Altered Environments: The Outer Banks of North Carolina

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Altered Environments This page intentionally left blank Altered Environments The Outer Banks of North Carolina Text by Jeffrey Pompe Photographs by Kathleen Pompe The University of South Carolina Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © 2010 University of South Carolina Cloth edition published by the University of South Carolina Press, 2010 Ebook edition published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press, 2013 www.sc.edu/uscpress 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition as follows: Pompe, Jeffrey J., 1951– Altered environments : the Outer Banks of North Carolina / text by Jeffrey Pompe ; photographs by Kathleen Pompe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-57003-923-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Outer Banks (N.C.)—Environmental conditions. 2. Outer Banks(N.C.)—History. 3. Outer Banks (N.C.)—Pictorial works. 4. Landscape changes—North Carolina—Outer Banks—History. 5. Natural history—North Carolina—Outer Banks. 6. Nature—Effect of human beings on—North Carolina—Outer Banks—History. 7. Coastal ecology—North Carolina—Outer Banks—History. 8. Human ecology—North Carolina—Outer Banks—History. 9. Social change—North Carolina—Outer Banks—History. 10. Outer Banks (N.C.)—Social conditions. I. Pompe, Kathleen. II. Title. GE155.N8P66 2010 304.209756'1—dc22 2010005638 ISBN 978-1-61117-214-0 (ebook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dedicated to those who always return to places at the edge of the sea. May each find new hope. This page intentionally left blank ...