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The N.C. Mining Commission will meet at 1 p.m. on May 12 in Raleigh for its regular quarterly meeting.

The recreational Red Snapper season will open for 62 days this summer for anglers willing to participate in a pilot project to test a data collection program that will use a mobile application to monitor the recreational Red Snapper season.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 13-14 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, 100 Middle St., New Bern, N.C. 28560. The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed on YouTube. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, and at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 14. The Commission will accept public comments beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday and at 9 a.m. Thursday.

The North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Raleigh.

There will not be a conflict between federal and state regulations when North Carolina’s recreational season for Black Sea Bass north of Cape Hatteras opens tomorrow (May 1).

According to the N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council, extreme drought conditions have expanded across most of the Piedmont and in western North Carolina, and an area east of Charlotte is now considered to be in exceptional drought.

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will meet May 13-14 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Members of the public may attend in-person or join the meeting by computer or phone.  

Award-winner Jeff Lineberger (second from right) holds a Source Water Protection Award certificate along with, from left, Brett Hartis of Duke Energy, Brad Whitman of NCDEQ and Danny Edwards of NCDEQ. Photo by Dan DiNicola, NC State University.  The North Carolina Source Water Collaborative, a statewide drinking water protection group, announced the winner of a Source Water Protection Award during the Water Resources Research Institute’s annual conference held last month.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a webinar to update the public on development of a new benchmark Blue Crab stock assessment.