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The NC Forest Service and the the NC Wildlife Resources Commission have teamed up with NC State University Extension Forestry, with support from the USDA Forest Service, to offer forest landowners these special 2-hour workshops with dinner. If you have managed forestland in the areas around Holly Shelter Game Lands, Angola Bay and Bear Gardens…
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NASA released their global average temperature statistics for August 2016 and found that August was the warmest August in 136 years of global record-keeping. August also tied July 2016 for the warmest all-time month, which is somewhat surprising since usually August is cooler than July as the sun’s energy starts to wane. You can read…
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We’ve been getting some questions about the differences between the USDA drought declaration, the State of Georgia drought response, and the Drought Monitor drought status. I thought I would take a minute to discuss the differences between them. If you are not in Georgia, check with your own state for their rules regarding categorizing drought action…
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You might remember the chaos caused by Hurricane Floyd traveling up the East Coast. From the Facebook page for “This Day in Weather History”: September 12th, 1999 – Hurricane Floyd, a Category 4 storm with top winds of 145 mph, was making residents along the U.S. East Coast very nervous as it steamed steadily westward.…
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Now that cooler temperatures have finally returned to the Southeast, it is time to think about fall and the change of colors. There are a number of websites available to help you find times and places to see peak colors. Country Living highlighted a map which shows how peak color moves from north to south…
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Traditional methods of rice production, include transplanting rice seedlings into water-filled rice paddies, damages the soil and releases large quantities of methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas which is contributing to recent warming of the earth’s climate. It is estimated that rice production produces 20% of all man-made sources of methane. A recent study published…
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Fifteen years ago a tragedy unfolded in clear skies over New York City and Washington DC. What you might not remember is that Hurricane Erin was to the east of the Northwest on that date. If it had followed a different path, history might have been quite different. You can read about the impacts of…