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This publication describes the habitat, food, cover, water habits and home range of the white-tailed deer. It also provides tips to improve the deer's habitat.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Deer

This publication explains endangered and threatened species in North Carolina and the protective measures landowners should take to ensure compliance with federal and state laws.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Endangered Species

This publication describes the habitat, food, cover, water habits and home range of the black bear in North Carolina. Tips for improving the black bear's habitat also are included.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Black Bear
• Bearwise

This publication describes the habitat, food, water habits, home range and tree cover for the Eastern gray squirrel. Tips are provided for improving the squirrel's habitat as well as building a squirrel box.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Squirrel

This publication discusses how to successfully build, install and maintain nest boxes for songbirds.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Songbird
• Bird

This publication functions as a dictionary for commonly used wildlife terms such as cover, daylighting, forage, mast and understory.

• Wildlife

This publication describes how homeowners can create backyards and other urban habitats that attract a variety of songbirds.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Habitat
• Urban Forestry
• Urban Wildlife
• Bird

This publication describes the habitat, food, cover, water habits, and home range of the bobwhite quail in North Carolina. The publication also includes tips on improving the habitat of the bobwhite quail.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Bobwhite Quail
• Bird

Owls play an important role in the balance of forest and open land environments. This publication discusses management of habitat to promote owl populations.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Bird
• Owl

This publication describes edges (or ecotones), areas where two habitat types meet, such as a forest and a meadow. Edges are inhabited by some of the animals and plants that are characteristic of each original habitat, plus species that are specially adapted to live in edges. Tips for edge management are included.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Wildlife Habitat

This publication describes creating and protecting snags (standing dead or dying trees) and downed logs (a log lying on or near the forest floor) as potential habitats for a wide range of wildlife species.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Habitat

This publication describes the habitat, food, water habits, cover and home range of raccoons in North Carolina. Tips on improving the habitat of the raccoon also are included.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Raccoon

This publication describes the habitat, food, cover, water habits and home range of wild turkeys in North Carolina. It also offers tips for improving the turkey's habitat.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Turkey

Bats serve as pollinators of many food plants and are the only predator of night-flying insects. This publication explains the steps you can take to encourage bats on private lands, including building and installing bat boxes.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Bat

This publication describes the habitat, food, cover, water habits and home range of the cottontail rabbit. Also included are tips on improving the rabbit's habitat.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Rabbit

This publication describes how you can transform your backyard into an area that welcomes nectar-seekers, such as hummingbirds and butterflies.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Butterfly
• Hummingbird
• Bird

This publication describes the habitat, cover, food, water habits and home range of various songbird species. Also included are tips to improve the birds' habitats, as well as a chart listing the habitat of several species.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Songbird
• Woodpecker
• Bird

This publication provides information on constructing and placing artificial nesting boxes to attract birds and other wildlife to your property.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Nest Box

This publication describes the habitat, food, cover and home range of the wood duck. It also offers tips on improving the wood duck's habitat, as well as instructions on building a wood duck nest.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Wood Duck
• Duck

This publication describes methods for maintaining and establishing herbaceous plants as valuable sources of food and cover for wildlife in North Carolina.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Herbaceous Plant

This publication describes the habitat, food and water habits, cover and home range of a range of amphibians in North Carolina. Tips on constructing and maintaining a fishless pool are included.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Amphibian
• Salamander

This publication reviews the benefits of beavers and methods to manage and enhance beaver ponds.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Beaver

This publication describes the habitat, food, cover, water habits and home range of the mourning dove in North Carolina. The publication also includes tips on improving the dove's habitat.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Bird
• Mourning Dove
• Dove

This publication describes the habitat, home range, water habits, food and cover for the ruffed grouse in North Carolina. Tips are provided to improve the grouse's habitat.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Grouse
• Bird

The smaller habitats that abound on private lands and in many backyards can be enhanced using a variety of improvement options. Wildlife improvements can be simple, inexpensive and fun for the whole family. This publication discusses selected low-cost habitat improvements that will enhance food and cover for wildlife on private lands.

• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Wildlife Habitat