State officials and an environmental group have successfully settled a legal challenge involving a property in Asheville that is being transformed into a public park.
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The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Secretary Michael S. Regan announced today several key appointments to his leadership team.
State officials say work has been completed to protect a community from possible exposure to asbestos that was discovered on an exposed slope in Davidson.
The Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will meet at 10:30 a.m., March 16 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Wilmington Regional Office, 127 North Cardinal Drive Ext, Wilmington.
The state’s coastal agency is hosting four free events that will include dinner and a movie about shoreline stabilization.
The events are being held for marine contractors and other professionals to learn more about living shorelines.
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Hilton Double Tree, 2717 West Fort Macon Road in Atlantic Beach. The meeting is open to the public.
Items on the commission’s agenda include:
State environmental and public health officials will oversee work this week in Davidson to protect people from potential exposure after asbestos materials were identified coming from an exposed slope in the Mecklenburg County community.
A free workshop is being offered on Thursday, Feb. 16 by the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Coastal Training Program.
The N.C. Coastal Reserve and town of Kitty Hawk are conducting a survey to develop an access plan for the Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve to maintain a balance between the site’s ecology and recreational uses.
The State Water Infrastructure Authority has approved more than $300 million in loans and grants, its largest funding round thus far, to help North Carolina towns pay for 156 drinking water and wastewater projects.