Topsail Island towns team to eradicate harmful beach vitex
7 hours ago · Topsail Island towns are banding together to dramatically reduce the presence of an invasive plant that chokes out native vegetation on oceanfront dunes. Beach vitex, a thick, woody vine that sheds its leaves seasonally, is growing on more than 170 properties spanning the three towns on the 26-mile-long barrier island.
Online tool maps state’s blue economy businesses, resources
21 hours ago · Call 252-728-3600 or visit inlet-inn.com now to book your stay! The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has launched an interactive map pinpointing key blue economy businesses, startups, assets and resources in an effort to boost economic activities in the state that are related to oceans and ...
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Ocracoke a beacon of maritime history, quiet attraction
6 days ago · Photo: Mark Hibbs. Over the past 50 years, Ocracoke has experienced both growth and resilience in the face of harsh coastal conditions and historic storms. Hurricane Dorian in 2019 slammed the island with a more-than 7-foot surging wall of water. All aspects of life here were affected. Scars still linger.
Rules eased as red-cockaded woodpeckers’ status improves
Nov 4, 2024 · Report uses new tools to address Wright Monument leakage. Rules eased as red-cockaded woodpeckers’ status improves. Officials are in ‘No hurry to sell’ 87 acres of Navassa site. Science panel applies 2022 sea level report projections to NC. Ocracoke a beacon of maritime history, quiet attraction. Dare puts ‘OBX Folklore’ on the map in ...
Science panel applies 2022 sea level report projections to NC
Oct 28, 2024 · The science panel that advises the state Coastal Resources Commission is showing with a new report how the findings of a 2022 federal-level report projecting that sea levels will rise by more than a foot by 2050 apply to North Carolina. Released in mid-October, the “ North Carolina 2024 Sea Level Rise Science Update ” is the product of the ...
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Estuaries, though small, have huge economic impact: report
Nov 16, 2021 · Photo: Sam Bland. Though “geographically small,” estuaries are “economically huge,” according to a recently released update to a decade-old report on the economic value of these coastal regions where rivers mix with salt water. Restore America’s Estuaries and The Ocean Foundation released in 2009 the report, “The Economic and Market ...
Coastal restoration firms show off living shoreline tech
Dec 16, 2022 · Atlantic ReefMaker, based in Wilmington, has developed a flow-through, pile-based wave attenuation system with ecological benefits, co-founder Phillip Todd said during the meeting. A line of Atlantic ReefMaker wave attenuators stretches 200 feet just off the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson historic site’s shoreline. Photo: Mark Hibbs.
Socially sustainable seafood requires diligence, scrutiny
Oct 18, 2022 · Bill change adds terminal groin, limits historical site rules. Biologists, advocates push for more wildlife crossing funds. Socially sustainable seafood requires diligence, scrutiny. A seafood restaurant on the Morehead City waterfront. Photo: Lena Beck. In an undergraduate classroom at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2017, a ...