The North Carolina Coastal Federation has received $1.53 million from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund to support its living shoreline cost-share program and large-scale wetland restoration in Carteret County.
Drivers should expect delays on Oak Island bridge
The Department of Transportation plans to conduct a routine inspection of the N.C. 133 bridge to Oak Island over the Intracoastal Waterway this week.
Rodanthe shipwrecks subject of next ‘Science on the Sound’
Doctoral candidate Allyson Ropp will present “Wrecked on Chicamacomico: An Examination of the Shipwrecks along Wimble Shoals, Rodanthe, North Carolina” Thursday at the Coastal Studies Institute.
Sound Rivers receives grant for Craven stormwater project
The state awarded Sound Rivers more than $250,000 to put in place a stormwater project at West Craven Middle School in Vanceboro to protect the Neuse River.
Hyde County seeks federal help with Hatteras Inlet dredging
The county board wrote that the situation with shoaling in the channel used by ferries that serve Ocracoke Island had become dire, lengthening travel times and “limiting life-saving services in one of the most treacherous areas along the entire East Coast.”
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher to welcome sea turtle hatchlings
The two, tiny loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings named Pico and Aleta were named by students.
Wings Over Water Festival set to mark 25th anniversary
The festival takes place at six national wildlife refuges that together cover parts of six northeast North Carolina counties and is the annual fundraiser for the Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society.
Bill Forman, noted NC coastal engineer, dies at 73
Forman was president of Arendell Engineers in Morehead City and was known for his work in civil and coastal engineering up and down the East Coast.
Aquarium mourns death of white loggerhead Nimbus
Nimbus, the 13-year-old white, loggerhead sea turtle at N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores was humanely euthanized Wednesday evening.
Land Trust adds 400 acres to Goose Creek Game Lands
The Coastal Land Trust, along with the National Wild Turkey Federation and the state, recently acquired for conservation more than 400 acres of developable waterfront property in Pamlico County.
Threatened houses workgroup meeting set for Oct. 12
The Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are set to host an interagency workgroup meeting by web conference to discuss government authorities for managing threatened oceanfront structures.
Land, Water Fund awards $45M to protect NC places
Funds will go to projects to restore or enhance over 10 miles of streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries and more than 7,000 acres of wetlands, for projects to evaluate innovative techniques for managing stormwater, and to planning projects to identify key water quality and conservation opportunities in watersheds.
Albemarle-Pamlico flooding study project kicks off Oct. 23
During the meeting, residents will be encouraged to share their experiences with where flooding happens, conditions that lead to flooding, things that make flooding worse, and other water-related concerns, as well as what they value about the region and important places to protect.
State names Hopkins as new transportation secretary
Joey Hopkins, the former chief operating officer at NCDOT, is now the transportation secretary.
Public can speak out on proposed Gullah Geechee Trail
The 14-mile-long study area spans from Phoenix Park in Navassa to Brunswick Nature Park.
Partnership to deploy new artificial reef in Pamlico waters
The project will be the second Pamlico River reef project for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina and Raleigh-based Natrx in the last 16 months.
