Mount Mitchell research group probes spruce death crisis
Mount Mitchell in North Carolina shows widespread spruce and fir die off as about 100 researchers study acid rain ozone worms and harsh weather. The program funded at about 2 million dollars annually by EPA and Forest Service includes NC State University experts and teams from Virginia Georgia Tennessee and South Carolina examining forest health and cloud chemistry tests at Mount Mitchell.
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Mount Mitchell
N.C
Appalachian
Robert I. Bruck
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
Bruck
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Forest Service
North Carolina State
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Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Southern Appalachian Research Resource Management Cooperative
Gorillas in computer dating hope for romance in captivity
Memphis Zoo announces 16 year old gorilla Carlos will mate with Hope at Asheboro North Carolina Zoo under a Species Survival Plan. If successful the romance could last up to two years and produce offspring as part of captive breeding efforts for endangered lowland gorillas.
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Memphis, Tenn
Carlos
Hope
North Carolina
North Carolina Zoo
Asheboro
Charles Wilson
Memphis
Les Schubert
Asheboro Zoo
Wilson
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums
Dog dodges execution dies anyway in Norfolk case
Max, a German shepherd mix famed for a 1983 death sentence over barking, died Sunday from complications of a February hit-and-run. He was buried Tuesday at Garden of the Pines in Virginia Beach after two months of treatment at NC State University veterinary school.
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Norfolk, Va
Max
Garden of the Pines
Virginia Beach
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Thomas W. Atkinson
Joseph A. Jordan Jr
Jordan
Norfolk Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Texas
Atkinson
North Carolina State University
Veterinary School
Raleigh
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