Dec 6, 2024 · The state agency “dedicated to the conservation and wise management of fish and wildlife, and the regulation of inland fishing, hunting, trapping and boating regulations” will be under new leadership effective Jan. 1, 2025.

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Nov 22, 2024 · The difference is a “tiny bit lower” than Gilford’s findings, “but very much in the same ballpark,” said Dr. Friederike “Fredi” Otto, a senior lecturer in climate science at Imperial College London and lead of World Weather Attribution, a team of researchers from several European-based institutions.. Otto said the companion study, “really shows that …

Jan 10, 2025 · “Accelerating sea level rise (SLR) and changing storm patterns will increasingly expose barrier islands to coastal hazards, including flooding, erosion, and rising groundwater tables,” according to the study titled, “The projected exposure and response of a natural barrier island system to climate-driven coastal hazards,” published in Nature scientific reports.

Oct 10, 2024 · The north end of Roanoke Island, with the Albemarle Sound visible beyond. Photo: National Park Service. ROANOKE ISLAND — While immigration is a hot election-year topic, it’s perhaps notable that speculation continues unabated about the fate of America’s first English immigrants who vanished into the mists of history 437 years ago, with yet another twist in the saga of the real people who ...

Dec 31, 2024 · The students presented their findings “The Sound of Change: Responses to Controlled Burning and Other Changes in the Currituck Sound,” Dec. 12 as part of the monthly Science on the Sound lecture series at the Coastal Studies Institute, or CSI, on East Carolina University’s Outer Banks Campus.. The students conducted the research project as part of the Outer Banks Field Site, or OBXFS, a ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Then-North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Reid Wilson, second from left, joins Friends of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum President Danny Couch, left, Office of Archives and History Deputy Secretary Darin Waters and Maritime Museums System Interim Director Maria Vann in cutting the ceremonial ribbon for invited guests in May 2024 during a preview of the ...

Dec 31, 2024 · In September 2023, soils on the beach adjacent to the site, also known as the Buxton Beach Access, tested positive for petroleum contamination.. The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with Cape Hatteras National Seashore, issued the updated public health advisory Tuesday.

Dec 16, 2024 · Coastal Resources Commission legal counsel Mary Lucasse, speaking during a recent legal symposium in New Bern, said the Coastal Area Management Act balances development and private property rights with protecting natural resources.

Dec 6, 2024 · The proposed Hilton Bluffs development site plan map golf course and single-family homes, shown as points P and N, respectively, and horse ranch with river overlook and cabins, marked J and K, respectively, are shown with a 100-year floodplain overlay provided by Dr. Roger Shew, who said the Wilmington area had seen at least six 100- to 500-vear floods since 1999.