State and federal environmental agencies are inviting public feedback on a plan to clean up remaining environmental contamination at a Superfund site in Columbus County.
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State officials will hold four meetings in September to gather public input on the North Carolina Beach and Inlet Management Plan.
A new state study shows encouraging trends for North Carolina’s efforts to divert wholesome, uneaten food from landfills so it can be used to feed the hungry.
State officials are seeking public input on a proposed water transfer certificate that Union County Public Works is requesting to meet projected future water demands.
The state marine fisheries agency will hold a public hearing on a proposed shellfish/water column lease in New Hanover County at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the Department of Environmental Quality Wilmington Regional Office, 127 Cardinal Street, Wilmington.
The state’s marine fisheries division will hold two meetings this month to explain new flounder reporting requirements for pound net fishermen.
The meetings will be held as follows:
The Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board of the state’s division of marine fisheries will meet at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 28 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Wilmington Regional Office, 127 North Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington.
After news reports and editorials inaccurately and unfairly characterized the state’s efforts to protect drinking water, the North Carolina departments of Health and Human Services and Environmental Quality release the following open editorial:
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Aug. 17-19 at the Doubletree by Hilton University Brownstone, 1707 Hillsborough St., Raleigh.
Dean Nelson is the new colonel of the North Carolina Marine Patrol, and it is not a job he takes lightly.
With 21 years of experience with Marine Patrol, he knows the responsibilities that come with it.