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Northeast Region

Regional Calendar

Be sure to check out the Coastal Cohorts concerts in March in Elizabeth City and Manteo. The proceeds benefit the federation. See other sections of our Web site for ticket prices and for the locations of other Cohort concerts.

See our Regional Calendar for other ways you can get involved with our work along the northeast coast

Our Wish List

Totes, knee boots and a vacuum cleaner are just a few of the things we need in our office in Manteo. Check our Northeast Region Wish List for stuff you might have in the attic or garage that we might need.

Current Projects

Coastkeeper

Duke Energy Has Draft Plan for Pamlico Wind Project

Duke Energy has compiled a map of potential routes for bringing a transmission cable ashore on Hatteras Island from its proposed wind energy study site in Pamlico Sound. The utility hopes to build up to three wind turbines about seven miles off the Avon… read more

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public meeting on the project as part of its draft environmental impact statement. The meeting will be:

Thursday, March 18, at the Dare County Justice Center in Manteo, starting at 6 p.m.

Education & Restoration

	Help Build a Marsh at Jockey's Ridge The federation will be recruiting people once again to plant marsh grass and haul oyster bags at Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head. This is the second phase of a project to restore habitat and protect the shoreline at the park... read more For information, contact Sara Hallis at 252-473-1607 or email her.
	Teaching Teachers About Our Marshes Regional staff members will spend a week in Ocracoke leading a series of seminars at the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching . During the week the teachers, local school children and local volunteers will restore a coastal wetland by planting marsh grasses behind a rock sill 700 feet long... read more
	Helping the Long Shoal River The federation, engineers from N.C. State University and landowners in northeast Hyde are working to restore the area’s natural hydrology. This will reduce agricultural runoff and improve habitat and water quality along the Long Shoal River... read more Read press release
	Brochure Highlights Regional Restoration Work Our regional staff has produced a handy brochure that highlights our restoration work along the northeast coast. You can read about our work with farmers in Hyde County, our oyster projects in Pamlico Sound and the marsh we're helping create at Jockey's Ridge State Park. Download brochure

Low-Impact Development

Federation, Manteo Team Up on Stormwater

The N.C. Coastal Federation and Manteo officials are working together to try and control polluted stormwater. We helped the town get a grant to build a park to control runoff and fashion tools that will encourage low-impact development… read more

Our Mission

To provide citizens and groups with the assistance needed to take an active role in the stewardship of North Carolina’s coastal water quality and natural resources.

Who we are: The N.C. Coastal Federation is the state's only non-profit organization focused exclusively on protecting and restoring the coast of North Carolina through education, advocacy, and habitat preservation and restoration. Our professional staff of 18 works out of three offices along the N.C. coast:

Northeast Region – Manteo
Central Region – Ocean
Southeast Region – Wilmington

About the Region

It’s the heaving Atlantic surf and the quiet black water of juniper swamps. It encompasses the clam beds of Cape Hatteras and the traditional shad and herring runs of the western Albemarle Sound. The territory covered by Northeast Region runs along the Atlantic seaboard from the Virginia state line to the southern tip of Ocracoke Island and west up the Albemarle and northern Pamlico sounds. Within those thousands of square miles of shoreline are some of the state’s most diverse and threatened aquatic systems.

About Our Regional Staff

The N.C. Coastal Federation has three full-time professional staff working in our Northeast Region:

Jan DeBlieu, an author and longtime resident of the Outer Banks, is the Cape Hatteras Coastkeeper© and directs the Northeast regional staff. [ Email ]
Erin Fleckenstein is the region’s Coastal Scientist and works to restore threatened coastal habitats, such as wetlands and oyster reefs. [ Email ]
Sara Hallas is the region’s Coastal Education Coordinator and works with other staff members recruit volunteers and educate children and adults about the coastal environment. [ Email ]

The staff works out of our office at 128 Grenville St. in Manteo. [ Map ]

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