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NOAA and U.S. Power Squadrons renew cooperative charting program
This week, NOAA and the U.S. Power Squadrons, a non-profit organization dedicated to safe boating, will renew a 50-year commitment to a cooperative charting program that helps to update the nation’s thousands of navigational charts. more>> |
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Port City Marina: New Destination Marina on the North Carolina Coast
North Carolina based developer, USA InvestCo, recently announced plans to construct a 204-slip state-of-the-art marina located on the Cape Fear River in the heart of downtown Wilmington, NC. more>> |
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Cape Fear River Partnership: Draft Cape Fear River Basin Action Plan for Migratory Fish
Recognizing the economic, ecological, social, and cultural importance of migratory fish in the Cape Fear River basin, and striving to create a spirit of focused collaboration that transcends political boundaries, the multiple stakeholders comprising the Cape Fear River Partnership set out to develop this Cape Fear River Basin Action Plan for Migratory Fish. more>> |
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Boaters Overstaying Their Welcome Could Find Themselves in Hot Water with the Tax Man: States Go After Visiting Cruisers
Staying too long in one place can ruin a good thing. At least that’s the case with boaters making lengthy journeys. They sometimes find themselves targets of cash-hungry states when they stay too long and are subject to various taxes. But how can boaters prevent overstaying their welcome? more>> |
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Looking for a Place to Launch Your Boat?
Need a boat ramp? The NC Wildlife Commission operates more than 200 free, public ramps across North Carolina. Find them by address, body of water or amenity with our interactive boating access area locator map.
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Boat and its Maker Stay Afloat
Queen Bee can’t talk, but it has quite a tale to tell, and Edenton-based Regulator Marine Inc., which manufactured the 26-foot center-console boat, hopes that story will strengthen the company’s recent resurgence. The vessel disappeared off Nantucket, Mass., in August 2008 after heavy seas tossed two fishermen into the Atlantic, forcing them to swim to shore. In January, the boat was found 20 miles off the northern coast of Spain, rusty, moldy and barnacled but still in one piece. Read More>> |
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Oak Island Company Experiments with Green Crude
By Frank Tursi, Assistant Director, NC Coastal Federation. www.nccoast.org
We all know about Big Oil. How about Microscopic Oil?
We’re talking here about pond scum. Yes, algae, that yucky green stuff that we see clogging roadside ditches. To Kim Jones, the tiny, single-celled plants are the future, the green crude that may, one day, power that Mercedes E350 that you’ve had your eye on. more>> |
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Federation Report Focuses on Renewable Energy
OCEAN – Pioneers are beginning to stake out the country’s next energy frontier off the N.C. coast because they know what every kid with a kite also knows: It gets breezy at the beach.
And nowhere along the East Coast does that breeze blow steadier and stronger than off the shores of North Carolina, which may soon find itself at the center of the rush to harness the wind. more>> |
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