Last week, Sens. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, and Jim Perry, R-Lenoir, co-chairs of a new committee set up to tackle the issue, announced that they are working on a new flood mitigation and resiliency bill to develop a comprehensive, statewide approach.
In an interview Monday with Coastal Review, Perry said the committee will work during the next month gathering information and looking at strategies, but ultimately, he and Britt want to see a focused effort on flooding with a single agency assigned to put mitigation plans into action. He said there are now “too many chefs” with multiple agencies and administrators involved and no comprehensive plan.
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This is the third installment in a continuing series on making the North Carolina coast more resilient to the effects of climate change, a special reporting project that is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines initiative.
MERRY HILL At the confluence of the Albemarle Sound and the Chowan River, Bertie County residents celebrated in June 2019 the grand opening of their first public beach.
Amid the joyous splashing and squeals of laughter, Ron Wesson spied a young girl trying to coax her little brother into the water. The boy would not budge, so the older man gently offered to help.
Three Rivers Land Trust permanently conserves 266 additional acres on Poison Fork Creek This new conservation property builds off an additional 255 acres that was also protected by the TRLT in 2019, to bring the total acres conserved to 521 (Source: Three Rivers Land Trust) By David Whisenant | February 17, 2021 at 6:20 AM EST - Updated February 17 at 6:20 AM
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the recent conservation of 266 acres in Randolph County, North Carolina. This new conservation property builds off an additional 255 acres that was also protected by the TRLT in 2019, to bring the total acres conserved to 521. This new conservation land adjoins the Uwharrie National Forest and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Game Lands.
Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) announced the recent conservation of 266 acres on Poison Fork Creek. That brings a total of 521 acres conserved in Randolph County, with the additional