Press Releases

The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. March 9 in Beaufort to seek input on a proposal for a public hunting permit system for the Rachel Carson Reserve.

The head of the state Department of Environmental Quality will be in Oxford today to announce the roll out of a statewide plan detailing how cities and towns can better prepare for their water and wastewater infrastructure needs. 

The state Division of Water Resources urges caution for people recreating in rivers, lakes and other natural water bodies after statewide storm events resulted in localized flooding and contributed to sewer collection system overflows in several communities from the mountains to the coast.

Governor Roy Cooper and the head of his environmental agency will celebrate Earth Month with the launch of a new high school curriculum aimed at teaching North Carolina school children about air quality.

The N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee will meet jointly with the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee at 10:30 a.m. April 26 at the Department of Environmental Quality’s Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington.

The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet April 26-27 in Manteo to discuss issues such as the living shoreline general permit, a land use plan for Perquimans County, and repairing and protecting dunes.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will conduct a meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, 4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will conduct a meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, 4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh.

Staff in the state Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, are inviting the public to join them in protecting the planet and giving back to their local communities.

Staff in the state Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, are inviting the public to join them in protecting the planet and giving back to their local communities.