State transportation officials closed most ferry routes and large sections of N.C. Highway 12 because of damage and ocean overwash associated with the late-week coastal storm.
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Restoring world’s coasts must happen at the speed of need
North Carolina Coastal Federation staff who recently visited Australia left with a clear takeaway: Restoration technology and expertise here at home must be put to work at a much larger scale, ambitiously and expediently.
Registration open for Nov. 17-18 NC Coastal Conference
North Carolina Sea Grant’s biennial conference a “platform for engaging with like-minded participants and potential collaborators dedicated to the prosperity of our state’s coastal communities, environments, and economies.”
Bridge maintenance closes one lane of U.S. 74/76 near Leland
Maintenance on a bridge spanning a creek along U.S. 74/76 in Brunswick County is expected to keep one lane of the well-traveled highway closed through mid-October.
Researchers to share results of OBX co-development project
N.C. State researchers will share their findings from a community co-development project with residents at an open house-style research fair planned for Oct. 3 in Ocracoke and Hatteras.
Residents voice support for North Topsail Beach’s sand plan
People with erosion-threatened homes and property in North Topsail Beach made it clear in a public hearing Tuesday that they want a 2,021-foot-long terminal groin built at New River Inlet, pivot the channel in the inlet and a carry out a long-term plan for berm and beach fill to remedy the town’s receding shoreline.
Forecasters expect strong winds, coastal flooding this week
Parts of eastern North Carolina started to feel the effects Wednesday of a large and slow-moving coastal low likely to bring rain, strong winds, coastal flooding and hazardous beach conditions through the weekend.
Online public meeting set for two draft flood resiliency plans
The public will get a chance Oct. 6 to learn about and weigh in on the state’s draft plans to improve flood resilience in the Cape Fear River and White Oak River basins, part of a statewide program mandated by the legislature.
National Estuaries Week celebrates vital coastal ecosystems
This week is National Estuaries Week, a campaign to increase public awareness of estuaries and to encourage people to become involved in the protection of these important natural resources.
Hearing set on proposal to add military training ops in Carteret
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s proposal includes adding and increasing training activities and operations within the base’s range complex, and expanding restricted water areas.
Hatteras event honors community, its working waterfront
Hatteras Village’s 22nd annual Day at the Docks welcomed locals and visitors alike Saturday with its celebration and recognition of the traditions, people and flavors that helped shape the island community’s identity.
Holden Beach Police investigate vandalized loggerhead nest
Punishment for the suspected crime that occurred Friday night carries a maximum penalty of a $50,000 fine and possible jail time.
NOAA gets $64 million to build new lab; former staff ‘elated’
Dr. Bud Cross, a longtime director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s historic Beaufort Laboratory, says the recent announcement the a new facility would soon be built on Pivers Island came as “great news to all of us who have worked there.”
Online informational meeting on red wolf recovery Sept. 29
Fish and Wildlife officials said the session will cover topics such as recovery efforts for the species, the status of recovery efforts in the eastern North Carolina red wolf population area, coyote-management strategies, and planning.
Environmental education office finds new home at Catawba
After being cut from the state budget in July, the North Carolina Environmental Education Certification Program will transition starting Oct. 1 from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to Catawba College’s Center for the Environment.
When is the best time to go fishing? Soon, old sport, soon
It’s no illusion, fall fishing is the absolute best time to be on the water, and “life starts all over again,” as Fitzgerald noted, but there may be a little magic involved.
