The oyster season opens today along the N.C. coast and another good year is expected. No diseases and efforts to restore oyster beds and recycle shells for new reefs have contributed to the rebound.
News & Features
Pelican Award Winner: Lovey’s Cafe Owners
Marie Montemurro and Karen Stewart, owners of Lovey’s Natural Foods and Cafe in Wilmington, have been among the leaders of the fight to stop Titan America’s proposed cement plant.
Fish Can Now Get Around Old Obstacle
For almost 100 years, spawning fish heading up the Cape Fear River ran into an unmovable obstacle called Lock and Dam No. 1. Now a passage that resembles natural rapids gives them a chance.
Slow Down: Merger Idea Needs More Study
A report that was mandated by the N.C. General Assembly on merging the state’s fisheries and wildlife agencies recommends that the legislature move cautiously and take more time to study the idea.
A Beacon of Wind in Morehead City
A small wind tower astride N.C. State’s Center for Marine and Science Technology in Morehead City may be a beacon for small-scale renewable energy along the coast.
Preserving a Piece of the Woods
Nags Head and the N.C. Nature Conservancy have bought a 20-acre tract that was the center of a dispute last year over development in the Nags Head Woods Preserve.
Community Colleges Offer Courses in Green Jobs
Someone will have to install those solar panels and tend to those wind farms. Several community colleges along the N.C. coast offer courses to teach the skills needed by alternative energy companies.
Using Marshes to Combat Global Warming
Salt marshes may store far more carbon than tropical rain forests and other types of habitats. In the first of a two-part series, we explore these valuable weapons in the fight against global warming.
When It Rains, It Pours
That’s what it’s done all summer in Nags Head, where a 50-year-old network of ditches, culverts and pipes dramatically showed its age after more than 3 feet of rain.
Pesticide-Laden Runoff Kills Blue Crabs
Thousands of crabs died after a pesticide sprayed on a cotton field washed into a canal near the Pamlico River, causing state officials to wonder what these deadly chemicals are doing to aquatic life. They don’t know because no one really keeps track.
Toxic Air Battle Joined Anew
A battle that began earlier this year over legislation cutting back the state’s air toxics program starts up anew this week when state regulators seek public comment on changes to regulations on toxic air emissions.
State Issues CAMA Permit for New Bonner Bridge
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management yesterday issued a Coastal Area Management Act major permit to the state Department of Transportation to build a replacement for the 50-year-old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Dare County.
Pelican Award Winner: N.C. History Center
An old, polluted boatyard in New Bern is now home to a modern museum that may be the “greenest” building in North Carolina.
Come Celebrate Our Estuaries
You can paddle a kayak in Ocracoke, take a bike ride on Bogue Banks or get your hands dirty in Stump Sound as part of the federation’s celebration of our coast’s magnificent marshes.
Creosote Plant Now Superfund Site
Federal and state agencies are studying the extent of contamination at an old creosote plant in Navassa that is now a Superfund site and how best to fix the damage.
Pelican Award Winner: Terry Brinson
A school teacher in Wilmington, Terry Brinson supervised her students as they planted flowers in a rain garden at the school. Watching her students grow is her greatest joy.
