- Oyster Awareness: Shellfish Benefit Environment, Economy
Jan. 10 – CRO - Coastal Federation Begins Annual Hunt for Crab Pots
Jan. 10 – The Outer Banks Voice - Coastal Federation Raises Over $60,000 for Oyster Shell Recycling Program
Jan. 9 – Carteret County News-Times - NC Coastal Federation Recaps its Progress, Looks Forward to 2022
Jan. 3 – WNCT 9
- Paddlers ready for 120-mile along NC coast to bring attention to protecting beaches
Feb. 27 – WRAL - Living Shorelines: Turning towards nature to address sea-level rise
Feb. 23 – WECT - New NOAA report finds sea level is rising fast. NC is especially at risk
Feb. 23 – News and Observer - Groups working to improve water quality for oyster farms
Feb. 17 – WRAL - NC Supreme Court: Environmental grants can continue
Feb. 17 – CRO
- NC Coastal Federation releases Marine Debris Action Plan Accomplishment Report for 2021
March 31 – OBX Today - New program looks to boost climate resilience around bases
March 30 – CRO - Stop, check before you enjoy fish consumption month
March 28 – WRAL - Funding now available for Watershed Restoration projects in NC
March 24 – WNCT - NC Coastal Federation warning about health risks of consuming fish caught in the Cape Fear River
March 24 – WWAY - Groups working to clear NC beaches of marine debris and trash
March 20 – WRAL - Hold the foam? Topsail Island looking at ordinance to prohibit foam docks
March 18 – Wilmington Star-News - ECU students spend spring break volunteering in county with NC Coastal Federation
March 10 – Carteret County News-Times - Coastal Federation allocated $2M to install living shorelines
March 7 – Port City Daily - Students in Eastern Carolina spend spring break restoring the environment
March 7 – WITN - NCDOT to repair storm drainage system off Highway 24 in Cape Carteret
March 2 – Carteret County News-Times
- Ecological Landscaping, Support our local ecosystem by making thoughtful decisions about what and how to plant
April 27 – Wrightsville Beach Magazine - What is the N.C. Oyster Trail? And what are the Wilmington-area stops?
April 26 – Star News Online - Topsail Beach bans Styrofoam in floating dock construction
April 21 – CRO - Coastal Federation celebrates Earth Day with ‘Work on Wilmington’ at Bradley Creek Elementary
April 21 – WWAY - North Carolina encouraging use of living shorelines to protect against erosion
April 20 – AccuWeather - Celebrate Earth Fair OBX with the NC Coastal Federation in Dowdy Park
April 18 – OBX Today - What is affecting salt marshes today?
April 17 – Spectrum News - Living shorelines becoming more prevalent in protecting NC’s coast
April 17 – WRAL - DoD program protects climate landscapes and military bases
April 15 – E&E News
- Climate scientists worry as another above-average hurricane season quickly approaches
May 22 – WRAL - Coastal Federation unveils design plans for coastal center
May 20 – CRO - Final designs unveiled for Center for Coastal Protection and Restoration in Carteret County
May 18 – OBX Today - Researchers predict above-average Atlantic hurricane season
May 18 – WITN - ‘You can’t outpace Mother Nature’: The sorry tale of a beach home’s collapse into the ocean
May 13 – The Independent - EPA proposes 3 new actions to protect public from PFAS
May 4 – CRO - Effort to restore Newport River a point of pride for those in Carteret County
May 1 – WRAL
- Camp Don Lee installs living shoreline with help from The North Carolina Coastal Federation
June 30 – TownDock.net - County commissioners voice general support for mariculture ‘hub’ at Straits
June 23 – Carteret County News & Times - See coastal critters up close during Touch Tank Tuesdays
June 20 – CRO - NCDOT contractor repairing storm drainage system off of highway 24 in Cape Carteret
June 17 – Carteret County News & Times - Volunteers help search for microplastics along NC coast
June 14 – WRAL - Reducing microplastics: How to keep our beaches safe
June 14 – WITN - NC could lose up to 40% of its wetlands to sea level rise by 2070, new study shows
June 14 – The News & Observer - Federation, Coastal Environmental expand shell recycling
June 10 – CRO - Volunteers plant marsh grass along CCC shoreline as part of restoration project
June 2 – The Carteret County News-Times - Bill would fund efforts to support growing shellfishing industry
June 1 – CRO
- Work underway to keep eastern North Carolina island from “washing away”
July 28- WCTI - N.C. Coastal Federation to hold Pelican Awards, raffle, auction Aug. 6
July 28- The Carteret County News-Times - Oak Island: Marsh Cleaners to receive Pelican Award
July 27- The State Port Pilot - Check out the living shoreline that helps stop erosion
July 27- WHQR - Town of Morehead City and organizations working to restore Sugarloaf Island
July 27- WNCT - State agencies work to restore oyster populations on Pamlico Sound
July 26 – WITN - New program aims to boost NC’s growing oyster industry
July 24 – WRAL - All Topsail towns now prohibit Styrofoam in floating docks
July 21 – CRO - At Offshore Wind Summit, Infrastructure talk focuses on physical components
July 20 – Wilmington Business Journal - Carolina Beach living shoreline work, clean-up set for Friday
July 18 – CRO - Largest lake in NC at-risk due to invasive carp species
July 16 – WRAL - Local and national environmental groups to meet for offshore wind and wildlife summit
July 15 – WECT - Living shoreline work starts on N.C. 24 in western Carteret
July 11 – CRO - Touch Tank Tuesday: A close-up glimpse of life in a salt marsh
July 7 – Spectrum News 1
- Phase 1 plans detailed for Sugarloaf restoration
August 30 – Carteret County News-Times - Aquaculture hub to be built to help oyster & clam growers
August 30 – WITN - How much microplastics are on our beaches? Citizen scientists are helping to find out
August 25 – Spectrum News 1 - Surprising ways your daily actions impact water quality in NC
August 20 – WRAL - North Carolina Coastal Federation works on preservation projects
August 19 – WITN - Local club paddling entire NC coastline to raise clean water awareness
August 19 – WWAY - Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds
August 19 – The State - Experts explain how water quality is impacted on North Carolina coast
August 16 – WITN - BCSO Marine Patrol Unit receives award for removing abandoned boats
August 12 – WWAY - Surf City to install eco-friendly alternative to combat erosion at Soundside Park
August 9 – Port City Daily - North Carolina’s Oysters Come Out of Their Shell
August 9 – Hakai Magazine - Aquaculture hub to be created in Carteret County
August 9 – WNCT - Oyster reef construction in Surf City designed to prevent erosion amid rising sea levels
August 8 – WCTI - Construction to begin on living shoreline project at Soundside Park
August 8 – WECT - Golden LEAF announces $3.3 million in funding
August 8 – Neuse News
- The South’s Oyster Trails are Drawing Hungry Crowds
September 25 – Southern Living - North Carolina Land and Water fund grants funding to projects across the state
September 23 – WECT - Wrightsville Beach canoe club competing in their first 120-journey up N.C. coast
September 21 – Spectrum News - NCCF gets grant, looking for another, to build Down East mariculture hub
September 21 – Carteret County News-Times - ‘Really critical to save’: Experts voice concerns over protecting salt marshes as sea levels rise
September 20 – WITN - Public invited to hear update on Lake Mattamuskeet watershed restoration
September 20 – OBX Today - Experts concerned over coastal salt marshes as sea levels rise
September 20 – WXII - Why Environmentalists are pushing to restore NC’s pocosin wetlands
September 19 – Wilmington Star News - Paddlers Set Off On 120-Mile Journey Up NC Coast
September 7 – Island Life NC Magazine
- New partnership aims to restore water quality, vegetation
October 31 – CRO - Clear- Not just Clean- Water Matters for North Carolina’s Coast
October 27 – The PEW Charitable Trusts - Dock debris following Ian ‘worst we’ve seen,’ crews say
October 25 – CRO - ECU first generation college students give back
October 19 – The Coastland Times - Shellfish growers loan program now available
October 14 – MSN - Loan program now available to qualified shellfish growers
October 13 – CRO - ‘The North Carolina coast is the Napa Valley of oysters’: Oyster expert talks about the importance of shellfish in our environment
October 13 – WECT - N.C. shellfish industry gets a boost through loan program
October 13 – The Carolina Journal - October 10-16 declared North Carolina Oyster Week; Statewide celebration includes array of events
October 12 – OBX Today - Here’s how NC leaders fund the removal of derelict boats along the coastline
October 9 – WRAL - North Carolina Oyster Week is Oct. 10-16
October 9 – Island Free Press - Groups work to clear abandoned boats from North Carolina coast
October 6 – WITN
- $2M in legislative funding to go to Sugarloaf Island
November 29 – WNCT - Living shoreline work in White Oak River along Highway 24 causes traffic configuration to change on Swansboro causeway
November 29 – Carteret County News-Times - NCCF hiring commercial fishermen for annual Fishing Gear Recovery Project
November 23 – Carteret County News-Times - North Carolina’s largest lake under siege by common carp
November 18 – WUNC - Outer Banks homes keep falling into the ocean, septic tanks causing issues
November 13 – WRAL - Partners Take on Marine Debris Across the Southeast
November 10 – NOAA Marine Debris Program - A cycle of septic repairs, washouts on park service beaches
November 4 – CRO - Summit in New Bern looks to improve water quality in coastal ecosystems
November 1 – WITN
- Researchers inspect various kinds of microplastics found at NC beaches
December 31 – WRAL - How this coastal advocate is working to protect the N.C. coast…one paddle at a time
December 28 – Star News Online - Raw, smoked, or fried? The oyster industry is growing in North Carolina
December 20 – Spectrum News - Coastal restoration firms show off living shoreline tech
December 16 – CoastalReview.org - After two-year hiatus, annual Hatteras Island Oyster Roast will return for 2023
December 6 – Island Free Press - Living shoreline projects on military bases receives grant
December 6 – CoastalReview.org - Officials celebrate funding of Sugarloaf Island restoration
December 6 – CoastalReview.org - Coastal Federation’s massive North River Farms project is complete
December 5 – Carteret County News-Times - Commercial fishermen needed for recovery of lost fishing gear
December 3 – The Coastland Times - Sugarloaf Island conservation project given $2 million
December 2 – Carteret County News-Times - Morehead City receives updates on Sugarloaf Island Project
December 1 – WITN