The Outstanding Parks & Recreation Department Award is presented annually to departments that made the greatest impact in its community during the past year through programming, events and partnerships.
Ferry Division to host four career events along NC coast
Ferry Division hiring events are set for Feb. 2 in Shallotte, Feb. 16 in Manns Harbor, Feb. 20 in Morehead City and Feb. 28 in Hatteras.
Comment period extended for NC incidental take permit
The public comment period will now end Feb. 22 on the state’s incidental take permit application and conservation plan to address sturgeon and sea turtle interactions in the state’s estuarine anchored gill net fishery.
‘Dismal Freedom’ author to give lecture, sign books
Professor J. Brent Morris will be at the Museum of the Albemarle Feb. 17 for a lecture and booksigning of his work, “Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp.”
DEQ launches new webpage with grants, funding sources
The new webpage is a one-stop shop for local governments, businesses, community and nonprofit organizations and others, looking for grant and loan funding information for a variety of environmental projects.
Coastal legislators named to House, Senate committees
House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate Leader Phil Berger have announced committee appointments, including numerous legislators representing coastal districts.
Talk to focus on nature-based coastal infrastructure
Dr. Sid Narayan presents “Forces of Nature: The Role Ecosystems Play in Protecting Coastlines and Communities,” Thursday in the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus.
State sets hearing on proposed Carteret shellfish leases
The Division of Marine Fisheries is holding an in-person public hearing Morehead City on 17 proposed shellfish leases.
State offers STEM summer mentorship opportunities
The four-week, paid annual mentorship program with state government leaders is open to North Carolina high school girls with an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM.
Marine Fisheries certifies white grunt as new state record
Logan Ennis of Red Oak caught the 4-pound, 13.6-ounce fish near the 14 Buoy off Morehead City.
Applicants can now apply online for CAMA major permits
CAMA general permits, enforcement and compliance actions issued under CAMA will transition to the online system in the coming weeks.
Maritime Museum offers ‘Deep Dive’ into living history
The next monthly program set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21 will be about “Navigation Tools in the Age of Sail.”
Ribbon-cutting set for new StoryWalk project in Leland
StoryWalk includes 18 panels along the Westgate Nature Park trail, each featuring a page from the children’s book,“The Traveling Coin” by local author Kevin Kirk.
Environmental Justice, Equity Advisory Board to meet
The Feb. 9 meeting of the Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will be in-person in Raleigh and streamed online.
Aquariums to offer discount on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The N.C. Aquariums are offering half-off admission fees Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Family donates 56 acres in Bertie to Coastal Land Trust
The family farm was donated to the Coastal Land Trust in late December by two brothers, Wayland L. Jenkins Jr. of Ahoskie and Joe Henry Jenkins of Nags Head.
