Natural Resources

by Anderson, Jean B. By Elizabeth A. Fenn, Peter H. Wood, Harry L. Watson, Thomas H. Clayton, Sydney Nathans, Thomas C. Parramore, and Jean B. Anderson; Maps by Mark Anderson Moore. Edited by Joe A. Mobley. [...] (from The Way We Lived in North Carolina, NC Office of Archives and History and UNC Press.)

by Ijames, Earl. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a hurricane is a three-dimensional, severe tropical cyclone with sustained winds at or above 74 miles per hour. When these big storms strike, they [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Powell, William S. Artesian wells, more abundant in southern North Carolina than in the state's northern counties, consist of ground water sufficiently concentrated and under enough natural pressure to flow to the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly. Bay Tree Lake State Park By Kelly Agan, N.C. Government & Heritage Library, 2015 https://www.ncparks.gov/ Established: 1979 GPS Coordinates: 34.678464, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Stick, David. Canoes have provided a primary form of transportation on the sounds, rivers, and bays of coastal North Carolina for centuries. In the 1580s the explorers and colonists sent to Roanoke Island by Sir [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly. Cape Hatteras State Park By Kelly Agan, N.C. Government & Heritage Library, 2015 Established: 1935 GPS [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Stick, David, Blair, Dan. Cape Lookout National Seashore encompasses 28,000 acres of land and water and extends for 55 miles along the North Carolina coast from Ocracoke Inlet to Beaufort Inlet. Included within its boundaries [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly. Carolina Beach State Park (Originally Masonboro State Park) By North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, 2015; Kelly Agan, N.C. Government & Heritage Library, [...] (from NC Division of Parks and Recreation, NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources.)

by Weidman, Rich. Nearly 900 caves and caverns are known to exist in North Carolina, although only a small number are accessible to the public. Linville Caverns, which lies deep within Humpback Mountain in McDowell [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Seaman, Jean H. Cement, calcium oxide produced by heating carbonate rock or shell and used as a hardening and binding agent when mixed with water and sand, was manufactured from limestone, marl, and shell deposits [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly. Chimney Rock State Park (Orginally, Hickory Nut Gorge State Park) By North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, 2011, 2015; Kelly Agan, N.C. Government & Heritage Library, [...] (from NC Division of Parks and Recreation, NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources.)

by . Cliffs of the Neuse State Park By North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, 2015 https://www.ncparks.gov/ Established: 1945 GPS Coordinates: 35.2354,-77.8932 Size: 892 acres See [...] (from NC Division of Parks and Recreation, NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources.)

by Seaman, Jean H., Mcarver, Charles H., Jr. Coal in North Carolina is limited to two belts of Triassic sediment: the sporadic Dan River belt and the larger Deep River belt, which runs along the Deep River in Lee, Moore, and Chatham Counties. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Amspacher, Karen Willis. Coastal Life "Homegrown Skills: Creating a Way of Life at the Coast" by Karen Willis Amspacher Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 2009. Tar Heel Junior [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Williams, Wiley J. The Commission on the Future of North Carolina, also called NC 2000, was created in June 1981 by Governor James B. Hunt Jr. Chaired by William C. Friday, then president of the consolidated University [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)