Four North Carolina representatives are among 55 members of Congress who have signed a letter urging President Obama to end consideration of permit applications for seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean.
News Briefs
Sunset Beach Council Votes to Hire Lobbyist
The Sunset Beach Town Council voted Monday to hire a lobbyist to fight Senate Bill 875, which would de-annex three areas of town under development.
Nags Head Board Delays Action on Street
Nags Head commissioners voted to delay a plan to close a portion of Seagull Drive, an oceanfront street badly damaged by storms in 2009 that remains a pricey maintenance problem for the Outer Banks town.
Comments Sought on New Oyster Sanctuary
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is seeking public comments at a meeting on a proposed oyster sanctuary about four miles from Wysocking Bay in Hyde County.
Cape Lookout to Celebrate Birthday
Cape Lookout National Seashore will spend three days, June 16-18, celebrating both the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service and the 50th anniversary of Cape Lookout joining the national park system.
Policy Changes Part of N.C. Senate Budget
A comprehensive reworking of water quality protections and a major set of studies of beach re-nourishment are among dozens of special provisions in the state Senate’s version of the state budget that passed today.
Land Trust Buys Acreage Near Newport
The N.C. Coastal Land Trust has purchased for conservation and as a buffer for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point 302 acres of forested land along Mill Creek in Carteret County.
Ocracoke Makes Top 10 Beach List
Geologist Stephen Leatherman, known as “Dr. Beach,” picked the lifeguard beach at Ocracoke as among the top 10 beaches in America. It is the only N.C. beach on the list
Geologist Bob Dolan Remembered at UVA
Robert “Bob” Dolan, a geologist who discovered the coastal processes that shape the Outer Banks, is being remembered at the University of Virginia, where he worked nearly 50 years.
Wood Pellet Company to Protect N.C. Forests
Enviva, the wood pellet manufacturer, will give $295,000 in grants to two conservation groups to protect bottomland forests along the Neuse and Roanoke rivers. The company has come under fire from environmentalists for cutting down hardwood trees that its mills then turn into wood pellets that are burned by European power plants.
Sunset Beach De-annexation Bill Advances
A bill to remove certain areas of Sunset Beach from the town’s corporate limits moved forward in the N.C. General Assembly Tuesday, clearing a Senate State and Local Government Committee.
Report: A Third of Bird Species Need Help
More than a third of all North American bird species need urgent conservation action, according to an annual report released this week.
Report: Resources Boost Economy, Health
A new report measures the benefits the Albemarle-Pamlico watershed’s natural resources provide for the region’s residents and economy.
Revenue Sharing Key to Wind Energy Plan
N.C. Environment Secretary Donald van der Vaart says proposed lease sales for commercial wind-energy development off the N.C. coast must include revenue sharing.
CRO Editor Receives Green Tie Award
The N.C. League of Conservation Voters will present next week its annual awards for environmental advocacy and recognize Coastal Review Online Editor Frank Tursi with its Catalyst Award.
Roosevelt Partnership Honors Louis Bacon
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership recently presented its 2016 Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award to philanthropist Louis Bacon, founder and chairman of the Moore Charitable Foundation.
