…launch a flotilla of kayaks and canoes and small power boats on our local waterways,” he said, “and those less inclined to stash trash ‘amphibiously’ are welcome to pitch in along the shoreline and roadsides. We welcome the participation of interested individuals and groups to come join us.” Plenty of…
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On Flood Control, The Dutch Are Masters
…motor. On the remote ocean shoreline, dune health is critical. The challenge is: sand moves. Waves reclaim it. Dutch ships would pump sand from the ocean floor up onto the beach over and over, along the whole shoreline. “I know this. It’s beach renourishment,” I thought to myself. But the…
Not Just Young Sharks, More Big Ones, Too
…does it mean for the other species living in the sound to have all these baby sharks around? “That’s something that we’re actually looking at as the next step,” Bangley said. “That’s something we’re interested in looking at for sure – what these sharks might be interacting with in the…
NC’s Turning Point For Climate Science
…explained. Here, adaptation options are limited. “We’re not going to engineer our way out of that,” he said. “We can’t do what the Dutch have done and build dikes around 10,000 miles of estuarine shoreline. You know, we can build it around Swan Quarter. But what do you do with…
Outer Banks Towns Dig For Flooding Fixes
…that cannot handle the vast amounts of water dumped by recent storms. The maintenance and repair of systems have been hampered by crisscrossed private and public jurisdictions and inadequate information about the location and condition of existing infrastructure. Hyde and Beaufort counties also received money for flood control and shoreline…
Speckled trout fishing is best with a fly rod, just ask Thoreau
…trolling motor on my skiff and set it to the slowest speed. Cast a Deceiver or similar baitfish pattern. Use an all-around type floating or intermediate (slow-sinking) line and cover water in a 45-degree pattern to the shoreline. They won’t necessarily be up in the shoreline cover like bass, but…
Region Eyes Ecotourism as Key to Adaptation
…Virginia, according to the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuarine Partnership. It’s got enough total estuarine shoreline — 9,115 miles — and freshwater rivers and streams — 9,299 miles — to cross the country three times. In 2006, there were 2.5 million acres of wetlands and 4.5 million acres of farmland recorded, although…
Dorian’s Cost to Ferry Division Tops $4M
…Once the road was repaired, that took a lot of pressure off our sound routes to supply some more service.” Work to repair damage to the stacking lanes for the South Dock station continues, Dixon said, including a shoreline stabilization project on areas that have seen repeated damage. He said…
Warnings, Watches Issued for NC Coast
…from rising water moving inland from the coastline, during the next 36 hours. Forecasters said the combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach 4 to…
New Faces Chosen In Some Coastal Districts
…and cap the state income tax rate at 7 percent. Amendments on judicial appointments and restructuring the state elections and ethics oversight board, which were strongly opposed by the state’s five living former governors, were defeated. In addition to the referenda on the constitutional amendments, voters in the western Carteret…
Town Voters to Decide on Land Buy for Park
…quality of the river,” Seaberg wrote in an email last week. At one time, the property was planned for an assisted-living facility after its owner, the late John Jones donated it with restrictions on its use to the Masonic Lodge in 1999. Seaberg detailed for Coastal Review Online the town’s…