Though no cold-stun events have been reported so far this season, officials say conditions in the coming weeks could affect spotted seatrout in coastal rivers and creeks.
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Commission sets hearings on emergency coastal rules
The Coastal Resources Commission is expected to vote in February on the temporary rules approved to replace those deleted after Rules Review Commission objections.
Winter fishing comes with perils, discomfort, big rewards
Capt. Gordon doesn’t like winter any more than anyone, but he has tips for boating the big ones that don’t seem to mind the cold.
Designer Lilias J. Morrison: Homes should ‘blend into land’
Reared in Northwest England, surrounded by botanical gardens and history, the unlikely developer says she “became a builder because local builders wouldn’t do anything except beach boxes.”
State fisheries staff remove washed-up tires from beaches
North Carolina Division of Marie Fisheries staff on Tuesday began picking up hundreds of tires that washed ashore on two beaches following Sunday’s coastal storm.
State to invest $10M in short-line railroad improvements
The North Carolina Department of Transportation funding includes four rail infrastructure projects on the coast.
Funding boosts UNCW scientists’ work to stem coral losses
University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers recently received nearly $2 million to further study how to ethically protect coral reefs from being wiped out by disease and climate change.
Making a Way: Army Corps of Engineers 1930-1932
Historian David Cecelski has compiled a selection of photographs from an album the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Office of History discovered in their historical collections a few years ago.
Scuppernong River study takes regional look at water woes
Officials say that because water knows no boundaries, a basin-wide approach was needed to better address water management challenges on both private and public lands.
$10M contract awarded to mill, resurface 5 miles on I-140
Transportation officials announced the contract award Wednesday.
Division to accept comments on striped mullet fishery
The public has until Jan. 17 to comment on the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Draft Amendment 2 that contains a suite of proposed management options pertaining to the commercial and recreational fisheries.
Central Atlantic offshore wind fields to go up for lease
The federal Bureau of Ocean Management has announced plans to hold lease sales for two new offshore wind fields in the central Atlantic.
Commission restores 16 recently nullified, years-old rules
The Coastal Resources Commission on Wednesday adopted 16 emergency rules to temporarily replace the most critical of the 30 that were stripped from the books after the Rules Review Commission objected to them in October.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail seeks input on extending in Pender
The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail group is asking the public to fill out a short survey on plans to extend the trail by more than 4 miles in Holly Shelter Game Land.
3 eastern NC properties recognized on Historic Register
Three properties in eastern North Carolina have been added this year to the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places.
White shark conservation talk Friday at PKS aquarium
OCEARCH founder and expedition leader Chris Fisher will give a presentation on white shark conservation Friday at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.
