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With an abundance of rain during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Cachuma Lake is currently at 91% capacity and is slated to ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will soon stock more than 60,000 trout from its Bobby N. Setzer fish hatchery in Pisgah National Forest into 40 small lakes and ponds across ...