Central Region
Free Yoga Lessons Part of Federation Fundraiser
Get a free yoga lesson on Saturday. July 31, at Second Wind, our new Business Friend on Main Street in Swansboro. The open house and fundraiser for the federation will begin at 9 a.m. All proceeds will be used to buy furnishings for the environmental education and restoration center we've started with Hammocks Beach State Park on Jones Island in the White Oak River.
Explore the Marshes of Bear Island This Summer
Visitors to Bear Island in Hammocks Beach State Park in Swansboro will bump into Jess Sutt every Wednesday and Thursday this summer. A a rising senior at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, Jess is one of our summer interns. She'll be spending much of the summer leading free explorations of the marshes around the island in a program that the federation and the park are sponsoring. The program will run through Aug. 12.
Regional Calendar: Navy Plans Meeting on Training, Testing
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The Navy is preparing an environmental study on its plan to expand training, testing and research off the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. It will hold a public meeting on its plans and the study on Aug. 26 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City. The meeting starts at 4 p.m. This is the only meeting scheduled in North Carolina.
See our Regional Calendar for those and other ways you can get involved with our work along the central coast. |
Volunteer Welder Needed
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We're looking for a welder who will volunteer to build a pipe gate for us. We'll supply the material. If interested, contact Sam Bland at 252-393-8185. [ Email ] |
Our Wish List
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We could use folding chairs and yard equipment for the environmental education center on Jones Island and some books to fill holes in our library collection, which is open to members by the way.
Check our Regional Wish List for more items you might like to donate. |
Current Projects
Restoration & Education
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Kids Getting Ready to Plant Grasses, Bag Oyster Shells
Spring and summer are the busiest times at the federation – there are grasses to plant, oyster shells to put into the water and kids to get outside. Students are readying themselves to help federation staff plant thousands of salt marsh grasses along the Jones Island and Carteret Community College shorelines, lay thousands of oyster shell bags in intertidal waters in the White Oak River and plant native plants in their school yard rain gardens. ... read more |
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Putting Their Classroom Studies to Work
Students from eight schools in Carteret, Onslow and Pamlico counties are ready to get outside and plant what they’ve been learning about all year.... read more |
Advocacy
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New Grant Could Help White Oak
The federation helped a town get a federal grant that could begin restoring the polluted water of the White Oak River… read more |
Our Mission
To provide citizens and groups with the assistance needed to take an active role in the stewardship of North Carolina’s coastal water quality and natural resources.
Who we are: The N.C. Coastal Federation is the state's only non-profit organization focused exclusively on protecting and restoring the coast of North Carolina through education, advocacy, and habitat preservation and restoration. Our professional staff of 18 works out of three offices along the N.C. coast:
Our Central Region
The territory covered by the Central Region runs along the Atlantic seaboard from Cedar Island to Jacksonville in Onslow County. Within those thousands of square miles of shoreline are Core and Bogue sounds and the North, Newport and White Oak rivers. The region contains some of the cleanest waters remaining on the N.C. coast.
About Our Regional Staff
The N.C. Coastal Federation has five professional staff working in our Central Region:
- Sam Bland is the manager of the Jones Island Environmental Education and Restoration Center and works to coordinate all activities on the island. [ Email ]
- Lauren Kolodij, the federation’s deputy director, supervises the staff in the central region. [ Email ]
- Sarah Phillips is the region’s Coastal Education Coordinator and works with other staff members to recruit volunteers and educate children and adults about the coastal environment. [ Email ]
- Frank Tursi is the regional coastal advocate and works to enforce environmental regulations. [ Email ]
- Dr. Lexia Weaver is the region’s Coastal Scientist and works to restore threatened coastal habitats, such as wetlands and oyster reefs. [ Email ]
The staff works out of our Headquarters Office at 3609 N.C. 24 (Ocean), Newport, N.C. 28570. [ Map ]
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