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NC - Federation founder Miller to step back, Davis new director

North Carolina Coastal Federation Executive Director Todd Miller is stepping down as North Carolina Division of Coastal Management Director Dr. Braxton Davis prepares to take the role Feb. 1.

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Local

NC - BHI asks voters to support up to $18M for S. Beach nourishment project

BALD HEAD ISLAND — Bald Head Island is planning its next beach nourishment project, which requires a vote from the public and could include an impact on property tax rates.

Mid-Atlantic
Engineering

NC - Showing winter isn't just for Santa, nourishment projects start at Wilmington-area beaches

The beach-building work takes place during late fall and winter to limit impacts to tourists, marine life, and nesting shorebirds and sea turtles.

Mid-Atlantic
Science

NC - Rare December sea turtle nest found on Hatteras Island — the latest ever recorded in N.C.

Park staff discovered the nest of a green sea turtle this weekend at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the latest sea turtle nest ever recorded in North Carolina.

Mid-Atlantic
Engineering

NC - Beach renourishment project kicking off in Wrightsville Beach next month

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Beach renourishment is scheduled to begin in Wrightsville Beach next month.

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Property

NC - Olsons scrap plans to buy, develop Topsail Beach property

TOPSAIL BEACH – After more than a year of emotionally charged meetings, negotiations and renegotiations, a Raleigh couple has pulled the plug on their plans to build a family compound on the southern tip of Topsail Island.

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Property

NC - Audit: For a hurricane five years ago, there is $72M people need, can't get

(The Center Square) – A recent state audit shows nearly $72 million in Hurricane Florence recovery money remains unspent, despite lingering unmet needs in counties hardest hit by the 2018 storm.

Southeast
Federal

USA - NOAA gives wrap up on 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ... Season ranks 4th for most-named storms in a year

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says the above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ends on November 30, was characterised by record-warm Atlantic Sea surface temperatures and a strong El Nino.

Mid-Atlantic
Justice

VA - Return to the River: The Upper Mattaponi Tribe reclaim their ancestral lands

The Upper Mattaponi Tribe’s historic reclamation of its ancestral lands along the Mattaponi River in Virginia not only preserves the tribe’s heritage but also ignites a visionary environmental stewardship, fostering harmony between tradition, culture, and ecological restoration.

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Local

NC - Tourism at a crossroads on the Outer Banks

Second in a three-part series on the challenges and goals of managing tourism on the Outer Banks. This installment examines the connection between tourism and the environmental stewardship of the area’s natural treasures.

Mid-Atlantic
Tourism

NC - Tourism at a crossroads on the Outer Banks

This installment examines the connection between tourism and the environmental stewardship of the area’s natural treasures.

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Fisheries

ME - Harvest of horseshoe crabs, used for medicine and bait, to be limited to protect rare bird

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird.

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Local

MA - Special Report: The fight to save Tangier Island, a cultural gem in the Chesapeake Bay

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) — Legendary oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau once said “we forget the water cycle and the life cycle are one.”

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Energy

VA - Halted Virginia Offshore Wind Plant is New Blow, But Sector Resets

Spanish-German wind engineering company Siemens Gamesa has pulled the plug on its planned $200-million plant to finish offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing, citing inability to meet unspecified “development milestones.”

Mid-Atlantic
Property

USA - Extreme Weather and Sea Level Rise Among Top Climate Risks To D.C. Area, New Assessment Says

The latest National Climate Assessment shows the D.C. region is especially at risk of extreme weather, flooding, and sea level rise as the earth warms.

Mid-Atlantic
Science

NC - Rarely seen whale species died on Emerald Isle after swallowing mylar balloon

At the end of October, a Gervais’ Beaked Whale washed up on Emerald Isle. She was about a year old and weighed just over 670 pounds. Over a dozen scientists gathered together to figure out her cause of death.

Mid-Atlantic
Waterways

NC - More dredging needed for Topsail inlets, price could increase by

TOPSAIL BEACH — A coastal Pender County town may have to pay more for this year’s dredging after survey work revealed many areas in the channel have more shallow depths than anticipated.

Mid-Atlantic
Engineering

MD - One Year In, DNR Scientists Monitor a More Natural Way to Protect a Shoreline

Living shoreline project at Franklin Point State Park aims to control erosion and promote marsh habitat

Mid-Atlantic
Engineering

NC - The Outer Banks prepare for the impact of rising sea levels

RODANTHE, N.C. — Miles off the coast of the mainland of North Carolina, exposed to the fury and beauty of the Atlantic, the only constant for the Outer Banks is change.

Mid-Atlantic
Property

NC - Why did the National Park Service buy threatened oceanfront homes on the Outer Banks?

Conservation grant funds were used buy the two homes to prevent another collapse and huge debris field along the national seashore. Could it be a model for other parts of the N.C. coast?

Mid-Atlantic
Waterways

VA - State Of The James River Reports Slowing Progress, Zero American Shad

The James River Association (JRA) released their biennial State of the James report grading one of the Chesapeake Bay’s three largest rivers at a B. The 66% score is much improved from its failing health decades ago—Scientists estimate the James’s health in the 1970s would have been a D-minus.

Mid-Atlantic
Energy

VA - Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project ...

Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will power 900,000 homes, support thousands of jobs, and add 2,600 megawatts of clean energy to the grid

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