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Dare awards $26M bid for Avon, Buxton nourishment
A nearly $26 million bid was awarded Monday to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. for the 2022 Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects.
Winds, temperatures can affect varying red drum numbers
A new UNCW study looks at how wind, water temperature and food source can affect juvenile red drum in nearshore areas.
Lady Swan birding cruise to tour Swansboro waters Sunday
Birding experts will lead an educational cruise aboard the Lady Swan Boat Tours’ covered ferryboat starting at 10 a.m. Sunday in Swansboro.
‘Jug handle’ bridge could open as soon as February
NCDOT expects to open in early 2022 the nearly complete “jug handle” bridge that will connect the southern portion of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge to northern Rodanthe.
New plan aims to save northeastern NC marshlands
The recently released Currituck Sound Coalition Marsh Conservation Plan was designed to address the challenges marshes in the sound face, including sea level rise.
New Hanover Board denies new zoning district
The New Hanover Planning Board on Thursday denied a proposed new zoning district on the riverfront.
New app catalogs marine debris, wildlife interactions
Anyone in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia can submit their observations of wildlife interacting with marine debris to the new Tangled in Trash app, which allows agencies to study possible solutions.
BOEM to provide sand to restore Dare County beaches
BOEM has granted Dare County access to up to 6.6 million cubic yards of sand from the outer continental shelf to restore 11.6 miles of beachfront.
Fisheries officials ask public to report cold-stunned trout
Though no cold-stun events have happened so far this season, the Division of Marine Fisheries is asking the public to keep an eye out for cold-stunned spotted seatrout.
What do anglers really want for Christmas this year?
Capt. Gordon Churchill, Coastal Review’s new fishing columnist and longtime guide on the North Carolina coast, shares his list of responses to that familiar question this time of year.
Meetings set for Tuesday on Navassa Superfund work
The meetings about projects related to the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp.’s creosote-based wood-treatment site are online only, and two times are offered to allow greater public participation.
Marine Fisheries creates, certifies new red hind state record
Matthew Parr of Wilmington caught the record-setting 7-pound, 1.6-ounce red hind Oct. 1 off Cape Lookout.
Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards training set
The online course is to help coastal managers and planners plan and implement green infrastructure projects to reduce impacts of coastal hazards in their community.
Researchers eye alternative energy to power state ferries
The North Carolina Ferry Division and university researchers are studying possible ways for alternative energy to power the state’s 21 ferries.
Hearing on 3 Pender shellfish lease proposals Jan. 13
The state Division of Marine Fisheries has scheduled a public hearing by web conference on proposed shellfish leases in Pender County.
