Wildlife biologists across the state work to monitor and conserve these sensitive suckers. Your help finding spawning migrations in your local watershed would be very much appreciated.
NCWRC has recently contracted with the research group, Tangled Bank Conservation, to perform a study of Appalachian cottontails.
A cold front that moved through North Carolina in late November created cold-water conditions that led to 12 smaller sea turtles becoming cold-stunned (similar to hypothermia) in Pamlico Sound.