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Beaufort’s quiet but rich history has become its big draw
WEBJun 29, 2023 · Rachel Carson Reserve: Beaufort’s barrier to raging storms. Beaufort’s quiet but rich history has become its big draw. This aerial view of Beaufort includes the intersection of Front and Turner streets, lower right, the U.S. Highway 70 bridge over Gallants Channel, upper left, and Michael J. Smith Field, upper right. Photo: Dylan Ray.
Beachcomber’s View: Whelks Versus Conchs | Coastal Review
WEBApr 22, 2019 · Whelk shells are often mistakenly called conch shells, but there are many differences in the two shell types. For starters, aside from the whelks preferring cold water and conchs preferring tropical waters, whelks are carnivores – and at times, cannibals – whereas conchs are herbivores. Known as the “bullies of the sea,” whelks attack ...
Coastal Plain Is One of World’s “Bio” Hotspots
WEBApr 21, 2016 · The coastal plain is high in plant diversity especially, he said, and meets the necessary threshold of more than 1,500 endemic vascular plants, those with tissues that conduct water, sap and nutrients, such as flowering plants and ferns. The hotspot designation is also meant to bring attention to those …
Beachcomber’s View: Science of Sea Glass | Coastal Review
WEBJun 12, 2019 · Sea glass is a piece of glass that has become smooth and frosty from being out at sea for an extended period of time, usually more than 25 years. Sea glass is glass that has been chemically altered – naturally – by the intense ph levels of the body of water it has been submerged in over many years. If the ph levels are high, like in the ...
Analysis: Why NC imposed new limits on spot, croaker
WEBJun 2, 2021 · The state Division of Marine Fisheries earlier this spring imposed new recreational bag limits and commercial season closures to protect stocks of spot and Atlantic croaker. effective April 15, the recreational bag limit for spot and Atlantic croaker is 50 fish per person, per day, per species, and applies to all recreational fishing with hook ...
Public may comment on requested interim PFAS limits
WEBSep 4, 2024 · The North Carolina Division of Water Resources is accepting public comments on a set of requested interim maximum allowable concentrations in groundwater for eight PFAS. Division Director Richard Rogers intends to establish the interim maximum allowable concentrations, or IMACs, on Oct. 15. The action follows a by Graham residents Jonathan and ...
Our Coast’s History: Remembering 1930s Sneads Ferry
WEBAug 20, 2021 · This is Jim Fulcher, who was often called “the patriarch of Fulcher’s Landing.”. His father, Joseph Fulcher, was the first Fulcher at what became “Fulcher’s Landing,” which made up Sneads Ferry’s busiest commercial fishing waterfront in the 1930s. Joseph Fulcher first came to the area from Davis Shore, 60 miles to the east.
‘People’s museum’: Hatteras Islanders welcome reopening
WEBMay 21, 2024 · HATTERAS — Following last week’s private tours and state officials doing the honors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum reopened to the public Monday with a brand-new exhibit gallery that artfully illustrates the sweep of four centuries of some of the most dramatic maritime history in the world.
Holden Beach, Corps begin $3M storm risk planning study
WEBSep 14, 2021 · An Aug. 27 signing ceremony between the Corps and Holden Beach officially kicked off the study, which is budgeted to cost up to $3 million, according to Emily Winget, a public affairs specialist in the Corps’ Wilmington District. Winget said in an email responding to questions that $500,000 was initially allocated for the study in the Corps ...