Regular bow hunting season begins Sept. 7 at Nags Head Woods Preserve and is an effort by The Nature Conservancy to manage the white-tail deer population and to ensure the herd’s health.
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NOAA Forecasters Revise Hurricane Outlook
Forecasters say atmospheric conditions have become more favorable for above-normal hurricane activity as the busy part of the 2019 storm season begins.
Beachcomber’s View: Sand Dollar Treasures
Sand dollars are fragile, so finding an intact one on the sand is a thrill for beachcombers, but they are also fascinating creatures with features that are the stuff of legends.
Kitty Hawk Living Shoreline Project Wraps Up
At the end of two weeks planting marsh, volunteers helped North Carolina Coastal Federation, Kitty Hawk, landowners and Dare Soil and Water Conservation District complete in July the 600-foot living shoreline project along Moor Shore Road in Kitty Hawk.
Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Set
Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Carteret County Amateur Radio Society and Outer Banks Repeater Association will celebrate International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Aug. 17-18 by communicating with other lighthouses around the world.
CRO Joins Effort to Document Climate Change
With a grant from the North Carolina Local News Fund, Coastal Review Online has joined a partnership to help coastal residents share and use climate data to strengthen their communities.
Study: Climate Change Key in Cycle of Floods
With six of seven of the highest rainfalls since 1898 occurring within the last 20 years, UNC researchers find that climate change may be stirring a feedback loop of flood-producing coastal storms.
Lookout’s Duck Blind Permit Lottery Aug. 23
The lottery for temporary duck blind permits at Cape Lookout National Seashore will begin at 8 a.m. Aug. 23 at the Harkers Island Visitor Center.
Outer Banks Seagrass Study Underway
Seagrasses have been in decline for years, and now a third report on seagrasses in the Pamlico Sound and waterways southward is expected to be released early next year.
Low Country Boil Tickets on Sale Now
The North Carolina Coastal Federation is readying for the 2019 Low Country Boil fundraising event set for Sept. 7 in Wrightsville Beach.
Coastal Power Plant Up For Permit Renewal
A small power plant in Brunswick County is up for renewal of its five-year permit to discharge pollutants into waters just off Caswell Beach.
Wright Memorial Seeks Input on Park Plan
The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host an open house Aug. 14 for the public to comment on updating the 1996 plan for managing park facilities and operations.
PKS Upholds $10K Dune Damage Fine
A Pine Knoll Shores couple was unsuccessful in their appeal of a $10,000 fine for what the town manager said was the most significant degradation of an oceanfront dune he’d seen in 12 years.
Ocracoke Clinic Vital to Remote Island
The Ocracoke Health Center is one of those necessary institutions that keeps the island going, but that doesn’t always translate into fiscal health.
HUD to Release Matthew Relief Money
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday the Federal Register notice will be published soon to release $168 million in Hurricane Matthew recovery funds for North Carolina.
NC Ranks 3rd In US In Costs to Protect Coast
A recent report says North Carolina can expect to have paid at least $34.8 billion in costs for building seawalls to protect its coastal communities from rising seas by 2040.
