The audience that the passage most likely addresses is:" people of North Carolina" (Option A)
<h3> Who is an Audience?</h3>
An audience is the target set of persons who the author of a text specifically had in mind when writing an article.
Notice that the first paragraph reads: "As a concerned citizen of Triston and member of the North Carolina Conservation of Nature Council, I am asking for the community's help with a serious issue."
