EMERALD ISLE – By the time she made it my apartment, Deborah Walters, a 63-year-old grandmother, was halfway through a 2,500-mile journey from Maine to Guatemala. She’s traveling in a kayak. Alone. “A lot of […]
EMERALD ISLE – By the time she made it my apartment, Deborah Walters, a 63-year-old grandmother, was halfway through a 2,500-mile journey from Maine to Guatemala. She’s traveling in a kayak. Alone. “A lot of […]
MOREHEAD CITY — If offshore drilling took place off the East Coast, it’s unlikely that the N.C. coast would transform into the industrialized nightmare of beaches lined with oil refineries many locals fear. That’s because […]
Hundreds of North Carolinians will take 15 minutes Saturday to join hands with strangers in a peaceful demonstration against fossil fuels. The event, known as Hands Across the Sand, will take place in different states and […]
SMYRNA — Out in the middle of a salt marsh in rural, coastal North Carolina a small group of scientists, land managers, engineers and conservationists gather around, passing a plug of wet, black soil. They […]
The evidence is overwhelming that there are better, more natural ways to control erosion and prevent flooding than wooden or vinyl bulkheads or ugly piles of stones, according to a new report. Unfortunately, few waterfront […]
MOREHEAD CITY – It was rough seas for a day of shark fishing, one that makes waves in your stomach — and not because you’re “sharkin’,” as the captain put it. The bow of the […]
PIVERS ISLAND – It is the Age of Information. Reams of data, from personal bank account balances to the chemical composition of Antarctic ice cores, are keyboard clicks away. Satellites now see all, and remotely controlled […]
MOREHEAD CITY — Only the repetitive release of air from her regulator breaks the sea’s silence as a school passes her in a silver current. Avery Paxton counts the fish by the hundreds. She is […]
On Dec. 1 it will become a felony in North Carolina to poach Venus flytraps from the wild, punishable by up to 25 months in prison. Unlike most plants, the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) moves. […]
BEAUFORT – The dibble slices the sand like butter. Working in pairs, one volunteer wedges a hole into the island shore and the other plugs it with a native marsh plant, spartina alterniflora. Several organizations […]