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The magnificent ramshorn snail is found only in the Lower Cape Fear River basin. It was recently returned to the wild for the first time in decades. A near-extinct NC snail is back in the wild.
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) [5] blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear , from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carolina) in the town of Moncure, North Carolina .
The Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the central part of the state of North Carolina in the southeastern United States, and is only found in the shallow streams of the Cape Fear River basin. The fish is small and yellow with black lips and a black ...
Basin size: 1,714.70 square miles (4,441.1 km 2) [4] Discharge • location: Cape Fear River • average: 2,090.03 cu ft/s (59.183 m 3 /s) at mouth with Cape Fear River [4] Basin features; Progression: Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean [3] River system: Cape Fear River: Tributaries • left: Poley Branch Jumping Run Great Branch Matthews Creek ...
The Cape Fear is unique, Pickens said, in the wide variety of wildlife it supports. “We just have this really cool combination of geology and hydrology that are unique,” Pickens said.
Since the mid-1990s the group has been on the environmental frontlines, taking a leading role in enhancing and protecting the region's water quality.
Basin size: 214.78 square miles (556.3 km 2) [4] Discharge • location: Cape Fear River • average: 218.82 cu ft/s (6.196 m 3 /s) at mouth with Cape Fear River [4] Basin features; Progression: Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean: River system: Cape Fear River: Tributaries • left: Little Juniper Creek Mulatto Branch Carrs Creek Patchet Creek ...
Nov. 20—After 20 years of living only in captivity, the federally endangered magnificent ramshorn has been returned to the wild. On Nov. 16, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC ...