. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Mattamuskeet, Phelps, Pungo, Alligator. North Carolina's coastal lakes are shrouded in mystery. Each is unique. Each has its own. set of outstanding ecological features. Each makes its own tattoo on the face of the Pamlico peninsula. They have been known since man's earliest wanderings on the continent as places of beauty and abundance. Yet, no one knows how they were formed. Scientists have their theories—meteor showers, glaciation, sink holes, wind and waves, peat burns—but none dare to say "this is
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Mattamuskeet, Phelps, Pungo, Alligator. North Carolina's coastal lakes are shrouded in mystery. Each is unique. Each has its own. set of outstanding ecological features. Each makes its own tattoo on the face of the Pamlico peninsula. They have been known since man's earliest wanderings on the continent as places of beauty and abundance. Yet, no one knows how they were formed. Scientists have their theories—meteor showers, glaciation, sink holes, wind and waves, peat burns—but none dare to say "this is the way they were ; The four shallow kikes lie peacefully on the large wetland area west of Pamlico Sound, once one of the largest swamp forests in the world. Each year they attract more and more people. In spring, anglers come in schools to battle their favorite fish. In fall and winter, bird lovers flock to see migratory waterbirds by the thousands. This issue of Coastwateh explores Lake Mattamuskeet and Lake Phelps—the largest of the state's natural coastal lakes. Mattamuskeet's Struggle to Maintain Quality By Edgerton Lake Mattamuskeet shines like a silver bowl on a table of swampy land. From the first discovery of North Carolina's magnificent inland sea, people have hunted and fished here. They have also attempted to mold Mattamuskeet into something it was never meant to be. But man's involvement on Lake Mattamuskeet has been only a moment in the lake's biological time line. Long before humans decided they'd control the heartbeat of the lake, millions of migratory birds called Mattamuskeet home during the fall and winter months. That's the primary attraction of this lake for hundreds of people every year, says biologist Kelly Davis. With In the 1988-89 season, the skies over Mattamuskeet were clouded by 23,000 tundra swans, 17,000 Canada geese, 5,000 snow geese and 122MO ducks (including can- vasbacks, mallards, diving ducks, teals and widgeons). bino
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