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Science panel applies 2022 sea level report projections to NC
11/28/24
The science panel that advises the state Coastal Resources Commission is showing with a new report how the findings of a 2022 federal-level report projecting that sea levels will rise by more than a foot by 2050 apply
to North Carolina.
Online survey to help guide coastal management strategies
10/31/24
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management officials are in the process of determining priority areas and strategies for the 2026-2030 cycle of the Section 309 Assessment and Strategy, and are asking for public input. The assessment and strategy is a process to evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of a coastal management program.
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Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA make $95 million available for fish passage as part of Investing in America
10/30/24
NOAA Fisheries announced two funding opportunities totaling $95 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to support new fish passage projects. Projects will help protect and restore migrating fish and their habitats, and support communities and economies that depend on these resources.
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New Tool Provides Insight into Coastal Community Well-Being
10/28/24
NOAA Fisheries social scientists have launched the new Community Environmental Justice Explorer web tool. It describes environmental justice concerns for nearly 5,000 coastal communities in the United States.
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Deputy Secretary of Commerce visits Lowcountry
8/28/24
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves recently visited the lowcountry community of Rosemont to learn how grant dollars will be used to support marsh restoration in 5 historically underserved communities.
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Twenty-Seven New Projects Will Advance Habitat Restoration and Climate Resilience Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities
8/22/24
NOAA is recommending more than $45 million in funding for 27 new projects that will advance the coastal habitat restoration and climate resilience priorities of tribes and underserved communities. Selected projects will support community-driven habitat restoration and build the capacity of tribes and underserved communities to participate in restoration and coastal resilience activities more fully.
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Gregorie Neck: Victory for conservation and military readiness
8/22/24
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, the Department of the Navy (DoN), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Open Land Trust (OLT), announce the permanent protection of the 4,409-acre Gregorie Neck tract located in Jasper County, S.C.
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States Improve How They Assess Coastal Wetlands’ Impacts to Reduce Climate Pollution
8/20/24
As coastal states grapple with the best nature-based solutions to reduce the effects of climate change on their residents and economies, organizations are developing tools to help assess and quantify the role that “blue carbon” habitats play in this effort.
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Archive
- Science panel applies 2022 sea level report projections to NC 11/28/2024
- Online survey to help guide coastal management strategies 10/31/2024
- Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA make $95 million available for fish passage as part of Investing in America 10/30/2024
- New Tool Provides Insight into Coastal Community Well-Being 10/28/2024
- Deputy Secretary of Commerce visits Lowcountry 8/28/2024
- Twenty-Seven New Projects Will Advance Habitat Restoration and Climate Resilience Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities 8/22/2024
- Gregorie Neck: Victory for conservation and military readiness 8/22/2024
- States Improve How They Assess Coastal Wetlands’ Impacts to Reduce Climate Pollution 8/20/2024
- Losing Ground: Mother Nature is no match for the Atlantic's rising waters 7/30/2024
- EPA awards $421 million to multistate-nonprofit coalition 7/22/2024
- Weathering Tides: Saving the Black Rail in South Carolina 7/19/2024
- Evaluation of Publicly Accessible Nature-Based Solutions Databases as Sources for Evidence of Effectiveness 7/18/2024
- Living shoreline project is first to use Virginia’s ag cost share funds 7/17/2024
- Rising seas could cross thresholds for initiating coastal wetland drowning within decades across much of the United States 7/12/2024
- U.S. Coastal Wetland Synthesis Applications Geonarrative Offers Useful Tools 7/9/2024
- Mangrove Trees Are on the Move, Taking the Tropics with Them 7/8/2024
- NC counts on salt marshes' role in hurricane protection 7/5/2024
- For the love of salt marshes: Michelle Covi fights for coastal resiliency 7/4/2024
- Gaining Ground at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge 7/3/2024
- Salt Marsh Initiative aims to protect SC lowcountry from storm surges 7/2/2024
- New Study Reveals Mangroves and Saltmarshes Store Double the Carbon Previously Thought 7/1/2024
- Coastal Land Trust deal adds 3,000 acres to state game land 5/29/2024
- Get Involved with Oyster Reef Restoration Along the SC Coast 5/28/2024
- Mangroves Move North as the Climate Heads South 5/17/2024
- INRMP Repository Now Live 5/16/2024
- New plan details strategy to save, restore NC’s salt marshes 5/15/2024
- Ice to Ocean: From the Sources of Sea Level Rise to the Coast of North Carolina 4/23/2024
- 2024 REPI Report to Congress 4/22/2024
- Modeling a Community-based Oyster Shell Recycling Program 4/15/2024
- SERPPAS Protects Military Lands, Defense Communities, and the Coast 4/4/2024
- Horizontal Rates of Wetland Migration Appear Unlikely to Keep Pace with Shoreline Transgression 4/2/2024
- Southeastern salt marshes are imperiled. An ambitious collaboration aims to save them 4/2/2024
- 5 Ways to Help Nature and Communities Build Climate Resilience 4/1/2024
- Keystone initiative centers on salt marsh conservation 3/22/2024
- Saving the Salt Marsh 3/14/2024
- Pew collaborates with communities, Tribes, governments, and others on conservation projects tailored for a changing planet 3/12/2024
- Sediment Management Guide Supports Coastal Resilience by Identifying Path to Efficient Permitting 3/7/2024
- Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report 3/1/2024
- SOS-Save Our Saltmarsh! 3/1/2024
- Release of Tidal Restriction Prioritization Protocol for the Restoration of Tidal Wetlands 2/28/2024
- 2023 Sentinel Landscapes Accomplishment Report Released 2/27/2024
- Aquatic Connectivity Teams in the Southeast 2/22/2024
- DOD supports land conservation around local military bases 2/16/2024
- From Seeds to Shoreline 2/9/2024
- REPI Challenge Leverages Partnerships to Enhance National Security Priorities 2/6/2024
- Battleship North Carolina Living with Water 2/1/2024
- Out now: EDF's Natural Climate Solutions Crediting Handbook 2/1/2024
- Coastal Kingdom: Life in the Salt Marsh 1/24/2024
- Conservationists warn against bill to grant ownership of Georgia’s coastal salt marshes 1/19/2024
- Expansion of Federal Land-Use Program Would Benefit Military, Nature, and Communities 1/19/2024
- Advocates in Georgia call for better protections for salt marshes, a key carbon sink 1/12/2024
- The nation’s first Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need list for plants 12/18/2023
- An Update on Protecting St. Helena by SCCL 12/18/2023
- Interior Department Announces New Actions in Support of Nature-Based Solutions 12/11/2023
- SERPPAS Awarded 2023 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources 12/4/2023
- New Report Details Ocean Conservation Priorities for America the Beautiful 12/1/2023
- NFWF and NOAA Announce $144 Million in Grants to Support Coastal Resilience Projects 11/29/2023
- Morehead City’s Sugarloaf Island restoration project begins 11/21/2023
- America the Beautiful Challenge Recipients Receive $141 Million in Grants 11/15/2023
- Video Explains Key Takeaways from 2022 Interagency Sea Level Rise Technical Report 10/27/2023
- Southeast Conservation Blueprint 2023 now available 10/27/2023
- Grant to support living shoreline, wetland restoration work 10/18/2023
- US Fish and Wildlife Service announces major expansion of Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge 9/14/2023
- N.C. Environmental Management Commission meets at CCC to discuss ongoing issues 9/13/2023
- Ghost forests haunt the East Coast, harbingers of sea-level rise 9/13/2023
- FEMA Designates First Communities to Receive Targeted Assistance for Hazards Resilience 9/6/2023
- Victory for Beaufort land conservation, 500 acres saved 8/22/2023
- How to Protect Your Air Base From Hurricanes, Part 1: Let Nature Help 8/9/2023
- NCDOT Turns to Living Shorelines to Protect Roads from Rising Seas 8/5/2023
- New developments in understanding coastal marsh change in the Southeast 7/17/2023
- View the Coastal Wetland Restoration Story Map 7/6/2023
- The Gullah/Geechee People Hold Their Ground 7/4/2023
- Grant Will Help Bolster Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort from Erosion 6/30/2023
- USDA Announces Historic Investment in Wildlife Conservation, Expands Partnership to Include Additional Programs 6/27/2023
- Sentinel Landscapes Partnership Announces the 2024 Designation Cycle 6/12/2023
- SASMI Plan Media Highlights 6/5/2023
- S.A.L.T.-Saving a Lowcountry Treasure 6/1/2023
- Residents ask for more protections of Beaufort watershed 5/22/2023
- New Plan Would Save Future of 1 Million Acres of Salt Marshes Along Southeast U.S. Coast 5/16/2023
- NOAA Funds New Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Projects 5/9/2023
- On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 4/6/2023
- After decades, project to fix a Georgia salt marsh shows early results 3/24/2023
- Interior and Defense Departments Launch Readiness and Recreation Initiative to Preserve Green Spaces, Enhance Recreation Opportunities around Military Installations 3/21/2023
- 2022 National Coastal Resilience Fund Recipients Announced 12/15/2022
- 2022 REPI Challenge Recipients Announced 6/22/2022
- 1 Million Acres of Southeast Salt Marsh Move Closer to Protection 6/9/2022
- How the Military Works With Local Communities to Combat Climate Change 5/6/2022
- New military land use compatibility tools to shape the future of action plans across the nation 1/3/2022