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2024年12月6日 · The state agency “dedicated to the conservation and wise management of fish and wildlife, and the regulation of inland fishing, hunting, trapping and boating regulations” will be under new leadership effective Jan. 1, 2025.

2025年1月23日 · Contractor Baywest, a St. Paul, Minnesota-based environmental services company, completed removal of petroleum-contaminated soil and water before Christmas and did a final walk-through with the National Park Service on Jan. 17, according to Corps of Engineers Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Program Manager Sara Keisler.. The $4.8 million contract will end in June 2025, after Baywest ...

2024年11月22日 · The difference is a “tiny bit lower” than Gilford’s findings, “but very much in the same ballpark,” said Dr. Friederike “Fredi” Otto, a senior lecturer in climate science at Imperial College London and lead of World Weather Attribution, a team of researchers from several European-based institutions.. Otto said the companion study, “really shows that …

2025年1月10日 · “Accelerating sea level rise (SLR) and changing storm patterns will increasingly expose barrier islands to coastal hazards, including flooding, erosion, and rising groundwater tables,” according to the study titled, “The projected exposure and response of a natural barrier island system to climate-driven coastal hazards,” published in Nature scientific reports.

2025年1月14日 · Kevin Hardy of Wilmar, near Vanceboro, fishes along Cape Lookout National Seashore as a commercial fishing trawler offshore heads southwest. Photo: Dylan Ray

2024年11月18日 · More than 150,000 people stayed overnight last year in its four beach campgrounds. During that same time, the national seashore had more than 3 million visits, ones Hallac described as long-duration, high-density visits …

2024年9月24日 · Since the 2018 impact statement was completed, “the best available science has been updated, the regulatory environment has changed, the Study Area has changed, and what is known about our impacts has been refined,” officials said. The updated information has been incorporated into the new draft analysis. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries ...

2024年12月20日 · This year has marked an exciting new chapter for me personally and for the Federation. Since stepping into my role as Senior Advisor to our new Executive Director, Braxton Davis, back in February, I’ve had the privilege of shifting my focus away from the day-to-day operations, allowing me to concentrate on some of the core priorities of our organization in a way that is both refreshing and ...

6 天之前 · All of the state’s other coastal counties and those well west are experiencing moderate drought conditions, according to the latest map. “This current dry spell in North Carolina began with a very dry October and warm November,” Klaus Albertin, Drought Management Advisory Council chair, said in a release.