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A group of teachers from across North Carolina learn the history, heritage and culture of Ocracoke from Alton Ballance, a tenth-generation native son. Ann Green shares the adventure with readers.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Coast Guard Station on Ocracoke Island has served the state for nearly six decades. In its new life, it will be transformed into a teaching and learning center.<\/p>\n
Born of geographic necessity, the North Carolina FeffY Division has become the second largest state-owned and -operated system in the country. Pam Smith tells why the ferries are much more than a pleasant way to tour the coast.<\/p>\n
Wildlife-related activities, such as dolphin watching, are increasing along coastal North Carolina. Ann Green shows how a Sea Grant survey and Outer Banks tour operators are providing insight into what tourists want to know-and need to know-about the species.<\/p>\n
Discover nature at its best \u2014 and wildest \u2014 along a dozen trails dedicated to Charles Kuralt’ s love of this country’s natural treasures. Pam Smith highlights sites established by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Kuralt’s friends and family.<\/p>\n
Go fishing for red drum and learn catch-and-release techniques from a Sea Grant expert.<\/p>\n
Historian\/author David Cecelski gives readers a rare look into the life of Allen Parker, a tidewater slave. Cecelski draws from Parker’s memoirs, Recollections of Slavery Times<\/em>, to reveal details of a slave’s daily life, including lessons from “the book of Nature.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Table of Contents OCRACOKE ISLAND: TEACHERS EXPLORE UNIQUE CULTURE A group of teachers from across North Carolina learn the history, heritage and culture of Ocracoke from Alton Ballance, a tenth-generation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n