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A tiny Z-scale model train operated by Mike Basher of Basher and Sons Hobbies rounds the bend during an appearance earlier this month at the 30th annual John Costlow Train Show at the North Carolina Maritime Museum Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center in Beaufort.
Briggs to lead Wildlife Resources Commission in 2025
Dec 6, 2024 · 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.
Surf City’s 50-year sand plan calls for 22 million cubic yards
Sep 30, 2024 · “That’s a lot of sand,” said Kent Tranter, project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington district. Tranter kicked off a public meeting in the town Tuesday night in a presentation of the Corps’ draft general reevaluation report and environmental assessment released last month on the project. “I will caution you, this is the draft report.
Winter Waterfowl Excursion to resume after 4-year pause
Dec 9, 2024 · North Carolina Maritime Museums officials are bringing back the overnight tour of wildlife refuges and seashores throughout Pamlico, Hyde and Dare counties to observe wintering waterfowl.. The Coastal Culture and Waterfowl Watching Excursion, a two-day adventure through the wildlife refuges and seashores in Eastern North Carolina, will be offered Jan. 8-9, 2025, and again Dec. 9-10, 2025 ...
Energy company secures financing for Chowan wind facility
Dec 10, 2024 · Apex Clean Energy, based in Charlottesville, Virginia, has secured construction funding for the 45-turbine wind facility currently being built in Chowan County.
Anger at commission boils over during PFAS rules hearing
Dec 5, 2024 · Most of those who spoke at the hearing in Wilmington shared sentiments of frustration with the state Environmental Management Commission for not adopting health standards sooner, for including only three substances — there are anywhere from 12,000 to upwards of 15,000 related compounds — of the eight for which the Department of Environmental Quality had proposed standards, and for what the ...
Superintendent’s warning to coastal commission rings true
Nov 18, 2024 · 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 …
Warming oceans intensified hurricanes’ strength: Studies
Nov 22, 2024 · 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 …
Lookout to take cabin reservations, sell vehicle passes Jan. 4
Dec 10, 2024 · Cost for preseason off-road vehicle permits is $35 between Jan. 4 and March 12, 2025, up $10 from 2024. Permits for the regular season will cost $75 starting March 13, 2025, through the remainder of the year, up $25 from the current year.
Whales that use echolocation mistake plastic for prey: study
Nov 8, 2024 · It is widely assumed that seals and toothed whales mistake plastic for food because of appearance, particularly plastic bags and films that look like squid and jellyfish, according to the study, but that doesn’t explain why deep-diving species like sperm whales and beaked whales that use echolocation are ingesting plastic.