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Chronic wasting disease found in NC
While humans continue to battle a pandemic, a fatal disease has emerged that affects North Carolina’s white-tailed deer, reindeer and elk. The state’s Wildlife Resources Commission identified a case of chronic wasting disease, a neurological disease that affects some types of cervids, in late March, prompting officials to enact an emergency plan to contain the disease.
Rethinking NC mountain habitat conservation in the face of climate change
Innovative approaches, from land restoration through private and public partnerships, plus revisiting tried approaches from herd grazing to indigenous land management techniques, offer partial answers to the challenges of changing climate in Western NC forests.
Elk and other large species in NC mountains constrained by changing habitats, human activity
Climate change and extreme weather events disrupt habitat areas and food sources in NC mountain forests, while human infrastructure blocks natural migration paths and creates dangers near roadways for large animal species.
Lose the red spruce, lose an entire suite of species
Tiny endangered droplets of high-elevation forest are home to one of richest areas of biodiversity in North America. Western NC conservation efforts seek to connect this archipelago of habitat islands with ecological bridges.
Modular home builder expansion to bring 182 jobs to southeastern NC
A modular and manufactured home builder is expanding to southeastern North Carolina, bringing in 182 jobs over the next five years. Champion Home Builders, which is a subsidiary of Skyline Champion, will invest $18.7 million in the acquisition of Manis Custom Builders’ Scotland County plant in Laurinburg, which it plans to expand to accommodate the new jobs.
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