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05.17.2013

How Much Freshwater Can a Swamp Take?

That's the main question being asked about two proposed quarries that will dump almost 24 million gallons a day of freshwater into brackish, blackwater creeks. More…

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Get Your Hands Dirty Saturday at Carteret Planting

05.13.2013The federation and the Trinity Center are recruiting volunteers to help plant 2,500 marsh grasses on Saturday to protect and restore the center’s eroding shoreline on Bogue Sound. More…

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  • 05.16.2013

    Jockey's Ridge Makes Fetching Classroom

    Jockey's Ridge State Park is a place where kids learn about yucca plants and pennywort, blue crabs and croaker and all about the watery world around them. More…
  • 05.15.2013

    Bill Guts Safeguards for Terminal Groins

    Small jetties, called terminal groins, could be built at all the inlets along the N.C. coast, under a bill that a state Senate committee passed yesterday, and state taxpayers could be asked to pay for all of them. More…
  • 05.14.2013

    Ruling Favors Putting Septic Tanks on Beach

    A new state ruling will make it easier for the owners of houses like this one to replace septic systems lost to storms on the beach as long as they are 50 feet from the water at low tide. More…
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