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Sam's Field Notes: Diversity of Carolina Crabs - Coastal Review
WEBMar 13, 2017 · The biggest bruiser of a crab in our area is the stone crab. Their shell can get up to seven inches wide and is protected with fat boxing glove-like claws. The claw has one movable finger and an immovable palm that can crush and cut into oysters and other mollusks. Like all crabs they must molt as they grow.
Beachcomber’s View: Science of Sea Glass | Coastal Review
WEBJun 12, 2019 · Call 252-728-3600 or visit. People come from all over the world, year after year, to enjoy all the treasures that these miles of sand have to offer, and one of these treasures that is growing in popularity and diminishing in availability is sea glass. Most sea glass comes from broken bottles, with just a small percentage from decorative items ...
Beachcomber’s View: Whelks Versus Conchs | Coastal Review
WEBApr 22, 2019 · Whelk shells are often mistakenly called conch shells, but there are many differences in the two shell types. For starters, aside from the whelks preferring cold water and conchs preferring tropical waters, whelks are carnivores – and at times, cannibals – whereas conchs are herbivores. Known as the “bullies of the sea,” whelks attack ...
Coastal Plain Is One of World’s “Bio” Hotspots
WEBApr 21, 2016 · The coastal plain is high in plant diversity especially, he said, and meets the necessary threshold of more than 1,500 endemic vascular plants, those with tissues that conduct water, sap and nutrients, such as flowering plants and ferns. The hotspot designation is also meant to bring attention to those …
The Fiery Origins of Carolina Bays - Coastal Review
WEBAug 23, 2013 · Save 50% on Sunday nights when you stay three nights! Fireplaces open Oct. 15 in our first-floor waterfront rooms. Call 252-728-3600 or visit. Found in the coastal plains along the Atlantic shoreline, Carolina bays are shallow wetland depressions that are fed by rain or groundwater. They range in size from less than an acre to thousands of ...
Roanoke-Hatteras Algonquian: The tribe that never left
WEBOct 11, 2021 · Call 252-728-3600 or visit. “In our family, we were told not to talk about it,” recalled Marilyn Berry Morrison, chief of the Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe of the Algonquian Indians of North Carolina. This fear, which “has been embedded” from generation to generation, is often still found among local Roanoke-Hatteras descendants today.
What's on the Line: Bluefish of North Carolina | Coastal Review
WEBMar 31, 2021 · Call 252-728-3600 or visit. This species is known for hard strikes on fishermen’s bait, and a challenging fight to land after being hooked. Bluefish have a blue-green coloration along their back, and appear silver on their sides and bottom. They have a protruding, and powerful jaw full of sharp, serrated teeth.
Recalling the Lighthouse Move, 20 Years On | Coastal Review
WEBJun 17, 2019 · In 1980, the National Park Service started planning for long-term protection. The park service began a three-year public input process and in 1987, reached out the National Academy of Sciences that submitted in 1988 a report recommending moving the lighthouse as the most cost-effective protection, according to the park service.. The move was debated for years until in 1996, North Carolina ...
When World War II Was On the Outer Banks | Coastal Review
WEBJul 17, 2020 · The North Carolina coast is spectacular. When you purchase a North Carolina Coastal Federation license plate, you help keep our coast healthy and beautiful. Dare County was still sparsely populated in 1941 when the United States entered the war. There were around 6,500 residents scattered from Caffey’s Inlet north of …