/tags/pamlico-sound Pamlico Sound en-US Copyright Tue, 21 May 2024 16:28:00 GMT /environment/2024-05-21/martha-williams-interview-fish-wildlife-service-funding-eastern-nc In April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced $27.25 million will be invested in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound. USFWS Director Martha Williams talks about this funding and its implications. Tue, 21 May 2024 16:28:00 GMT /environment/2024-05-21/martha-williams-interview-fish-wildlife-service-funding-eastern-nc Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-04-02/lake-mattamuskeet-chemical-treatment-worries-effects-birds-fish-wildlife-lake-guard-oxy-bluegreen-water-technologies The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use a chemical to improve water quality in Lake Mattamuskeet. Conservationists worry it will harm birds at North Carolina's largest freshwater lake. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:18:29 GMT /environment/2024-04-02/lake-mattamuskeet-chemical-treatment-worries-effects-birds-fish-wildlife-lake-guard-oxy-bluegreen-water-technologies Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-03-05/lake-mattamuskeet-north-carolina-freshwater-chemicals-quality-birds Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest natural freshwater lake in North Carolina. The lake has experienced declining water quality for decades, leading to harmful algal blooms. A proposal would address these algal blooms using a chemical treatment. Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:38:09 GMT /environment/2024-03-05/lake-mattamuskeet-north-carolina-freshwater-chemicals-quality-birds Celeste Gracia /news/2022-05-16/watch-coast-guard-rescues-dog-overboard-pamlico-sound On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard Hatteras Inlet Station received a call that people on a vessel had lost their dog, Myla, overboard in Pamlico Sound, according to the station's Facebook post. Mon, 16 May 2022 17:16:45 GMT /news/2022-05-16/watch-coast-guard-rescues-dog-overboard-pamlico-sound Joe Jurney /environment/2021-06-23/nc-seagrass-decline-comes-with-significant-economic-losses-study-finds Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:49:25 GMT /environment/2021-06-23/nc-seagrass-decline-comes-with-significant-economic-losses-study-finds Celeste Gracia, Laura Pellicer /news/2018-07-16/sea-nettles-spotted-in-neuse-and-pamlico-rivers If you love swimming in the warm, salty water of North Carolina's coastal estuaries, be warned: so do sea nettles.The waterway advocacy group Sound Rivers… Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:05:12 GMT /news/2018-07-16/sea-nettles-spotted-in-neuse-and-pamlico-rivers Rebecca Martinez /environment/2017-08-08/warming-waters-bring-new-marine-species-to-nc-but-chase-away-some-familiar-ones Bull sharks and lion fish are among the species becoming more common in North Carolina, while black sea bass and other fish are getting harder to find.… Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:46:48 GMT /environment/2017-08-08/warming-waters-bring-new-marine-species-to-nc-but-chase-away-some-familiar-ones Jay Price /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-03/climate-change-creates-underwater-drama-off-nc-coast Intertwining ocean currents off the coast of North Carolina form a unique environment for marine species. Both tropically-inclined and colder water… Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:27:43 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-03/climate-change-creates-underwater-drama-off-nc-coast Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /environment/2017-08-03/climate-change-creates-underwater-drama-off-nc-coast Intertwining ocean currents off the coast of North Carolina form a unique environment for marine species. Both tropically-inclined and colder water… Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:27:43 GMT /environment/2017-08-03/climate-change-creates-underwater-drama-off-nc-coast Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /environment/2017-01-25/ncdot-builds-living-reef-in-pamlico-sound The North Carolina Department of Transportation has built a living reef about a mile west of the Bonner Bridge in Pamlico Sound.The 500 foot structure is… Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:13:15 GMT /environment/2017-01-25/ncdot-builds-living-reef-in-pamlico-sound Rebecca Martinez