BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — As spring brings warmer temperatures, alligators in North Carolina are becoming more active along the coast.
Most of the state’s alligator population resides in eastern North Carolina, with the highest concentration found in Brunswick County at the state’s southernmost edge.
Orton Pond, a 500-acre body of water near the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, is renowned for having the largest alligator population in North Carolina…