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The Croatan National Forest ( / ˈkroʊətæn /) [3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It is administered by the United States Forest Service, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The forest is managed together with the other three North ...
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Croatan. The Croatan were a small Native American ethnic group living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina. They might have been a branch of the larger Roanoke people or allied with them. [1] The Croatan lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island, Ocracoke Island, and ...
The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is a 152,000-acre (620 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast. It was established on March 14, 1984, to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type—the pocosin —and its associated wildlife species. The refuge attracts visitors worldwide ...
November 7, 2023 at 11:27 AM. The Collett Ridge fire has grown to more than 4.5 square miles in Cherokee County, North Carolina — growing by more than 750 acres in a single day. The U.S. Forest ...
Crews searching the rubble of a massive construction fire in North Carolina on Friday found the bodies of two people who firefighters couldn't reach to save before the flames became too intense.
Uwharrie National Forest ( locally / juːˈwɑːri / yoo-WAH-ree) [3] is a federally designated national forest region located primarily in Montgomery County, but also extending into Randolph and Davidson counties in south central North Carolina. It is the smallest of the four National Forests in North Carolina, with a total area of 50,645 ...
Smoke is visible from the Locust No. 2 Fire in Pisgah National Forest. A forest fire burning 26 miles east of Asheville has grown up to 130 acres as fire fighters burn trees and brush to save homes.