Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve in Kitty Hawk and the Buxton Woods Reserve on Hatteras Island reopened to visitors this week after being closed due to Hurricane Dorian damage.
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State Conditions Sunset Beach Dredge Permit
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management has issued a permit to Sunset Beach to dredge south Jinks Creek but with conditions, including limiting excavation to less than half of the requested depth.
Class to Give Fisheries Management Overview
North Carolina Sea Grant is offering a three-part class beginning Nov. 26 to provide an overview of the state’s marine fisheries management being held at CMAST in Morehead City or available as a webinar online.
Students Help Build Rain Garden
Sarah Bodin, front right, of the North Carolina Coastal Federation assists students from the Career Management class at Swansboro High School in building a rain garden Tuesday at Swansboro’s town hall. The work to capture rainwater and reduce the amount of polluted runoff reaching nearby waterways is part of a larger project funded in part by the Section 319 Grant Program of the Clean Water Act. Photo: Mark Hibbs
Lurking Invaders Threaten US, Experts Warn
Thousands of nonnative creepers and critters could wreak havoc here, according to members of the recently deactivated panel that had long advised the Interior Department on invasive species.
OWLS Readies for Annual Taste of Carteret
The Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter 25th annual Taste of Carteret Nov. 15 in Morehead City will give ticketholders a chance to vote for $1 on the name of the diamondback terrapins that are joining OWLS’ educational ambassadors.
N.C. Estuarine Research Reserve Seeks Input
NOAA is looking for feedback by Nov. 27 on the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve draft revised management plan and will host three meetings along the coast to review the plan and collect comments.
Loss of the Bounty, A Personal Recollection
Outer Banks resident James Charlet recounts his experience seven years ago monitoring the rescue of the crew of the Bounty replica ship that was lost off Cape Hatteras during Hurricane Sandy.
Derelict Vessel Cleanup Workshops Offered
Workshops are being held in Washington and Wilmington in November for local government representatives with existing abandoned vessel ordinances and the coastal counties that have or are considering putting an ordinance in place.
EJ Advisory Board to Meet Nov. 20
The Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board is set to meet Nov. 20 in Raleigh.
Bird Advocates Hail NC Native Plants Law
Wildlife advocates are praising a state law passed earlier this year that requires the N.C. Department of Transportation to give priority to native, bird-friendly species in its plantings.
Cape Lookout to Commemorate 160 years
On Friday, the Cape Lookout National Seashore will commemorate the 160th anniversary of Cape Lookout Lighthouse being lit for the first time Nov. 1, 1859, and allow visitors to climb at no charge.
CRC’s Erosion Rates Hearing Oct. 30
The Coastal Resources Commission has rescheduled for Wednesday morning in Swan Quarter a public hearing on oceanfront erosion rates that was originally scheduled for Oct. 8 in Ocracoke.
NC’s Next Sea Level Rise Study to Eye 2100
The next update to the state’s periodic review of sea level rise science will consider projections out to 2100, not just the rolling 30-year time table the previous Coastal Resources Commission had mandated.
Songs From the ‘Mountains to the Sea’
The state premier of “From The Mountains to the Sea: The Anne and Frank Warner Collection” about their lifelong search for songs of rural America will be Nov. 2 in Wanchese.
SELC Challenges Water Protections Repeal
Southern Environmental Law Center filed Wednesday a lawsuit on behalf of several conservation groups challenging the repeal of clean water protections under the Clean Water Act.
