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Article: Caretakers of the forests.
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- Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2006
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Byline: Chrissy Vick
Oct. 29--As a low fog rolled into the middle of the forest, Ricky Adkins pulled out his machete. The forest ranger traipsed through limbs and leaves on his way to the foot of a swamp in search of one special tree -- a tree native to coastal North Carolina but located only on hills near swampy ground. Only two cherry bark oak trees tower tall along others in this old forest north of Jacksonville in the far reaches of Onslow County. Hunting for the cherry bark oak and other trees that are becoming rare in the county is becoming harder for the rangers. When accessible trees are finally located, the rangers can spend hours trying to collect the ...
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