Committees are to discuss the fundamentals of stock assessments and receive an update on Draft Supplement A to the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Amendment 1.
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Resilient Communities Funding Forum set for February
Registration information for the free, one-day forum in Greenville is to be announced in January.
Pender revises zoning ‘to properly regulate’ solar farms
Commissioners amended zoning text Dec. 5, less than a week after a California-based solar company filed a lawsuit against the county for turning down its request for a permit.
Symbol of Home: The Linnean Society’s Venus Flytrap
While spending a few days in London this fall, historian David Cecelski visited the Linnean Society, the oldest biological society, to get a glimpse of a 1759 letter with the first known written record of the Venus flytrap.
Standing still for a meal
A tricolored heron watches for prey in the water at Roanoke Island Marshes Dedicated Nature Preserve in Wanchese. Photo: Kip Tabb
Wright Brothers Memorial to waive entry fees on 7 days
Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills will waive its entrance fee on seven days in 2023.
New size limits for striped bass in Albemarle Sound area
The new size limits go into effect Jan. 1 for the Albemarle-Roanoke striped bass stock.
Pamlico County a quiet destination on NC coast
In our county history series: A hidden gem offering both natural beauty and small-town charm.
State asks public to report cold-stunned spotted seatrout
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries officials remind the public to report any cold-stunned spotted seatrout they may see in coastal waters.
State Parks director Patterson announces retirement
Dwayne Patterson is set to retire after serving as North Carolina’s state parks director for five years.
1898 Oregon Inlet Life-Saving Station must go, but where?
The N.C. Aquariums system, which owns the historic structure at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, is looking to move and preserve it.
Coastal restoration firms show off living shoreline tech
Companies in shoreline stabilization and restoration recently presented their techniques and materials for a statewide steering committee of scientists, federal and state agencies, and nonprofits.
Some NC ferries to close or amend schedule Christmas Day
The state Ferry Division has announced alternate schedules for the holiday for certain routes.
Residents report illness associated with Texas oyster recall
North Carolina restaurants and stores may be included in a recall issued for any shell and shucked oysters recently harvested in part of Galveston Bay, Texas.
NOAA recommends funding for 2 NC fish passage projects
Projects NOAA Fisheries recommends for funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are in the Cape Fear watershed and the lower Roanoke River.
Spineless specimens may hold clues for coastal researchers
The non-molluscan invertebrates collection at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences could unlock mysteries of the coastal environment and help better gauge the effects of climate change and pollution.
