Press Releases

The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is accepting applications for approximately $2.5 million in funding through Phases 3 and 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP) to help coastal communities design and implement projects that strengthen local resilience to coastal hazards. Applications are due Nov. 10, 2026, by 5 p.m. 

The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold fall local advisory committee meetings Nov. 9 through Dec. 3 for the following reserve sites. All meetings are open to the public.

The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) State Energy Office (SEO) is requesting proposals statewide until Nov. 24, 2026, for energy efficient building upgrade projects.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Flood Resiliency Blueprint today released the White Oak River Basin Action Strategy, a comprehensive framework to support flood resilience planning and decision-making across the basin.

Today, the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) celebrated, alongside the City of Hendersonville, the completion of the city’s Lower Mud Creek Floodplain Restoration project, which transforms 27 acres of city-owned floodplain along Mud Creek into restored wetlands, streams, floodplain habitat and publicly accessible green space.

The N.C. Oil and Gas Commission will meet in Raleigh on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, for its regular quarterly meeting. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, on a proposed water column lease in Pamlico County. The hearing will be held at the Patsy H. Sadler Room of the Pamlico County Courthouse, 202 Main St., Bayboro, N.C. 28515, and through Webex.

MOREHEAD CITY – State recreational water quality officials today lifted water quality swimming advisories at two sound-side sites in Carteret County, the advisories were lifted because water testing shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and water play.

The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold fall local advisory committee meetings Nov. 9 through Dec. 3 for the following reserve sites. All meetings are open to the public.

The Advisory Board of the Natural Infrastructure Flood Mitigation (NIFMP) Program will meet on Nov. 2, 2026, for its quarterly meeting. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Members of the public may attend via Webex. An in-person listening location is available at the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Green Square Office Building, 217 W. Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27603.