Dr. Craig Harms of N.C. State’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in Morehead City is not only one of the area’s top experts on how to diagnose and treat sick and injured sea turtles, he helped write the book.
The Crystal Coast Stargazers Club, which formed about a year ago and has grown to about 150 members, meets frequently at various sites in Carteret County to view the night sky.
He’s a retired corporate executive who moved to the beach and became a coastal environmental activist, meet Dick Bierly.
Joy Greenwood’s job is managing the more than 400 acres of shifting sand known as Jockey’s Ridge State Park, one of North Carolina’s most dynamic and most visited.
A UNC professor, author, musician and lifelong steward of the coast, Bland Simpson has been actively involved with the North Carolina Coastal Federation for much of its 35-year history.
Coastal processes, such as erosion, accretion and channel migration, can be complex, but a Carteret County firm has technology and tools to make clear what’s happening.
Irene Nolan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, dedicated community journalist and co-founder of the The Island Free Press of Hatteras and Ocracoke Island, died Friday.
Known as a masterful storyteller and top expert on the Wright brothers and early aviation, historian Darrell Collins recently retired after 40 years with the National Park Service.
John Fussell turned his childhood fascination with birds into a career, defending and protecting their habitats, and after decades in the field, he still loves his “fine feathered friends.”
Others now lead tours of the coastal reserve, but Frank Nesmith, 90, the man whose love for Bird Island sparked the effort to spare it from development, still enjoys connecting with kindred spirits.
Jan Harris of Sunset Beach has been fighting environmental injustice for a long time, and her efforts to protect the natural beauty of her beloved beach town continue.
April Clark of Swansboro is a business owner and environmental advocate who manages to maintain equilibrium in her efforts to protect natural resources and promote economic growth in a small coastal town.
Winner of 14 North Carolina Press Association awards in 2016
