An open burn ban within unincorporated areas of Brunswick County will remain in effect until conditions improve.
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Web tool to give real-time status of Wrightsville bridge project
Residents, workers and visitors of Wrightsville Beach may now sign up to receive real time updates on the Wrightsville Beach bridge replacement project.
Fishing guides cast concerns over shellfish lease proliferation
Special report: The state’s rapid growth of shellfish leases, especially water column leases where gear must float, has not only led to viewshed complaints from waterfront property owners but also frustration among fishing guides over the operations’ effects on access.
New fisheries rules, amendments now in effect
New rules and amendments adopted by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, including false albacore management, are now in effect.
Chancellor visits Institute of Marine Sciences, its researchers
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee H. Roberts spent Tuesday in Carteret County meeting with researchers at the university’s Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City as part of his second summer tour.
Science panel to present hardened structure report findings
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission is expected to hear from its science advisory panel its findings on the effects hard structures have on sandy, open-ocean coastlines.
Elizabeth City State students make genetic research history
Elizabeth City State University undergraduate biology students have become the first researchers from a historically Black college or university to participate in the American Campus Tree Genome Project and have their work accepted into a worldwide genetic database.
Crews set out to pull more abandoned boats from area waters
The North Carolina Coastal Federation, with a $450,000 grant from the BoatUS Foundation, has launched its latest effort to rid coastal marshes and waterways of abandoned and derelict vessels.
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch opens symposium registration
The annual event, set for Oct. 19-20 at the Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center in Jacksonville, is designed for fishermen, students, researchers, agency partners, local governments, decision makers, educators, advocates, and coastal community members who care about clean water, healthy fisheries, and working waterfronts.
Volunteers clean up Buxton beach within hours of collapse
National Park Service employees, local residents, visitors, fishermen, and members of the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association joined forces Wednesday to clear the shoreline of debris from the house that collapsed Tuesday.
State names bridge for Cornelius Nixon; city recalls his grace
Wilmington’s staggering growth has displaced numerous homes and businesses, but “Sonny” Nixon refused to let his longstanding and pioneering Market Street wholesale and retail seafood business stand in the way of progress.
Sept. 1-14 is recreational flounder season for all NC waters
Fishers are allowed to keep one fish per day if it is 15 inches or longer that they caught with hook and line only in inland, coastal and joint fishing waters.
Buxton oceanfront house collapses Tuesday, 5th this year
Potentially hazardous debris from the fallen house has scattered in the surf and officials urge the public to avoid the beach from Buxton south to the Cape Point area.
Coastal Federation, The Conservation Fund protect 153 acres
The two nonprofit organizations partnered to acquire the more than153 acres situated along U.S. Highway 70 between East Carteret High School and the North River Bridge.
New book, ‘A Spectacular Coast and its Guardians’: An excerpt
Author Glenn Blackburn, professor emeritus of history at University of Virginia’s College at Wise, has written his second book about the North Carolina Coastal Federation and the nonprofit’s history, people and accomplishments.
Apply now to serve on a coastal reserve advisory committee
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management’s Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve is accepting applications through June 30 for local advisory committees of the state’s 10 coastal reserves.
