When Helene hit NC’s Green River Gorge, woman’s only escape route was over the mountain
When the house across the street exploded, Susan Figetakis knew it was time to run from the rising Green River. Figetakis ... and like so many in Western North Carolina, Figetakis and Planck ...
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North Carolina Salamander Moves Toward Endangered Species Safeguards
The agency now has 12 months to decide whether to protect the salamander, which lives only in a rapidly developing river gorge ... These green-splotched salamanders live only in the Hickory Nut Gorge, ...
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Endangered Species Protection Sought for North Carolina’s Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamanders
These green-splotched salamanders live only in a single 14-mile-long gorge in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Scientists estimate there are only a few hundred of them left on Earth. “Without ...