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DEQ’s coastal hazards resilience program marks five years
As the Resilient Coastal Communities Program reaches its five-year mark, North Carolina Division of Coastal Management held a daylong workshop last month in New Bern to consider the program’s successes and challenges.
Spotlight
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Commercial fishers ask NOAA to downlist Atlantic sturgeon
North Carolina fishermen want the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to reduce protections for endangered Atlantic sturgeon. Scientists say recovery isn’t so simple.
News Briefs
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Division requests red snapper carcass donations for research
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will collect red snapper carcasses from recreational fishermen during the 2026 federal recreational Red Snapper fishing season, held Oct. 9-11.
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Carteret to collect household hazardous waste Saturday
Residents may bring small quantities of common household hazardous items, including cooking oil, automotive fluids such as gasoline, used motor oil or antifreeze, lawn and garden pesticides, batteries, and paint Saturday to the county’s health department in Morehead City.
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CRC opens public comment on proposed rule changes
The comment period is Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 on a proposed definition for man-made ditches, allowing additional colors and sizes for sandbags as temporary erosion control structures, and a new general permit for temporary structures to collect storm data on the beach.
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Gullah Geechee corridor officials to host evening event
The discussion set for Friday evening at Bellamy Mansion in downtown Wilmington will focus on the Gullah Geechee Resiliency Plan.
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State awards contract for Wrightsville Beach bridge project
Phase 1 of the Wrightsville Beach bridge replacement project is expected to get underway this month when crews relocate a water line before bridge construction.
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Special Report
Conflicts on the Water: Growing Shellfish, Increasing Tensions
The state’s burgeoning mariculture industry combined with coastal development is a recipe for disagreement over leasing, but is a moratorium the solution?
News & Features
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DEQ’s coastal hazards resilience program marks five years
As the Resilient Coastal Communities Program reaches its five-year mark, North Carolina Division of Coastal Management held a daylong workshop last month in New Bern to consider the program’s successes and challenges.
Science
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Commercial fishers ask NOAA to downlist Atlantic sturgeon
North Carolina fishermen want the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to reduce protections for endangered Atlantic sturgeon. Scientists say recovery isn’t so simple.
Commentary
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Restoring world’s coasts must happen at the speed of need
North Carolina Coastal Federation staff who recently visited Australia left with a clear takeaway: Restoration technology and expertise here at home must be put to work at a much larger scale, ambitiously and expediently.
Our Coast
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Duck to welcome diverse artists’ roster for annual jazz festival
A preview performance is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, and then performances are scheduled continuously throughout the day on Sunday, Oct. 11.
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Fellow coastal scientists, advocates reflect on Joe Ramus’ life
The respected professor, prolific researcher, former Duke University Marine Laboratory director, and environmental steward died Tuesday.
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Hatteras event honors community, its working waterfront
Hatteras Village’s 22nd annual Day at the Docks welcomed locals and visitors alike Saturday with its celebration and recognition of the traditions, people and flavors that helped shape the island community’s identity.
Featured Photo
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Preflight checklist includes sunning
A great blue heron positions its wings not for flight but to sunbathe Monday morning at the end of the Runway 26 at Michael J. Smith Field in Beaufort. According to the Audubon Society’s Field Guide, the species thrives around “waters from subtropical mangrove swamps to desert rivers to the coastline of southern Alaska.” Here, they most prefer marshes, swamps, shorelines and tidal flats, or an occasional coastal airfield. Photo: Dylan Ray
