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Wind Energy Could Benefit Morehead City
MOREHEAD CITY – This port town in Carteret County is uniquely situated to take advantage of any green-energy boom off the N.C. coast, an officer with the N.C. State Ports Authority noted last week at a...
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Federal Cuts Threaten Beach-Testing Program
MOREHEAD CITY — North Carolina would likely have to cut by more than half the number of coastal swimming beaches that it routinely tests for contamination if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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Geologist Offers a New Vision for the Coast
MOREHEAD CITY – Stan Riggs seems to be on a mission these days. His goal is ambitious: To save our beautiful coast – its inlets and marshes and barrier islands – and in the process to save our coastal...
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Remembering the Ash Wednesday Storm
NAGS HEAD — Unimaginative meteorologists called it “The Great Atlantic Coast Storm of 1962.” The late Aycock Brown, though, was a more lyrical sort. As the longtime publicist for Dare County, Brown had...
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30 Years of Protecting the Coast
WILMINGTON – Thirty years ago, Todd Miller returned to coastal North Carolina with an idea. He had grown up along Bogue Sound in what was then rural Carteret County. He had fished its bountiful...
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New Wind Guidelines Meant to Protect Birds
PANTEGO — The developer of a proposed wind farm in Beaufort County plans to follow voluntary guidelines that the federal government recently issued that are meant to reduce the number of bird strikes...
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CRC Nudges Closer Towards Policy on Sea-Level Rise
BEAUFORT – The state’s long, tortuous and at times rocky journey towards a planning policy to address an expected future of higher seas came through this coastal town yesterday and left a little closer...
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Protecting Those Special Places Along the Coast
Last of two parts Before falling on hard budgetary times, the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund had distributed about $970 million in more than 1,500 grants. More than a quarter of that money –...
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Meet the Parrot Heads
EMERALD ISLE – You won’t have to wander far at the N.C. Coastal Federation’s Native Plant Festival this weekend to bump into a Parrot Head. They will be everywhere – waiting on customers, hauling...
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New Ways Needed to Protect Working Forests
Thirty-three counties in Eastern North Carolina, from Brunswick to Pasquotank, make up one of 11 priority areas in the Southeast where there are innovative opportunities to preserve large tracts of...
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Sea-Level Rise Plan Draws a Crowd
BEAUFORT – A state meeting on sea-level rise a month or so ago would have drawn a few planners and maybe a handful of scientists from the nearby marine labs. Yesterday, though, the room was packed to...
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Seas Rising Faster Along Northern Outer Banks
With state legislators still wading through the issue of rising seas, a new federal report released yesterday seems to further muddy the water. Contrary to what we heard from some legislators the last...
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2012 Pelican Award Winners
Alice and Fred Stanback OCEAN – A grassroots organization that fought off a smelting plant, a county that encouraged innovative techniques to control stormwater and farmers working to restore wetlands...
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On the Brink: The Story of a Man and a Snail
First of two parts HAMPSTEAD – Caring for a species is a tough job. Just ask Andy Wood, who has been at it for two decades. “In the last few years it has begun worrying me,” said Wood, as we stood in...
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On the Brink, Part 2: There’s Hope
Second of two parts HAMPSTEAD – Andy Wood gently lifted the broad spatterdock leaf that was floating on the surface of the water. He turned it over, revealing five dime-sized circles of yellow spots....
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Learning the Value of Education
Hispanic students from Durham sample marine life around Jones Island in the White Oak River. Photo by Sam Bland. SWANSBORO – It was one of those sweltering July days when the temperature approached...
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Proposed Merger of Agencies Raises Fears
NEW BERN – Though the turnout was low, emotions ran high. About 20 people showed up Thursday night for a public meeting intended to find out what people think about reorganizing the two state agencies...
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Come Celebrate Our Estuaries
OCEAN — Let us take a moment to consider the marshes that surround us. They are home to rare plants and animals and are nurseries for the fish and shellfish that have become the staples of our dinner...
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Enjoy the Holiday Celestial Light Show
Meteor-Watching Tips Here are some tips from the folks at EarthSky: Dark skies away from the glare of city lights are important. For best viewing, find a dark beach or a place out in the country. Let...
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Feds Call for Offshore Wind Proposals
Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management In a significant first step toward developing wind energy off the N.C. coast, the federal government yesterday asked for project proposals for three offshore...
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