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News & Features
Pelican Award: River City YouthBuild
The youth program at the River City Community Development Corp. helps Elizabeth City’s poorest kids rise above their poverty. Now it’s putting them to work to improve their environment as well.
A Road Story With a Happy Ending
Against all odds, it appears that two small communities along the proposed U.S. 64 widening project in northeastern North Carolina will get the route they wanted, while sparing thousands of wildlife from becoming road kill.
CRC Meeting: Quorum or Quandary
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission meets today to decided whether to appeal a court ruling. But only four members are left after the legislature fired most of the panel. Can the commission legally conduct business with less than a third of its members?
Kicking Off the Campaign
The N.C. Coastal Federation Thursday will announce a $600,000 capital campaign for its new regional office and education center in Wrightsville Beach.
Pelican Award: Cliff Cash
Cliff Cash of Wilmington won a Pelican Award from the N.C. Coastal Federation for his tireless work to stop a proposed cement plant. After five years of fighting, Cash thinks he can still do more.
Hagan, Jones Side With N. Topsail
Sen. Kay Hagan and Rep. Walter Jones have introduced bills to support North Topsail Beach’s push to persuade federal officials to erase much of its coastal barrier zone boundaries.
Work Begins on Hyde Runoff Project
Work has begun on the first phase of a massive restoration project in Hyde County that will redirect millions of gallons of polluted farm field runoff away from Pamlico Sound.
School’s Out: Interns Complete Academy
Our interns got real-world experience in coastal advocacy, water quality enhancement and habitat protection and a thorough understanding of how an environmental nonprofit organization works.
Commissions Are Out of Business
The state’s environmental commissions couldn’t meet if they had to after the legislature fired most members and replacements have yet to be chosen.
Stormwater Primer: Are Rules Working?
Polluted runoff is now the largest source of water impairment along the coast, but many think that the state’s evolving regulations are working to control it.
Stormwater: A Primer
In the first of two parts on polluted runoff, we explore where it comes from, its effects on coastal water quality and the rules in place to try and control it.
Bald Head’s Battle with the Sea
Officials on Bald Head Island in the mouth of the Cape Fear River are asking for a host of changes to state rules that they say are needed to allow them to better control worsening erosion.
Smart Yards Can Be Smart Investments
A free booklet, “Smart Yards,” offers inexpensive ways to cut polluted runoff from your property to protect water quality and save money.
2013 Pelican Award Winners
Lena Ritter of Onslow County attracted the attention of Walter Cronkite after her five-year fight to save Permuda Island. The N.C. Coastal Federation honored her lifelong dedication to our coast by awarding her its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bringing Back the Juniper
Two property owners in Hyde County will participate in a program that pays private landowners to plant Atlantic white cedar trees on their property in an attempt to restore this now-rare coastal habitat.
