…Oak Island, Sunset Beach, Ocracoke, Kure Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Nags Head, Ocean Isle Beach and Fort Macon State Park in Atlantic Beach, all at noon Saturday. Hands Across the Sand events will also be held in most states, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Belize. “This year’s Hands…
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CRC to Consider Weaker Rules at Old Inlet
SUNSET BEACH — A controversial proposal that would loosen development rules on land where a tidal inlet once separated Sunset Beach from Bird Island will again be considered by the state Coastal Resources Commission when it meets next month. Mad Inlet, a shallow channel that meandered between the Brunswick County…
Groups Question Land Ownership
Here is a site plan for the proposed Sunset Beach West property. The 21 lots would take up nearly 25 acres, stretching from the dead end of Main Street to the Bird Island Reserve. Source: Sunset Beach SUNSET BEACH – A developer applying for a state permit to build homes…
Pelican Award: Sue Weddle
Sue Weddle points to Bird Island, the coastal reserve she helped fight to protect over 20 years ago. She’s been keeping an eye on the coastal environment of Sunset Beach ever since. Photo: Daniel Patterson SUNSET BEACH — Sue Weddle gingerly climbs her neighbor’s high dune, as the afternoon wind…
CRC Removes Restrictions at Old Inlet
…the long-term reopening of Mad Inlet.” Lopazanski said that removing the hazard designation would also remove size and density restrictions that were in place. This current photo shows the inlet closed and Sunset Beach and Bird Island as one. Photo: Google Earth Along with Sunset Beach, the N.C. Coastal Federation…
Commentary: Does the Corps adequately protect the coast?
…other hand, soft stabilization such as beach nourishment, dune building, marsh systems and living shorelines should be considered before intervention with hard structures like terminal groins. Soft structures will not subject the beaches of Ocean Isle Beach and eventually Sunset Beach to a series of terminal groins. Figure 1 How…
Remembering the Fight to Save Bird Island
Thousands of people have walked the beach to the end of Bird Island to leave their most cherished thoughts in the notebook of the “Kindred Spirit” mailbox. Photo: Tess Malinjenovsky By Tess Malijenovsky SUNSET BEACH – A crowd of people will gather here on Friday in a celebration of sorts…
County Backs Away From Mad Inlet
SUNSET BEACH – Brunswick County commissioners have reversed an offer to let a proposed development in Sunset Beach tap into the county’s public utilities. Their decision will not hamper plans for the controversial oceanfront neighborhood, according to public comments the developer has made since the commissioners’ ruling last month. Commissioners…
Fed-Up Brunswick Environmentalists Regroup
…of the ERC to make a mistake. We, the ERC, made this about the science. Three council members with the mayor made this personal.” The Sunset Beach committee has raised concerns about proposed first-time dredging of Jinks Creek. Map: Sunset Beach Environmental Resource Committee In a letter Harris read aloud…
Corps Puts Limits On Dredged Sand Disposal
…and moving it are not, particularly at disposal sites that cannot be accessed by road. Sunset Beach plans to offload dredged material at an N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission boat ramp for transport to the landfill. Image: Moffatt & Nichol/Sunset Beach Thus is the case for Sunset Beach, which recently applied…
Residents Challenge South Jinks Creek Permit
The proposed dredging project is to restore and maintain navigation access in South Jinks Creek, the bay area, and the feeder channel system. Image: Sunset Beach The state in February gave Sunset Beach the green light to pump material dredged from an ocean-access waterway onto a disposal site just off…
Florence Now Cat 2; Surge, Rain Big Threats
…County, mainland and island, effective at noon Tuesday. New Hanover County: Under a state of emergency as of Monday, a voluntary evacuation for all of New Hanover County is recommended, including Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Wrightsville Beach and the City of Wilmington. Onslow County: A state of emergency was issued…