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Salmon Creek seines: Shad, herring fisheries were once big
The historically significant site once saw significant river herring and shad fishing, back-breaking work done almost exclusively by enslaved and free Black laborers.
Report prompts Currituck board to consider sand project
The county-contracted study of more than 22 miles of Currituck County shoreline finds 158 houses could be affected by erosion over the next 30 years.
Cape Fear Audubon seeks volunteers for NC Bird Atlas
Wildlife Resources officials will be in Wilmington March 14 to explain how to record field observations for the statewide North Carolina Bird Atlas.
Carteret to hold transportation planning meeting March 7
The public meeting on the county’s comprehensive transportation plan is to be from 5:30-7 p.m. March 7 in Newport.
Ocean Isle Beach may test hay, pine straw bales to trap sand
The Brunswick County town has been granted a variance to use hay and pine straw bales as an alternative to sand fencing at six areas on the eastern end of the island.
Maritime Museum programs include peace vessel visit
One of many March programs scheduled at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will be on the Golden Rule, a peace ship with the mission to oppose nuclear weapons war, before the ship docks in town.
Landowners find Black lifesaving hero’s forgotten grave
Retired Coast Guard Cmdr. Gavin Wente and his wife Renee didn’t know when they bought their property last year that it included the unrecorded gravesite of Capt. Lewis Wescott, who participated in one of the most daring ocean rescues in Outer Banks history.
Coast to receive millions for water infrastructure projects
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that the state will be investing $2.3 billion in water infrastructure over the next two years.
STEM policy post-graduate fellowships deadline March 27
North Carolina Sea Grant will take applications until 5 p.m. March 27 for its 2023-24 NC STEM Policy Post-Graduate Fellowship program.
Genealogist to speak on African American cultural heritage
Genealogist and historian Tim Pinnick will help attendees further their family tree research during the hour-long program March 16 at the Pender County Library in Burgaw.
NC coast new home for complex ocean-observing system
Ocean Observatories Initiative, through Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is doing preliminary testing before relocating next year an ocean-observing system to off the coast near Nags Head.
Hearing March 29 on 4 proposed shellfish leases in Hyde
The public can attend the 6 p.m. meeting in-person at the Hyde County Government Center in Swan Quarter or online.
Fort Fisher aquarium to celebrate Black History Month
The first of the aquarium’s Community Day Series, organizers said that the debut event welcomes visitors to explore the cuisine of the Gullah Geechee, find inspiration in the spoken word, and dive into a life-saving history.
Public meetings set on draft Clean Transportation Plan
Open house meetings on the coast will take place the evening of March 1 at First Christian Church in Elizabeth City, and Leland Cultural Arts Center in Leland.
Searching for Lawson in London’s Natural History Museum
Historian David Cecelski recounts his visit to the Natural History Museum in London, which holds the specimens of coastal North Carolina flora that John Lawson sent to English naturalist James Petiver in the early 1700s.
