University of North Carolina Wilmington professor Roger Shew highlights in his documentary the area’s natural landscapes and challenges these environments face.
Conservation
Aquarium to host Carnival to Combat Climate Change
This year’s event, “Ocean Health,” is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and is included with admission or membership to N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.
Tryon Palace receives land for new community park
Tryon Palace Foundation at 4 p.m. Tuesday will hold a dedication ceremony for the new community park at Front and Craven streets in downtown New Bern.
Harrison Marks takes top post at Coastal Land Trust
After serving as interim executive director, the former Wachovia senior executive has accepted the role of executive director of the conservation organization.
Weyerhaeuser sets aside 1,600-plus acres for conservation
The eight sites to be added to the registry in Pender, Sampson, Beaufort, Brunswick, Bertie and Hyde counties provide important wildlife habitats and contribute to landscape resilience, officials said.
Woman turning family land into refuge for wildlife, herself
Sheba Shiver, who left a career as a clinical psychologist and returned to her family’s 50 acres in Pender County, was approved in 2021 for a conservation grant. While waiting for the money, she had more than 10,000 trees planted.
Coastal Land Trust acquires two Bertie County tracts
The conservation organization recently acquired a farm near Aulander and a large floodplain forest tract along the Chowan River near Colerain.
Coastal Land Trust saves 421 acres in Bertie County
The N.C. Coastal Land Trust has purchased for conservation five adjoining parcels along the Chowan River.
Surrendering to sweet black water: Exploring the Roanoke
UNC student Molly Herring shares her experiences and observations from a university trip up the North Carolina portion of the Roanoke River.
Family donates 56 acres in Bertie to Coastal Land Trust
The family farm was donated to the Coastal Land Trust in late December by two brothers, Wayland L. Jenkins Jr. of Ahoskie and Joe Henry Jenkins of Nags Head.
Sea Gate Woods Preserve expands by 78 acres
The 78 acres expands the Coastal Land Trust’s adjacent 123-acre Sea Gate Woods Preserve in Carteret County to 201 acres.
Land Trust secures 32 acres of Pender’s wet marl forest
The conservation organization purchased what the N.C. Natural Heritage Program calls an “exceptionally significant site.”
$17M to go to state park improvements, land acquisition
Pettigrew State Park in northeastern North Carolina will receive nearly $2 million through the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to upgrade its campground.
Emerald Isle board hears plan for 30-acre, forested park
Town commissioners and the public were briefed on the two-phased design for McLean-Spell Park, an undeveloped tract with maritime forest and wetlands the town purchased in 2018.
Nonprofit abandons Eagle Island purchase agreement
Chapel Hill-based Unique Places to Save said that failing to secure a grant from the state Land and Water Fund and with no major donors, it was “unable to find a path forward” to buy the 82 acres.
Brunswick County to host drop-in planning meeting Oct. 25
Input from the public will help refine and prioritize the recommendations and action steps needed to finalize the draft Blueprint Brunswick 2040 comprehensive land use plan and parks and recreation master plan.
