Written comments will be accepted until Aug. 26 on the planned public boat launch facility on Bogue Sound in western Carteret County.
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Ongoing study may show overlooked algal bloom causes
A year into a 30-month public science study, preliminary data appears to show that higher than expected nutrient loads in minor tributaries may contribute to increasingly regular and persistent blue-green algal blooms in northeastern North Carolina rivers.
Hunters may soon enter Cape Lookout duck blind lottery
Cape Lookout National Seashore is holding a duck blind permit lottery Aug. 9-11.
Red knots make Outer Banks stopover on spring migration
Red knots, which stopover on Ocracoke during their spring migration, have been a source of concern due to the rapid decline of its population linked to a drastic decrease of their food source, horseshoe crab eggs.
17 acres along Chowan River in Bertie County now protected
The 16.86-acre property known as Point Comfort that features 85- to 90-foot bluffs overlooking the Chowan River in Bertie County will be managed as a nature preserve.
Swimming advisory issued for Bogue Sound public access
Recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water at the Sunset Drive public access in Morehead City that exceed state and federal recreational water quality standards.
State releases annual fishery management plan review
The state has released its fishery management plan review with 2022 updates on the 13 N.C.-managed fishery plans.
Analysis: Farm Act axes motive to protect shoreline trees
Water quality advocates worry that the reduced civil penalty in this year’s Farm Act for removing trees in riparian buffers may result in tree loss in protected shorelines.
$1M in grants to go to five coastal towns for resilience
Five coastal communities are in line to receive a total of $1.1 million in grants to carry out resilience projects.
Toxic Cape Fear fish on science board’s Aug. 2 agenda
Information on a recent advisory by the state to avoid eating fish contaminated with forever chemicals from the Cape Fear River is on the agenda for the Aug. 2 Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board’s meeting.
Topsail Beach board wants more study before rezoning
Town commissioners said Monday they want more information, including professional architectural, engineering, environmental and other assessments, before deciding on the conditional rezoning request for The Point.
Refuge exudes natural diversity, wonders of pocosin lakes
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge may be “the Yellowstone of the East,” according to Wendy Stanton, who manages the refuge teeming with wildlife that welcomes more than 30,000 visitors annually.
The sand waves of Hatteras: ‘on a mission of death’
After adventurous New York journalist John Randolph Spears undertook to visit Cape Hatteras in spring 1890, he wrote of miles and miles of deadly sand waves that threatened to swallow islanders and their homes.
Coastal water, wastewater projects selected for funding
A total of $223 million in water and wastewater infrastructure funding is being awarded to 60 projects in 40 counties.
Analysis: Farm Act strips wetland safeguards, mitigation
Special report: The governor’s veto not withstanding, this legislative session’s farm bill is now law, and with it, state offsets and water quality protections for eastern North Carolina’s wetland environments may have evaporated.
Attorney General Stein discusses environmental concerns
Attorney General Josh Stein met Monday with North Carolina Coastal Federation members in Pine Knoll Shores to learn more about the work being done to maintain a living shoreline and manage stormwater runoff in the community.
