The North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a series of local advisory committee meetings at different reserve sites and virtually between Nov. 5 and Nov. 18.
Meetings, which are open to the public, are scheduled as follows:
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- Buxton Woods Reserve, 1 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Fessenden Center, 46830 Highway 12, Buxton.
- Bird Island Reserve, 1 p.m. Nov. 6 virtually by joining https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/j.php?, meeting number 2427 890 9441, password BirdIslandLAC.
- Rachel Carson Reserve, 3 p.m. Nov. 6 in the administration building at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Beaufort Laboratory, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort.
- Zeke’s Island Reserve, 10 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Fort Fisher Recreation Area – Education Room, 1000 Loggerhead Road, Kure Beach.
- Bald Head Woods Reserve, 1 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Bald Head Island Conservancy, 700 Federal Road, Bald Head Island.
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve, 1 p.m. Nov. 12 at Kitty Hawk Town Hall, 101 Veterans Memorial Drive, Kitty Hawk.
- Currituck Banks Reserve, 1 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, 1160 Village Lane, Corolla.
- Masonboro Island Reserve, 11 a.m. Nov. 14 in the habitat conference room at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington.
- Permuda Island Reserve, 10 a.m. Nov. 14 in the meeting room at North Topsail Beach Town Hall, 2008 Loggerhead Court, North Topsail Beach.
- Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Reserve, 10 a.m. Nov. 18 at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Reserve main office, 205 S. Ludington Drive, Columbia.
The local advisory committees provide guidance and feedback regarding program activities and management of the reserve sites to the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management’s Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve staff.
Committees are made up of residents and representatives from community organizations, government agencies, and non-governmental partner organizations.
