The two-day seminar set for Tuesday and Wednesday will focus on environmental changes since the 2018 hurricane and consider ways to prepare for the next.
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Decades of water quality safeguards erased, advocates say
Groups that have for more than 40 years led the fight for clean water say the public may not be fully aware of the potentially devastating effects the latest federal rule could have for NC wetlands.
Bob Cutting, environmental attorney, educator dies
The former and longtime University of North Carolina Wilmington faculty member taught environmental law and was a board member of the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters.
Cozy pigmy rattler family
Wildlife Resources Commission biologists request that if you see a snake, do not harm it, instead give it plenty of space, and if you see a pine snake or rattlesnake, report it.
Coastal Land Trust purchases 113 acres near landing field
A deal to protect a Marine Corps landing field near Pollocksville from encroachment will also save a large riverfront tract in Jones County from development.
Edenton culvert upgrade to open up habitat for river herring
Funds from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to replace a culvert over an Edenton creek that will allow river herring to reach important spawning ground.
Ocracoke Express extends midweek schedule until Sept. 28
The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will continue to operate its current schedule every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through September.
EMC to hear Coastal Habitat Protection Plan presentation
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission meets Sept. 13-14 at Carteret Community College in Morehead City.
DEQ Secretary Elizabeth Biser to lead national association
Biser was elected during the fall meeting of the Environmental Council of the States this week.
New federal rule puts 2.5 million acres of wetlands in peril
The Clean Water Act rule issued Tuesday redefines “waters of the United States” and leaves unprotected wetlands with no surface connection to navigable water bodies.
Power restoration underway
A Duke Energy truck is seen passing through floodwater along Community Road in Davis in Down East Carteret County Thursday as the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia on the North Carolina coast became clear in the morning light. The utility said that high winds and flooding left about 20,000 Duke Energy customers without power Thursday morning, but more than 60,000 customers have had power restored since Wednesday.
NC closes shellfish waters, issues swim advisory after storm
The temporary shellfish closures and swimming advisories cover from Dare County to the South Carolina line and are due to heavy rainfall and resultant polluted runoff associated with Tropical Storm Idalia.
Part of former Navassa Superfund site up for highest bidder
An invitation to bid has been announced for 87 acres at the site of the former Kerr-McGee Corp. wood treatment operation
Tropical Storm Idalia tracks just off NC coast
Winds were increasing over Pamlico Sound and the Outer Banks with moderate rainfall as of the National Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. update.
Volunteers help remove Venus flytraps from harm’s way
The perennial, carnivorous plants have migrated to ditches alongside the roadsides in Boiling Spring Lakes, but imminent development has made their relocation a race against time.
NCDOT suspends Ocracoke passenger ferry ahead of storm
Ocracoke Express passenger ferry service will be suspended starting Wednesday because the expected storm, and all other routes will suspend operations if and when conditions worsen, NCDOT officials said.
