The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2026, in-person in Raleigh and virtually, via WebEx. The meeting will be in-person at the following location: Webex ...
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has fixed a technical issue with the Observer Trip Scheduling System (OTSS) that had been affecting the system’s automated fisherman selection and ...
Wondering about the science behind management of state marine fisheries species? Check out the 2025 Fishery Management Plan Review, released today by the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s ...
The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record for the Jolthead Porgy (Calamus bajonado). The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s ...
As the summer comes to an end and the Labor Day holiday is upon us, the NC Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) reminds the public to avoid contact with discolored ...
LJ is a junior at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, majoring in Marine Biology with a concentration in ...
State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at a sound-side site in Beaufort County. The advisory was lifted because water testing shows that bacteria ...
About the Board In August 2017, Governor Roy Cooper expanded the scope of the Secretary's Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants. Under the ...
Compliance and Expedited Permitting reviews and issues NPDES permits for minor privately owned wastewater facilities, NPDES general permits (including for single-family residences, groundwater ...
Please be on the lookout for blue land crabs, Cardisoma guanhumi, a non-native species to the Carolinas. Blue land crabs look like an enormous fiddler crab. After a spate of recent reports of the blue ...
EPA has identified 1,4-dioxane as a likely human carcinogen. See EPA’s Risk Evaluation for 1,4-dioxane.1,4-Dioxane is used for a variety of industrial purposes. The U.S. Environmental Protection ...