In a sandy area behind an old Chicamacomico lifesaving building in Rodanthe, Terri Kirby Hathaway and several teachers stand behind a short-barreled cannon. They demonstrate how to fire the rope…
The birding trail on Bear Island is featured in the new North Carolina Birding Trail — Coastal Plain Trail Guide. Filled with colorful photos, the guide includes 102 birding sites in 16 groupings across the North Carolina coastal plain — all areas east of interstate 95.
At different points in their histories, Little Sugar Creek and Rocky Branch represent the best and worst of North Carolina streams. Both creeks run through bustling cities. Both have been listed among the state's most polluted urban streams. And both waterways were forced into pipes and buried underground to pave the way for progress. Few people even knew they existed.
Local captains, who work the Pamlico Sound and surrounding waters, supply all the catch at Ocracoke Seafood. Recently, the group of 35 full and parttime commercial fishermen — who joined together to form the Ocracoke Working Watermen's Association — netted $325,000 from a grant to save the last fish house on the island.
Local Catch: North Carolina Seafood AvailabilitySM cards, developed by North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Aquariums, debuted at the N.C. Seafood Festival in Morehead City in October. The cards were featured at the opening ceremonies and scooped up by visitors to the education tent.
