Tickets are available for the Outer Banks Environmental Film Festival set for Nov. 1-3 at various locations in Dare County.
News Briefs
Special tour to give voices to Beaufort’s oldest residents
“Voices of the Past” guided tours set for Nov. 2 are to “bring to life the stories of those who have long passed and have been laid to rest in the Old Burying Ground.”
Meeting on Navassa superfund site cleanup progress slated
Representatives from the Multistate Trust, EPA and N.C. Department of Environmental Quality plan to host community meeting on the latest cleanup efforts in the former Kerr-McGee wood treatment plant Superfund Site.
Spooky storefront apparition
Webs around a vent in the tiled storefront wall of the old, now vacant, M. Mann’s & Sons building in Newport create a ghostly appearance peering out slightly menacingly at passersby from the longtime home of the former C.M. Hill Hardware, where Chatham, East Chatham and Market streets all converge with the North Carolina Railroad Co. line and East and West Railroad boulevards. Photo: Mark Hibbs
CRC to consider dune measurement line temporary rules
The Coastal Resources Commission has canceled the meeting it planned for Monday to review comments and consider adopting temporary rules that would allow local governments to establish measurement lines for dune building.
10K grant available for water resources research project
North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute and North Carolina Sea Grant are accepting proposals for the $10,000 Mountains to Sea Graduate Research Fellowship until 5 p.m. Dec. 16.
Future of forecasting focus of next ‘Science on the Sound’
“The National Weather Service: Where We Are and Where We Are Going. A Look into the Current and Future State of Weather Forecasting” is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus in Wanchese.
Federal funding available for damage from historic rainfall
“This storm brought historic rainfall and severe flooding to several areas of our state causing significant damage,” Gov. Roy Cooper said over the weekend about the September storm.
Army Corps to hold meeting on Buxton excavation progress
Army Corps of Engineers subject experts are to be on hand Nov. 4 for a meeting to update the public on excavation work at the former military site at the Buxton Beach Access.
Hybrid program to highlight 250 years of women in politics
“From Edenton to Congress” Nov. 1 is to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party and highlight the women in state politics.
Watch your step!
Fall colors, the reds, yellows, browns and copperheads. An eastern copperhead crosses a path recently at the New Bern Civil War Battlefield in Craven County. Watch your step! Photo: Doug Waters
Blackbeard’s shipwreck conservation lab to offer tours
N.C. Office of State Archaeology conservators and researchers are to explain the history of the ship during 90-minute tours on Nov. 2 of the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville.
Commission seeks input on proposed Jockey’s Ridge rule
Public comments can be submitted until Nov. 4 on the proposed rule to to redesignate Jockey’s Ridge as an area of environmental concern, “as well as use standards to protect the AEC from incompatible development and loss of sand.”
State announces 8 to receive NC’s highest civilian honor
Among the recipients for their contributions to the science field are Tom Earnhardt and astronaut Christina Koch.
Reserve program to hold fall advisory committee meetings
The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold fall local advisory committee meetings in November for each of the 10 reserve sites.
Fort Fisher aquarium gets award for otter marketing campaign
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher was recognized for its “Whole Lotta Otta” marketing campaign by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.