The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold fall local advisory committee meetings between November 8 – Nov. 20 for the following reserve sites. All meetings are open to the public.
Zeke’s Island Reserve November 8 at 10:00 a.m. Fort Fisher Recreation Area – Education Room 1000 Loggerhead Road, Kure Beach |
Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve
November 13 at 1:00 p.m. Kitty Hawk Town Hall 101 Veterans Memorial Dr, Kitty Hawk |
Bald Head Woods Reserve November 12 at 10:00 a.m. Bald Head Island Conservancy 700 Federal Road, Bald Head Island |
Currituck Banks Reserve November 18 at 1:00 p.m. Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education 1160 Village Lane, Corolla |
Permuda Island Reserve November 12 at 10:00 a.m. Town of North Topsail Beach meeting room 2008 Loggerhead Ct., North Topsail Beach |
Bird Island Reserve November 18 at 10:00 a.m. Sunset Beach Town Hall – Conference Room 700 Sunset Boulevard North, Sunset Beach |
Rachel Carson Reserve November 12 at 3:00 p.m. NOAA Beaufort Laboratory Administration Building 101 Pivers Island Rd, Beaufort |
Emily & Richardson Preyer Buckridge Reserve November 19 at 10:00 a.m. Pocosin Lakes NWR Main Office 205 S. Ludington Dr, Columbia |
Buxton Woods Reserve
November 12 at 11:00 a.m. Fessenden Center 46830 Highway 12, Buxton |
Masonboro Island Reserve November 20 at 1:00 p.m. UNCW Center for Marine Science – Habitat Conference Room 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington |
Local advisory committees consist of citizens and representatives from community organizations, government agencies and non-governmental partner organizations who provide the Division of Coastal Management’s Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve staff with guidance and feedback regarding program activities and management of the reserve sites.
The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, a division of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, works to protect, conserve and manage North Carolina’s coastal resources in the 20 coastal counties. The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve Program protects natural areas for education, research, and compatible traditional uses. Since its creation in 1989, the program has preserved more than 44,000 acres of unique coastal environments at 10 sites along the coast.