State Division of Marine Fisheries Director Steve Murphey is the invited guest for the Dare County Commission for Working Watermen’s meeting Wednesday in Rodanthe.
News Briefs
NCDOT Calls for Litter Sweep Volunteers
Contact your NCDOT litter program coordinator to join in the biannual statewide roadside litter removal initiative scheduled for Sept. 14-28.
Environmental Justice Board Meeting Aug. 21
The NCDEQ Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Board is set to meet in Cherokee Aug. 21, when they will hear updates on public involvement, community mapping and Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 80.
Preserve to Open Bow Hunting Season
Regular bow hunting season begins Sept. 7 at Nags Head Woods Preserve and is an effort by The Nature Conservancy to manage the white-tail deer population and to ensure the herd’s health.
NOAA Forecasters Revise Hurricane Outlook
Forecasters say atmospheric conditions have become more favorable for above-normal hurricane activity as the busy part of the 2019 storm season begins.
Kitty Hawk Living Shoreline Project Wraps Up
At the end of two weeks planting marsh, volunteers helped North Carolina Coastal Federation, Kitty Hawk, landowners and Dare Soil and Water Conservation District complete in July the 600-foot living shoreline project along Moor Shore Road in Kitty Hawk.
Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Set
Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Carteret County Amateur Radio Society and Outer Banks Repeater Association will celebrate International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Aug. 17-18 by communicating with other lighthouses around the world.
CRO Joins Effort to Document Climate Change
With a grant from the North Carolina Local News Fund, Coastal Review Online has joined a partnership to help coastal residents share and use climate data to strengthen their communities.
Lookout’s Duck Blind Permit Lottery Aug. 23
The lottery for temporary duck blind permits at Cape Lookout National Seashore will begin at 8 a.m. Aug. 23 at the Harkers Island Visitor Center.
Outer Banks Seagrass Study Underway
Seagrasses have been in decline for years, and now a third report on seagrasses in the Pamlico Sound and waterways southward is expected to be released early next year.
Low Country Boil Tickets on Sale Now
The North Carolina Coastal Federation is readying for the 2019 Low Country Boil fundraising event set for Sept. 7 in Wrightsville Beach.
Wright Memorial Seeks Input on Park Plan
The Wright Brothers National Memorial will host an open house Aug. 14 for the public to comment on updating the 1996 plan for managing park facilities and operations.
PKS Upholds $10K Dune Damage Fine
A Pine Knoll Shores couple was unsuccessful in their appeal of a $10,000 fine for what the town manager said was the most significant degradation of an oceanfront dune he’d seen in 12 years.
HUD to Release Matthew Relief Money
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday the Federal Register notice will be published soon to release $168 million in Hurricane Matthew recovery funds for North Carolina.
NC Ranks 3rd In US In Costs to Protect Coast
A recent report says North Carolina can expect to have paid at least $34.8 billion in costs for building seawalls to protect its coastal communities from rising seas by 2040.
Hatteras Reaches 400-Plus Sea Turtle Nests
Cape Hatteras National Seashore reported to that as of as of Wednesday, there were 414 sea turtle nests with about 16,504 eggs, breaking the previous record from 2016 of 325 nests.
