![]() ![]() The Senate’s budget plan also included major cuts to the Department of Environmental Quality and conservation funds not favored by the House. In the 2017 budget cycle, the Senate continued the collaboratory’s $1 million annual recurring appropriation along with an added $150,000 for an aquaculture study. Studies already assigned by the North Carolina General Assembly range from marketing programs for an “oyster trail,” which would highlight the state’s oyster heritage, to a detailed examination of water quality and regulation of nutrients in the Falls Lake and Jordan Lake reservoirs.Īt the same time, the collaboratory faced uncertainty when its funding became a bargaining chip in state budget negotiations. Much of the collaboratory’s first year was dedicated to getting the organization established while fulfilling legislative assignments for studies and analyses. Learn more and watch digital shorts and climate portraits. PBS North Carolina’s State of Change initiative examines the impact of climate change on coastal and inland communities across the state and how communities and individuals have responded with innovative solutions. Recent Articles NC peat holds carbon market promise, but process complex Rewetted drained pocosin can do a lot, like store tons of CO2 Construction threatens natural beauty that lured residents Exclusive Carova showcases costs of coastal development.Nutrients in the water: Too much of a good thing.NC Navigation and Federal Infrastructure Spending.End of the Road: Development on Remote Currituck Banks.Recent Articles Speckled trout fishing is best with a fly rod, just ask Thoreau ‘A strange and beautiful place’: My portable paradise March fishing fix: Answers, friends, are blowin’ in the wind Handle boat maintenance now for peace of mind this spring.Recent Headlines Survey looks deeper for signs of Algonquian ‘First Contact’ Half of PFAS in drinking water not monitored by EPA: Study PFAS may not offer fabric stain protection as hyped: Study Urgent action needed in food sector to curb warming: Study.Recent Headlines Civil rights struggle, population boom: New Hanover history Search for Lawson in natural history museum continues Women mark STEM milestone at Corps research facility Professor among growing number of women in STEM.Recent Headlines Education, not profit, county’s aim for composting program Residents speak out against Wanchese cluster homes Momentum picks up on draft Flood Resiliency Blueprint Judge finds court lacks authority in groups’ PFAS lawsuit PFAS mitigation, DEQ staffing funded in Cooper’s budget.
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