…Division of Water Resources officials last year responded by setting course to develop a new management plan for the Lower Cape Fear River Basin, a move approved by the EMC. Proponents of the change say the development of a new management plan is an opportunity to address problems in the…
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NC Begins Resilient Communities Program
…announced at the N.C. Climate Change Interagency Council meeting Thursday and work with partners across state agencies and community organizations. Public input collected during development of the Resilience Plan emphasized that building local resilience required access to resilience expertise, support for analysis planning and funding to implement measures that advance…
Tillis, Cooper Urge Trump to Protect NC Coast
…2018, Trump announced plans to open nearly all federal waters to offshore drilling in his draft five-year program for oil and gas development on the Outer Continental Shelf. He later granted Florida an exemption from that program after objections from Florida’s Republican Gov. Rick Scott, per a past report. “I…
Dorian Remains Part of Life on Ocracoke
…Ocracoke Observer. Here are some of the highlights: Dorian had a profoundly harmful impact on Ocracoke, causing a deep trauma — physical, mental and economic. By the time it made landfall on Hatteras Island, just above Ocracoke, on the morning of Sept. 6, it was far from being the most…
Commercial Fishing Funding Boards to Meet
Shrimp trawlers are shown. The Commercial Fishing Resource Fund Grant Program is to provide funding for the development of sustainable commercial fishing in the state. Photo: NCDEQ A joint meeting of the state’s Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee and North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Fishing Resource Fund Committee will…
Signs Of Change Are Clear, If Language Is Not
…that the amount did not include the $252 million Bonner Bridge replacement project, the second phase of which is still under construction. Geologist Stan Riggs said the economics of continuing to develop dynamic coastal islands and support and protect that development is anything but resilient. “The reality is, ‘resilience’ is…
Plenty Of Obstacles On Path to State Budget
…U.S. Senate have proposed, leaving state and local officials facing end-of-fiscal-year deadlines on June 30 to press ahead with major parts of the budget still an unknown. David Price In an interview earlier this week 4th District Congressman David Price, who chairs the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations…
Interior Secretary Bernhardt Visits NC Coast
…opposed on the Outer Banks, and whether the economic crisis from closed beaches would be a factor in the risk assessment. Responding, Bernhardt said that the lease proposal is “on pause.” But he assured that when it is picked up again, there would be opportunities for state and community input….
State Funds Infrastructure Resiliency Projects
…by the State Water Infrastructure Authority, are through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan program, Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan program, the Wastewater State Reserve program, the Community Development Block Grant-Infrastructure program, the Asset Inventory and Assessment Grant program and the Merger/Regionalization Feasibility Grant program. In the latest…
Southern Shores Considers Beach Project
…the business of beach nourishment, you are in the business of beach nourishment.” The Jan. 21 session also included a presentation by APTIM Coastal Planning and Engineering’s Ken Wilson, whose firm has conducted the beach nourishment study for Southern Shores and assisted in the development of its beach management plan….
Rule Change May Threaten Coastal Areas
This map depicts the area of Banks Channel that lies within the Coastal Barrier Resources Act zone. The U.S. Department of Interior Secretary’s reversal of a rule that limited where sand within federally restricted coastal zones may be placed is a change that makes good economic sense, proponents say, but…
Coastal Research: One Town’s Septic Risks
…long been an active steward of its recreational water quality. In a recent presentation to the town, former Mayor Bob Muller said that the town recognized as far back as 1982 that proper wastewater processing was important to its economic and environmental health. About 20 years later, a proactive program,…