Native plants, costal habitats, juvenile animals and shoreline erosion — those were all topics of four lessons led by the two AmeriCorps members in the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Wanchese…
Over the past few months, a senior at Eugene Ashley High School in Wilmington has used her senior project as an opportunity to focus on marine science education in schools,…
North Carolina Coastal Federation staff stayed busy on Earth Day and in the days leading up to. Staff educated hundreds of people about stormwater runoff, oysters, the coastal environment and…
A small group of Dare County residents joined the North Carolina Coastal Federation on March 25 to learn about rain harvesting and to exchange ideas about how they can get…
We had such a great time with the students from East Carolina University, Ohio State University and Ithaca College who spent their spring breaks with us! A big thanks goes…
Students with the Blue Ribbon Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence (BRC) pretended to be engineers and raindrops during a stormwater lesson with staff from the North Carolina Coastal…
Nineteen birding enthusiasts ventured to the restored habitats of North River Wetlands Preserve in Otway on the cool and sunny morning of Feb. 26 to get up-close looks at the…
The Town of Swansboro Board of Commissioners took proactive steps Tuesday to address stormwater runoff by unanimously voting to adopt a watershed restoration plan developed in partnership with the North…
Last week, North Carolina Coastal Federation staff visited Lake Forest Academy in Wilmington to lead some educational activities on the area’s coastal environment with a focus on oysters and their…
Beach toys — overall, they seem pretty harmless. But when left behind, these plastic toys can harm or even kill marine life. This summer, the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Wrightsville…
The water is getting colder but for students from the Blue Ribbon Commission’s Voyage program in Wilmington that didn’t matter too much as they pulled seine nets along the shoreline…
The air is crisp, the leaves are changing and the sky and waters are teeming with birds and waterfowl. Fall on the coast is a great time for bird watching, and…
The federation has been busy at work the past few weeks using rain gardens to teach students about water quality and stormwater, the number-one polluter of coastal waters. Check out how…
Among 6,000 acres of former farmland and restored wetlands in Otway, there sits a quarter-acre piece of land with colorful flowers that attract native pollinators. The pollinator garden at the North…
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, coastal education coordinator Ted Wilgis attended a check presentation hosted by the Cape Fear Garden Club. The garden club awarded the federation a $1,200 grant for…
The North Carolina Coastal Federation is teaming up with coastal colleagues from Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to advance the use of living shorelines across four Atlantic coast states. The Governors’…
The North Carolina Coastal Federation believes that one of the best ways to learn is in a hands-on, collaborative environment, which sixth-grade students at First Flight Middle School in Kill Devil…
We had such a great time celebrating National Estuaries Week here on the North Carolina coast! Our staff was busy hosting events throughout the North Carolina coast. We hope that…