Northeast staff hosted tour of new Wanchese office
The North Carolina Coastal Federation welcomed the Outer Banks community to its new office in the Wanchese Marine Industrial Park at its Wanchese Office Grand Opening on Thursday. At…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation welcomed the Outer Banks community to its new office in the Wanchese Marine Industrial Park at its Wanchese Office Grand Opening on Thursday. At…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation’s southeast office in Wrightsville Beach has been expanding its community outreach by beginning a partnership with the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth…
DetailsTracy Skrabal, a coastal scientist and southeast regional manager at the North Carolina Coastal Federation, was named “Woman of the Year — Local Hero/Beach Culture” by the Wrightsville Beach…
DetailsEstuaries do it all — they serve as nurseries for juvenile fish, help support the economy, filter polluted stormwater runoff, preserve centuries-old cultures and traditions and serve as unique educational…
DetailsThe My Community: My Voice campaign kicked off in Wilmington on Wednesday evening, Aug. 17, with a packed house at the local pub, Ironclad Brewery. The campaign, which is spearheaded by the…
DetailsThe sun was blazing on Aug. 16, but 27 volunteers removed over 100 cubic feet — an entire trailer full — of weeds and cattails that were invading the rain…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation’s northeast staff ended last week with a treat — spending the day with more than 50 students who participated in Mano al Hermano’s summer reading…
DetailsThe Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on Thursday filed a petition against a Sunset Beach development permit. The SELC filed it on behalf of the North Carolina Coastal Federation and the Sunset…
DetailsThe 2016 Pelican Award winners received their awards on Saturday in Beaufort at The Boathouse at Front Street Village. These award winners all contributed in unique ways toward protecting the…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation awarded 31 local governments Pelican Awards for passing resolutions against offshore oil and/or seismic surveys, which involve the use of sonic waves to search for…
DetailsThe 2016 interns at a pelican banding on New Dump Island. Pictured from left to right: Kat Vayda, Maddie Fisher, Alison Andrews, Ginny Crothers. When this year’s four Coastal Advocacy…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation submitted its comment letter on the Army Corps of Engineers’ final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Aug. 1 regarding the proposed terminal groin at Rich…
DetailsLast summer, the North Carolina Coastal Federation partnered with Mano al Hermano for its Summer Literacy Project. Through funding from the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, the federation provided three books with coastal…
DetailsTeachers from around the state visited Jones Island at Hammocks Beach State Park on Thursday, July 28, for a teacher workshop session led by Rachel Bisesi, coastal education coordinator for…
DetailsWaterfront property owners with eroding shorelines along our coastal sounds, bays, rivers, tidal creeks and waterways may soon be eligible for financial assistance to naturally control their erosion while increasing…
DetailsWednesday, July 27 was a hot day, but that didn’t deter the wonderful volunteers in Manteo from completing an oyster reef in Shallowbag Bay on Roanoke Island. Six volunteers came out for a…
DetailsComment letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters The North Carolina Coastal Federation submitted comments regarding Nationwide Permit 13 (NWP 13) for Bank Stabilization and Nationwide Permit B (NWP…
DetailsVolunteers helped the North Carolina Coastal Federation complete the fifth phase of its restoration work at the Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve near Stump Sound in Holly Ridge in Onslow…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation and North Carolina Wildlife Federation submitted an amicus brief on July 27 in support of public trust rights to access dry sand beaches. The Southern…
DetailsAnn Daisey is the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s community conservationist, and her position is unique to the state. She focuses on improving water quality in Dare County as both a…
DetailsThe Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) submitted a comment letter regarding living shorelines to the Army Corps of Engineers. The letter was written on behalf of the North Carolina Coastal…
DetailsThe vice chairman of the Coastal Resources Commission approved a request for a third party contested hearing on the Sunset Beach West development but denied a request to hear the appeal…
DetailsA group of 16 campers spent three days exploring Hammocks Beach State Park for Coastal Discovery Camp, where they took in the many views of the park and learned about its many habitats.…
DetailsThe North Carolina Coastal Federation has been recommended to receive $1.275 million for oyster restoration in the Pamlico Sound by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the potential to…
DetailsEight students and two staff from River City YouthBuild visited the Northeast office on July 14 for a field trip to explore a living shoreline at Jockey’s Ridge State Park. Despite the weather — the…
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