Kerr-McGee Restoration Projects Selected
More than $12 million worth of habitat restoration projects have been identified in the first phase of a plan to offset environmental damage at the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. site in Navassa.
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Audubon Challenges CBRA Sand Mining Rule
The National Audubon Society has sued Interior Secretary Bernhardt over a decision to allow federal funds to pay for mining sand from Coastal Barrier Resources Act zones.
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OIB Plan Includes Bike Paths, Raising Street
Ocean Isle Beach’s plans to add bicycle paths and resurface First Street means more impervious asphalt where flooding is already a problem.
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Executive Order Could Fast-Track Port Project
A presidential order calling for agencies to use emergency powers to speed environmental review and permitting of infrastructure projects could fast-track a Wilmington port project.
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NTB Offers Gilbride Full-Time Manager Job
The North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen on Wednesday agreed to offer the town manager position to David Gilbride, who’s now serving as interim manager.
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Effort On to Link Heritage Corridor, Greenway
Brunswick County commissioners have agreed to support a plan to connect the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor with the East Coast Greenway, which would showcase for hikers, cyclists and paddlers the history of enslaved Africans here.
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Hard-Hit Oyster Growers Ineligible For Aid
Oyster farmers have experienced huge crop losses as a result of the pandemic, but because oysters are not considered specialty crops by the USDA, shellfish growers aren’t eligible to receive federal aid such as the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
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CRC Allows Larger Sandbags to Protect NC 12
The Coastal Resources Commission has approved the Department of Transportation’s request to use oversized sandbags as a temporary measure to guard a vulnerable stretch of the coastal highway from erosion.
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Topsail Beach Takes on Stormwater, Erosion
After recently completing a beach and inlet storm damage restoration, Topsail Beach is now turning its attention to soundside problems and advancing living shoreline and stormwater projects.
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Property Owners Score Win in Bridge Dispute
A judge has granted a judicial review to property owners near the site of a planned bridge to Harkers Island, including the Coastal Resources Commission’s vice chair, who are challenging permits for the project.
