Alligators in North Carolina were granted a reprieve… for a little while anyway. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, heeding the advice of scientists, decided not to allow an alligator hunting season this year.
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Lake Mattamuskeet Plan Ruffles Feathers
A plan that will allow the state to collaborate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the management of Lake Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in Hyde County has birding and wildlife groups worried.
Humming Down U.S. 70 to the Beach
The drivers of electric cars, proponents say, are an untapped source of beach tourism. But to get the cars here, more main roads, like U.S. 70, need places where they can stop and recharge.
Critics: Shoreline Permits Need Reform
In most cases, permits for bulkheads are pretty easy to come by in North Carolina. Federal and state regulators approve most with little review. Permits for living shorelines projects, however, can take months. That may be changing.
‘Ibis at Rest’
Reader Terri Chabot captured this pair of immature ibis preening at Greenfield Lake in Wilmington.
Evidence Mounts of Shorelines’ Success
Research has shown that living shorelines can better withstand storms and require less maintenance than bulkheads. They can also be about as expensive to build.
Living Shorelines: Better Than Bulkheads
In this the first of three parts, we explore the building evidence that more natural methods of controlling erosion called living shorelines are better for the environment and perhaps lighter on property owners’ pocketbooks than bulkheads.
Panthers Still Seize N.C Imagination
Before the football team, there was the real deal — a magnificent cat that roamed the length and breadth of America. Though it’s been extinct in North Carolina for more than a century, this animal of many names has become an enduring wildlife legend.
Our Celestial Coast: Parade of Planets
Five planets line up in the early morning sky through most of February. All can be seen without binoculars or telescopes.
Photo Contest: And the Winners Are …
Best of the best: We announce the winners of Coastal Review Online’s 2015 photography contest, a showcase of marine life, coastal scenes and unique perspectives of our natural environment.
‘Nap Time’
A sleepy barred owl takes advantage of a warm sun beam during the early morning chill.
Fisheries Managers Go Slow on Seismic
Seismic survey planning work in an enormous area off the southern half of the Atlantic coast has been put on hold while federal fisheries managers review new information about potential harm to sea turtles and whales.
Poll Shows Support for Clean Power Plan
Public Policy Polling’s latest poll shows 65 percent of N.C. residents favor the Obama administration’s plan to address climate change, compared to only 27 percent who said they oppose it.
Our Coast’s Food: Keeping It Local
Chef Kyle Lee McKnight helped launch a local foods movement in Wilmington and although he’s no longer working on the N.C. coast, the flavors, traditions and friends from this region still guide his choices.
Justices Side With McCrory on Appointments
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled that legislators overreached in 2014 in creating commissions to carry out executive-branch functions, including the coal ash commission.
Groundwater: Gauging the Titan Effect
In the last of our three-part series, we look at the proposed Titan America cement plant near Wilmington and its potential threat to the area’s groundwater supply.
