The supervisory wildlife biologist will highlight the research and education programs at two northeastern North Carolina refuges during the Nov. 21 “Science on the Sound” lecture series at Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese.
The public is encouraged to submit comment by Dec. 23 to Rebuild NC on a draft plan to spend $168 million on disaster mitigation.
Nags Head Mayor Ben Cahoon is joining this week 30 leaders from 13 coastal states in Washington, D.C., to urge lawmakers on Capitol Hill to maintain offshore drilling protections passed this summer by the House of Representatives.
Ocracoke Island is set to reopen to visitors as soon as N.C. 12 reopens, which is expected to happen Nov. 22.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s boating access off Lennoxville Road is now open to the public after a project to reduce the amount of stormwater runoff from the site was completed.
Nags Head commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday not to consider a proposed rule that would have eliminated existing lot size requirements for larger homes.
The Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center at the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island will be closed for much of next week while upgrades are made to the facility’s HVAC system.
The state Department of Environmental Quality is holding a public hearing in Bolivia Dec. 5 on Brunswick County’s wastewater draft permit modifications for its Northwest Water Treatment Plant in Leland.
The schedule for the Hatteras-Ocracoke Silver Lake ferry will be adjusted beginning Thursday to allow repairs to the section of N.C. 12 damaged by Hurricane Dorian.
The state Wildlife Resources Commission has purchased 6,310 acres for public use next to the North River Game Land in Currituck and Camden counties.
NCDEQ has set a public hearing Nov. 21 in Bolivia on draft permits to discharge wastewater and stormwater from the Southport Power Plant.
The N.C. Environmental Management Commission will hear the annual report on the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico agricultural rules and address assessment methods for impaired waters during its Nov. 13-14 meeting in Raleigh.
