Cape Lookout National Seashore has temporarily closed to motor vehicles 19 miles out of 47 miles of beach to protect record numbers of nesting shorebirds and sea turtles.
News Briefs
Climate Change Council to Meet July 16
The N.C. Climate Change Interagency Council, which Gov. Roy Cooper created last year by executive order, is set to hold its fourth meeting July 16 in Winston-Salem.
NC Coastal Land Trust Preserves 5,400 Acres
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has transferred to the state Wildlife Resources Commission most of the 5,400 acres in Down East Carteret County it bought this month to be used as game lands.
Arboretum Planting Day Set for June 27
Volunteers are welcome to join a native planting event 9-11 a.m. Thursday at the New Hanover County Arboretum when a media tour will be held to highlight the recently completed stormwater project to improve the water quality of nearby Bradley Creek.
Lookout at Night During Evening at the Cape
Climb to the top of Cape Lookout Lighthouse at night, like lightkeepers did, during the seasonal Evening at the Cape program being offered in July, August, September and October.
DEQ Issues Ocracoke Bulkhead Permit
The state Division of Coastal Management has OK’d an emergency permit so the Department of Transportation can build a 1,000-foot-long bulkhead at the ferry terminal on Ocracoke Island’s north end.
Dare Takes Step to Secure Pathway Funding
Dare County commissioners voted unanimously this week to submit an application for a federal transportation grant to fund the Hatteras Village multi-use path project.
PFAS Levels Spike In Cape Fear Water
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority said Friday that samples of water drawn from Cape Fear River show the highest concentration of total PFAS measured since last year.
Southport Museum to Hold Hurricane Series
The N.C. Maritime Museum in Southport will begin a hurricane series Monday and will be held once a month through hurricane season and to mark the 65th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel.
NOAA Team Tags 13 Leatherback Turtles
NOAA Fisheries staff and colleagues sampled and tagged 13 leatherback turtles off Beaufort in May,continuing a 2017 project to study the turtles.
Park Service Seeks Input on Shoreline Project
Officials with the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are accepting public comments on a state plan to build hardened shoreline-protection structures at the ferry dock at the north end of Ocracoke Island.
Program to Highlight Nighttime Navigation
The June Astronomy Night starting at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cape Lookout National Seashore’s Harkers Island Visitor Center will feature a program on navigating the night sky without the aid of modern tools.
State Declares June 19 Coastal Reserve Day
State Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan announced Wednesday during a 30th anniversary ceremony for the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve in Beaufort that June 19, 2019, is North Carolina Coastal Reserve Day.
EPA Chief Signs Clean Power Plan Repeal
The Trump administration on Wednesday replaced an Obama-era clean energy initiative with a replacement rule that loosens demands on carbon dioxide reductions by coal-fired fuels.
CRO Adds Google Classroom Share Button
Coastal Review Online pages now feature a way for educators to easily share with their students the news of the North Carolina coast via Google Classroom.
State Proposes Methyl Bromide Regulation
DEQ’s Division of Air Quality is asking for written comments and holding public hearings next month in Raleigh and Wilmington on proposed rules for methyl bromide emissions at log fumigation operations.
