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Recreation and dune stability: In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 15; The National Park Service has allowed nature to take its course at Coquina Beach. Although the palisade dunes built in the 1930s continue to buffer the beach from frequent overwash events, heavy recreational use has threatened the stability of the dunes. Humans...; By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.

San-Lee Environmental Education & Recreation Park: This park has a nature center with native, non-releasable and rehabilitating wildlife and staff to answer students' questions.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: Located in the northeast corner of the Piedmont region, the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area covers both Virginia and North Carolina. Park Rangers give educational programs to school groups.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area: When visiting this park, students will learn about wildlife, habitats, and the food chain.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: The Fort Fisher program introduces students to the habitat and life history of "colonial-nesting coastal birds." The program also focuses on endangered, threatened and special-concern bird species.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

4-H club members participating in family recreation on the Stanly County Farm and Home Tour: In this black and white photograph, two children are crouching in the dirt, playing. The little girl in a gingham dress is shooting marbles into a circle that's been drawn out. The boy, who is wearing overalls is leaning back against a tree looking at something...; Format: image/photograph

Men in a circle take bets before a cock fight: Men in a circle take bets before a cock fight. The key participants squat in front holding two fine white cocks that face each other before the battle. A standing crowd surrounds them. Gambling on cock fights and card games are traditionally favored recreation...; Format: image/photograph

Crowd of men watch betting for cock fight: a crowd of over twenty men stand in a circle to watch the betting for a cock fight that is about to begin. Two men squat and hold their white roosters in preparation for the fight. One cock is being held up to display his luxuriant tail feathers. Gambling...; Format: image/photograph

W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir: The W. Kerr Scott Reservoir is in the beautiful Yadkin River Valley and it provides flood control, water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife management. Outreach programs teach students about nature and the importance of stewardship to the environment.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Reconstructed guest house at historic Bethabara: Recreation of a log building at historic Bethabara. The original was used to house guests at the Moravian settlement, and later served as a cow shelter.; Format: image/photograph

Bethabara building: Recreation of a building in Bethabara, the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Falls Lake State Park: A diversity of plants and animals can be found at this state park. Students in grades 2-5 will learn about the balance of nature from Park Ranger led programs.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

4-H club members playing ring-around-the-rosie at camp: In this black and white photograph, a group of little girls play Ring-Around-the-Rosie outside in grass while a taller girl looks on. In the background in a brick building with large shrubs partially concealing it from view.; Format: image/photograph

Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE): Learn about nature, hike the trails, and do some bird watching on this 390 acre property located in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Colonial-style candles: At a recreation of colonial life at Alamance Battleground, N.C., candles hang from a wooden pole. They are in various stages of completion; the candles to the left are narrower, having been dipped in a pot of hot wax only a few times, while those to the right...; Format: image/photograph

Group of children and two adults standing outside, holding hands in a circle: In this black and white photograph from the 1920s, a group of young children and two women have formed a circle and are holding hands. The area where they are playing is barren: the ground is simply dirt. In the background is a parked car and a white house...; Format: image/photograph

Colonial candle-making tools: This photograph, taken at a recreation of colonial life at Alamance Battleground, N.C., shows some of the tools that were used to make candles in the colonial era.; Format: image/photograph

Town Creek burial house and guard tower: This photograph, taken inside the town center at Town Creek Indian Mound, shows a recreation of the Town Creek burial house. The Indians who lived here built round, thatch-roof huts in which to bury their dead.; Format: image/photograph

Town Creek minor temple: At Town Creek Indian Mound, a recreation of the town's minor temple has been built on the site of the original, across the plaza from the major temple. The rectangular temple had a thatch roof and walls made of wattle and daub — a wooden frame plastered...; Format: image/photograph

View from Cumberland Knob: This is the view from near the top of Cumberland Knob in Alleghany County, North Carolina. Cumberland Knob was the place where construction first began on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1935, and it was the Parkway's first recreation area.; Format: image/photograph

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