Southeast Region
Volunteers Can Help Kids Plant Wetland, Build Oyster Reef
 Volunteers will have a couple of opportunities in September to help with projects in the region. You can join students and teachers at Bradley Elementary School on Sept. 2 and work on a wetland to treat stormwater or you can join us on Stump Sound on Sept. 25 to build an oyster reef... read more
New Study: Stormwater Polluting Lockwoods Folly River
 Polluted runoff is closing shellfish beds in the Lockwoods Folly River in Brunswick County, according to new study done by the N.C. Coastal Federation, the state and others. The report finds that bacteria entering the river with each rain must be reduced as much as 84 percent if the river is to once again meet state water standards for shellfishing... read more
Our Wish List
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Moving to a new office means we need furnishings like a conference table and bookshelves and maybe some coastal prints to hang on the wall. A boat cover and an enclosed storage trailer would also be nice.
See our Regional Wish List for other items that we need and you just might have in the garage. |
Current Projects
Advocacy
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Stop Titan Cement
The N.C. Coastal Federation has joined other advocacy groups and activists in a grassroots movement to stop Titan America from building a huge cement plant and mine near Wilmington…read more |
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Protecting Lockwood Folly
Worried about the health of the Lockwood Folly River in Brunswick County, the N.C. Coastal Federation and its partners are seeking solutions…read more |
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Proposed Container Port
People have concerns about a new international port that the state is proposing for the lower Cape Fear River near Southport. The federation is helping a citizen group that formed critically analyze the issues and assess the potential effects of this project on the Cape Fear Region... read more |
Restoration & Education
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Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve
The federation has received a grant from the Fish America Foundation to create a 250-foot-long living shoreline at the Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve on Stump Sound in Onslow County…read more |
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Oysters in the School
The federation is working with Ashley, Dixon and John T. Hoggard high schools in our Oyster Habitat Program in the Southeast Region. Students are learning about oyster biology and ecology in the classroom and then take to field to build and monitor oyster reefs... read more |
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Rain Gardens in the Schools
The federation is working with numerous partners to design and begin building a series of rain gardens at Bradley Creek Elementary School in Wilmington…read more |
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Student Wetland Nurseries
Two schools worked with federation staff in the classroom this winter and are conducting seed germination experiments with saltmarsh cordgrass seeds they collected in the fall. …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:
About the Region
The territory covered by the Southeast Region runs along the Atlantic seaboard from the South Carolina state line to the southern Onslow County. Within those thousands of square miles of shoreline are Wilmington and some of the coast’s fastest-growing counties.
Sunrise at Morris Landing on Stump Sound in Onslow County
Our Regional Staff
The N.C. Coastal Federation has three full-time professional staff working in our Southeast Region:
- Tracy Skrabal, our senior staff scientist, leads our office in the Southeast Region. She oversees restoration and stabilization projects for the federation. [ Email ]
- Mike Giles is the coastal advocate in the region and works to enforce environmental regulations. [ Email ]
- Ted Wilgis is the region’s Coastal Education Coordinator and works with other staff members to recruit volunteers and educate children and adults about the coastal environment. [ Email ]
The staff works out of our office at The Landing, Suite F-1,
530 Causeway Drive,
Wrightsville Beach [ Map ]
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