The Marine Fisheries Commission chairman appoints members to the advisory committees for three-year terms, and several terms will expire in January.
Outrigger canoe club to resume advocacy paddle up NC coast
The second leg of the three-year fundraising and clean-water awareness endeavor begins Thursday in Cedar Point and wraps up two days later in Hatteras Village.
Coastal Resources Commission must revisit FLUPSYs
Coastal Resources Commission members, during their in-person meeting Sept. 21, are expected to hear a permit variance and hold public hearings for other rules currently in development.
College to offer introduction to living shorelines session
Carteret Community College has announced its new prerequisite-free Introduction to Living Shorelines Academy set for Nov. 2.
Title 1 schools can apply for NC Aquariums education grants
Deadline is Sept. 15 for the Aquarium Scholars grant, a program for schools with high poverty.
State officials monitoring fish kill in Neuse River
The affected area includes New Bern near Union Point and Bridgeton, downstream to Riverdale.
Brunswick Family Assistance to open new HQ in Bolivia
As of Monday, Brunswick Family Assistance will move its offices and food pantry from Shallotte to 929 Old Ocean Highway in Bolivia.
Cape Lookout’s Beaufort visitor center to permanently close
Cape Lookout National Seashore’s lease with the town for a visitor center on Front Street expires Dec. 31 and will not be extended.
Environmental Stewardship Initiative conference set
The Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative conference offers educational sessions on timely environmental topics, a chance to share best practices, and networking events.
Agreement opens up more nature opportunities for campers
New neighbors, the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust and Camp Albemarle, are working together to provide more recreation and environmental education opportunities for children.
UNCW to host its first Ocean Innovation Conference Sept. 19
Taking place on University of North Carolina Wilmington’s campus, the daylong conference will explore the blue economy in the region.
State certifies new record red hind
Christopher Rocci of Morehead City caught the 10-pound, 2.4-ounce fish July 27 45 miles offshore of Beaufort Inlet.
Precautionary swimming advisory lifted at most NC sites
State recreational water quality officials lifted Friday the precautionary advisory against swimming issued Aug. 31 due to Tropical Storm Idalia in all coastal waters.
Five years after Hurricane Florence, Down East to look back
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.
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.
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.
