Coastal North Carolina

Author : Orrin H. Pilkey,Tracy Monegan Rice,William J. Neal
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781469619675

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How to Read a North Carolina Beach by Orrin H. Pilkey,Tracy Monegan Rice,William J. Neal Pdf

Take a walk on the beach with three coastal experts who reveal the secrets and the science of the North Carolina shoreline. What makes sea foam? What are those tiny sand volcanoes along the waterline? You'll find the answers to these questions and dozens more in this comprehensive field guide to the state's beaches, which shows visitors how to decipher the mysteries of the beach and interpret clues to an ever-changing geological story. Orrin Pilkey, Tracy Monegan Rice, and William Neal explore large-scale processes, such as the composition and interaction of wind, waves, and sand, as well as smaller features, such as bubble holes, drift lines, and black sands. In addition, coastal life forms large and small--from crabs and turtles to microscopic animals--are all discussed here. The concluding chapter contemplates the future of North Carolina beaches, considering the threats to their survival and assessing strategies for conservation. This indispensable beach book offers vacationers and naturalists a single source for learning to appreciate and preserve the natural features of a genuine state treasure. Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

Author : Stanley R. Riggs,Dorothea V. Ames,Stephen J. Culver,David J. Mallinson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780807878071

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The Battle for North Carolina's Coast by Stanley R. Riggs,Dorothea V. Ames,Stephen J. Culver,David J. Mallinson Pdf

The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their associated wetlands are in jeopardy. In The Battle for North Carolina's Coast, four experts on coastal dynamics examine issues that threaten this national treasure. According to the authors, the North Carolina barrier islands are not permanent. Rather, they are highly mobile piles of sand that are impacted by sea-level rise and major storms and hurricanes. Our present development and management policies for these changing islands are in direct conflict with their natural dynamics. Revealing the urgency of the environmental and economic problems facing coastal North Carolina, this essential book offers a hopeful vision for the coast's future if we are willing to adapt to the barriers' ongoing and natural processes. This will require a radical change in our thinking about development and new approaches to the way we visit and use the coast. Ultimately, we cannot afford to lose these unique and valuable islands of opportunity. This book is an urgent call to protect our coastal resources and preserve our coastal economy.

Author : John Stephen Carbone
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0865262977

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The Civil War in Coastal North Carolina by John Stephen Carbone Pdf

Examines the impact the Civil War had on coastal North Carolina, describing the key battles that took place on the state's coast during the war.

Author : Dirk Frankenberg
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0807846554

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The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast by Dirk Frankenberg Pdf

With The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast, Dirk Frankenberg's effort to provide a comprehensive field guide to the state's dynamic shoreline is complete. Picking up where his 1995 book The Nature of the Outer Banks left off, this bo

Author : John O. Fussell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:49015002216910

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A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina by John O. Fussell Pdf

A popular destination for bird-watchers from across the country, the coastal region of North Carolina is a seasonal home to approximately 400 species of bird, some of which are found more easily here than anywhere else in the United States. A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina is the first guide to the prime bird-watching spots of the Tar Heel coast and nearby areas - including national seashores, national forests and wildlife refuges, state parks and game lands, and other public areas. Written for both casual and serious birders, the book features detailed site guides to the entire coastal region, including the Outer Banks. John Fussell provides an annotated checklist, habitat information, and frequency graphs indicating seasonal abundance for all regularly occurring species. The book also includes a section on the 141 most sought-after species on the coast. Fussell describes the best places and conditions - seasonal, weather, and tidal - for finding these popular varieties. Detailed maps of most of the major birding sites complement the text. A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina will be an enduring resource that belongs in the library of birders and naturalists.

Author : David Bryant,George Davidson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0820325333

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Georgia's Amazing Coast by David Bryant,George Davidson Pdf

Fun and learning come together in Georgia's Amazing Coast, an inviting collection of one hundred short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna, and natural history of that fascinating place where land meets sea. Each page includes a full-color illustration and breezy, fact-filled commentary on coastal wildlife from fifty-foot-long northern right whales to single-cell plankton, from shy coyotes to overbearingly sociable sand gnats. Readers will learn about the lifespan of the gopher tortoise, the acting talents of the hognose snake, the health benefits of eating pawpaws, the importance of tidal fluctuations, and much more. Written for the general reader, yet solidly researched, Georgia's Amazing Coast will spark our sense of wonder and inspire us to learn even more about our natural heritage and what all of us can do to preserve it.

Author : John Bivins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Cabinetmakers
ISBN : IND:39000006085729

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The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820 by John Bivins Pdf

The first in the Frank L. Horton Series of regional decorative arts monographs published by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, this volume by John Bivins, Jr., is a study of the interrelationship of coastal North Carolina's history, geography, settlement patterns, economy, and furniture trade from 1700-1820. The style and technology of the furniture of the Carolina coastal plain are examined in detail.

Author : Paul E. Hosier
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 957 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781469641447

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Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas by Paul E. Hosier Pdf

This accessibly written and authoritative guide updates the beloved and much-used 1970s classic Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas. In this completely reimagined book, Paul E. Hosier provides a rich, new reference guide to plant life in the coastal zone of the Carolinas for nature lovers, gardeners, landscapers, students, and community leaders. Features include: * Detailed profiles of more than 200 plants, with color photographs and information about identification, value to wildlife, relationship to natural communities, propagation, and landscape use. * Background on coastal plant communities, including the effects of invasive species and the benefits of using native plants in landscaping. * A section on the effects of climate change on the coast and its plants. * A list of natural areas and preserves open to visitors interested in observing native plants in the coastal Carolinas. * A glossary that includes plant names and scientific terms. With a special emphasis on the benefits of conserving and landscaping with native plants, this guide belongs on the shelf of every resident and visitor to the coasts of the Carolinas.

Author : Peter Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Coastal animals
ISBN : 0962818666

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Nature Guide to the Carolina Coast by Peter Meyer Pdf

Author : Andrew W. Kahrl
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469628738

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The Land Was Ours by Andrew W. Kahrl Pdf

The coasts of today's American South feature luxury condominiums, resorts, and gated communities, yet just a century ago, a surprising amount of beachfront property in the Chesapeake, along the Carolina shores, and around the Gulf of Mexico was owned and populated by African Americans. Blending social and environmental history, Andrew W. Kahrl tells the story of African American–owned beaches in the twentieth century. By reconstructing African American life along the coast, Kahrl demonstrates just how important these properties were for African American communities and leisure, as well as for economic empowerment, especially during the era of the Jim Crow South. However, in the wake of the civil rights movement and amid the growing prosperity of the Sunbelt, many African Americans fell victim to effective campaigns to dispossess black landowners of their properties and beaches. Kahrl makes a signal contribution to our understanding of African American landowners and real-estate developers, as well as the development of coastal capitalism along the southern seaboard, tying the creation of overdeveloped, unsustainable coastlines to the unmaking of black communities and cultures along the shore. The result is a skillful appraisal of the ambiguous legacy of racial progress in the Sunbelt.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030631246

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North Carolina Coastal Management Program by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : UCR:31210018641702

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Proposed Coastal Management Program for the State of North Carolina by National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management Pdf

Author : David Blevins
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781469632506

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North Carolina's Barrier Islands by David Blevins Pdf

In this stunning book, nature photographer and ecologist David Blevins offers an inspiring visual journey to North Carolina's barrier islands as you have never seen them before. These islands are unique and ever-changing places with epic origins, surprising plants and animals, and an uncertain future. From snow geese midflight to breathtaking vistas along otherworldly dunes, Blevins has captured the incredible natural diversity of North Carolina's coast in singular detail. His photographs and words reveal the natural character of these islands, the forces that shape them, and the sense of wonder they inspire. Featuring over 150 full-color images from Currituck Banks, the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores, and the islands of the southern coast, North Carolina's Barrier Islands is not only a collection of beautiful images of landscapes, plants, and animals but also an appeal for their conservation.

Author : David Stick
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469624150

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The Outer Banks of North Carolina, 1584-1958 by David Stick Pdf

The Outer Banks have long been of interest to geologists, historians, linguists, sportsmen, and beachcombers. This long series of low, narrow, sandy islands stretches along the North Carolina coast for more than 175 miles. Here on Roanoke Island in the 1580s, the first English colony in the New World was established. It vanished soon after, becoming the famous "lost colony." At Ocracoke, in 1718, the pirate Blackbeard was killed; at Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island important Civil War battles were fought; at Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills the Wright brothers experimented with gliders and in 1903 made their epic flight. The Graveyard of the Atlantic, scene of countless shipwrecks, lies all along the ever-shifting shores of the Banks. This is the fascinating story of the Banks and the Bankers; of whalers, stockmen, lifesavers, wreckers, boatmen, and fishermen; of the constantly changing inlets famous for channel bass fishing; and of the once thriving Diamond City that disappeared completely in a three-year period.

Author : Cheryl Shelton-Roberts,Bruce Roberts
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781469641492

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North Carolina Lighthouses by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts,Bruce Roberts Pdf

Of the over four dozen lighthouses that once marked the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These beacons are cherished monuments of North Carolina history. In addition to warning ships to safer waters, they now draw thousands of visitors each year. With this book, cofounders of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts provide a well-researched, human-centered, and beautifully illustrated history of these towering structures. The authors offer stories—including the misadventures of Civil War spies and the threat of looming German U-boats off the North Carolina coast—that provide important context and meaning to the history of North Carolina's lighthouses. From Cape Fear to Currituck Beach, every still-standing lighthouse is lovingly described alongside their architects, builders, and keepers and the sailors who depended on the lighthouses to keep them from harm.