The State Water Infrastructure Authority, or SWIA, will meet at 9:00 a.m. on July 20, 2016 at the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, located at 4021 Carya Drive in Raleigh, N. C. The meeting is open to the public.
Meeting agenda topics include:
The state environmental agency will host a public information session in Eden on July 27 to inform residents of Duke Energy’s plans to construct and operate a new lined landfill to safely store coal ash at its Dan River Steam Station in Rockingham County.
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet July 12-13 at the NOAA/NERR Administration Building Auditorium, 101 Pivers Island in Beaufort. The meeting will begin at 1:15 p.m. on July 12 and 9 a.m. on July 13. The meeting is open to the public.
Looking for a spot to visit one of North Carolina’s beaches or coastal waterfronts during the Fourth of July holiday weekend?
The stock status of most coastal fish did not change in the 2016 Stock Status Report, released today by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. Only one species was reclassified from the 2015 report.
The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the state’s coastal management agency are urging the public to act responsibly this weekend during the July Fourth holiday at the Masonboro Island Reserve.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new state record for skipjack tuna.
Timothy Ray Street of Valdese hooked the 32-pound, 8-ounce-fish May 24 at the Rock Pile, a series of rock ledges in the Gulf Stream, about 23 miles out of Hatteras Inlet.
Severe drought has returned to North Carolina for the first time since September 2015 as rainfall deficits continue to impact the southwestern mountains.
The Marine Fisheries Commission’s Coastal Recreational Fishing License Committee will meet at 10 a.m. June 28 at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City.
The purpose of the meeting is to:
Coastal recreational fishermen hooked more fish in North Carolina in 2015 than they did in 2014.