In the February 1977 issue, we detail the story of Barbara Lee, a woman who spends her early mornings and late nights in Uwharrie National Forest looking for red-cockaded woodpecker nesting holes. She has traveled over 40,000 acres of land solo, inspecting short-leaf pines and marking nesting trees — her dedication to this practice enables tree-cutters to avoid nesting sites.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
For the owner of The Country Biscuit, welcoming diners is the fulfillment of a decades-long dream. And diners’ dreams come true when they try the glazed biscuit doughnut holes.
Black bears are the embodiment of North Carolina’s adventurous spirit, immense and wild.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
