The festival takes place at six national wildlife refuges that together cover parts of six northeast North Carolina counties and is the annual fundraiser for the Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society.
News Briefs
Dare towns challenge affordable housing budget provision
The housing measure, for which no one has yet acknowledged responsibility, restricts the towns’ ability to regulate affordable housing projects funded by $35 million in state money awarded to the county for that purpose.
Bill Forman, noted NC coastal engineer, dies at 73
Forman was president of Arendell Engineers in Morehead City and was known for his work in civil and coastal engineering up and down the East Coast.
Aquarium mourns death of white loggerhead Nimbus
Nimbus, the 13-year-old white, loggerhead sea turtle at N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores was humanely euthanized Wednesday evening.
Land Trust adds 400 acres to Goose Creek Game Lands
The Coastal Land Trust, along with the National Wild Turkey Federation and the state, recently acquired for conservation more than 400 acres of developable waterfront property in Pamlico County.
Threatened houses workgroup meeting set for Oct. 12
The Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are set to host an interagency workgroup meeting by web conference to discuss government authorities for managing threatened oceanfront structures.
Land, Water Fund awards $45M to protect NC places
Funds will go to projects to restore or enhance over 10 miles of streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries and more than 7,000 acres of wetlands, for projects to evaluate innovative techniques for managing stormwater, and to planning projects to identify key water quality and conservation opportunities in watersheds.
Albemarle-Pamlico flooding study project kicks off Oct. 23
During the meeting, residents will be encouraged to share their experiences with where flooding happens, conditions that lead to flooding, things that make flooding worse, and other water-related concerns, as well as what they value about the region and important places to protect.
State names Hopkins as new transportation secretary
Joey Hopkins, the former chief operating officer at NCDOT, is now the transportation secretary.
King tide nearly isolates boatbuilding campus
The Jarrett Bay Boatworks campus is turned into a peninsula Monday as the waters of Eastman Creek rise over Tuttle Grove Road north of Beaufort. Sept. 25-Oct. 4 has been a period of king tides, the highest high and lowest low tides of the year — when the sun is aligned with the Earth and the moon is at its closest point to the Earth. Photo: Dylan Ray
Ports Authority shares plan for Radio Island at open house
Carteret County residents had the opportunity to view maps and ask questions during a public information session last week about a plan to build a new multi-use terminal at the N.C. Port of Morehead City on Radio Island.
Public can speak out on proposed Gullah Geechee Trail
The 14-mile-long study area spans from Phoenix Park in Navassa to Brunswick Nature Park.
No frittering for fritillaries
A Gulf fritillary rests on a flower inside the Butterfly House at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington. Guests can roam the 2,700-square-foot native North Carolina butterfly house that is part of the extensive Airlie Gardens. Admission is required to enter the gardens but is free to New Hanover County residents the first Sunday of every month. Photo: Mark Courtney
Partnership to deploy new artificial reef in Pamlico waters
The project will be the second Pamlico River reef project for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina and Raleigh-based Natrx in the last 16 months.
Atlantic States Fisheries Commission to hold yearly meeting
The four-day meeting for the commission that regulates fisheries that migrate between state waters along the East Coast is scheduled for Oct. 16-19 at Beaufort Hotel in Beaufort.
Science Advisory Board to hear update on PFAS toxicity
The Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board is to hear an overview on a toxicity assessment for a specific PFAS and its presence in the state.
