Panthertown Valley - Located in Nantahala National Forest, Panthertown is a treat for hikers, offering spectacular open vistas and miles of trails on old logging roads. Anglers will relish the 20 miles of native trout streams.
Black River Preserve - The guidebook contains detailed directions to the best canoeing spots on this blackwater river that harbors the oldest trees in eastern North America - a stand of 1,700-year-old bald cypress.
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge - Home to a thriving population of federally endangered red wolves, this 151,000-acre refuge offers excellent wildlife viewing opportunities for paddlers and birders alike.
Staff from The Nature Conservancy and the N.C. Natural Heritage Program wrote and edited the book.
About the Author
Margaret Fields and Ida Phillips Lynch are the authors of A Guide to Nature Conservancy Projects in North Carolina.
A Guide to Nature Conservancy Projects in North Carolina
A Guide to Nature Conservancy Projects in North Carolina,Ida Phillips Lynch,Margaret Fields,Nature Conservancy, North Carolina Chapter, t,0967502608,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Reference,Travel
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