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Sandbagging Project Underway
Wysco Contractors of Morehead City started work on a sandbagging project at llolden Beach last week. They will build a seawall using at
least .100 sandbags in an effort to save an erosion-threatened section of Ocean Boulevard East. Each sandbag is filled with about three
tons of sand. In the photo above, Ixmie Rose looks on as a sandbag is filled. At right, Eddie Clancy pipes water and sand up the beach to
fill the sandbags. Millard Eord, who is in charge of the operation, said the project should take a couple of weeks to finish. The S.C.
Department of Transportation is paying $.16.62 Of or the project.
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BY DOUG RUTTKR
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission last week
postponed decisions on a pair of proposals relating U)
waters where baby fish, shrimp and other marine speci
mens spend their first growing seasons.
It will be at least January before the commission con
siders whether its standards for primary nursery areas
along die coast should apply to the same types of waters
inland.
And it will be the end of March before a vote can be
taken on whether to allow dredge boats in coastal nurs
ery areas, according to Jcanette Johnson, spokesperson
w ith the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.
A proposal to change the definition of a primary
nursery area was one of the biggest issues considered
when the CRC met last Thursday and Friday in Mantco,
said Ms. Johnson.
Under the current definition, rules for nurseries only
apply to those designated by the N.C. Marine Fisheries
Commission. The new definition also would cover in
land primary nursery areas which arc designated by the
Bald Head Island officials
are working on a set of rules
aimed at protecting their
maritime forest. An ordi
nance should be ready in
January.
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
A public hearing on the proposal will be scheduled
for the commission's March meeting. Also at that time.
CRC members will discuss the impact and standards
that would apply to inland primary nursery areas.
Action on another proposal to relating to primary
nursery areas also was delayed last week, according to
Ms. Johnson.
Following a public hearing, commissioners said they
wanted more information before deciding whether or
not their rules should apply to inland nursery areas. A
decision could be made as soon as January.
Forest Protection
Coastal Management staff will continue working
with local governments to protect maritime forests, in
lieu of an earlier proposal for the commission to adopt
specific development regulations for those areas.
Nine maritime forests were nominated for special
state protection in June, including Middle Island, Bluff
Island and part of Bald Head Island in Brunswick
County.
Instead of adopting protective rules, the coastal com
mission instructed the Division of Coastal Management
to work with local government officials to protect the
areas from becoming overdeveloped.
After hearing a report last week, commission mem
bers agreed to continue on that track for at least another
two months "It's cone real well, and I think they were
extremely pleased with the progress that's been matte,"
Ms. Johnson said.
For example, Bakl Head Island officials arc working
on a set of rules aimed at protecting their maritime for
est. An ordinance should be ready in January.
More than JIM) acres of forest on the island were
nominated for protection in June Maritime forests
serve as plant and animal habitats, and officials say
many acres have been lost to development in recent
years.
Kfes Increased
In another matter last week, the commission ap
proved increases hi some permit fees and raised civil
penalties for people who violate conditions of their per
mils.
The fee for a general CAVA permit was increased
from nothing to $25, while the cost of a major CAM A
permit went from SltX) to S4(K). The minimum civil
penally was increased from SltX) to S250. Ms. Johnson
said the changes .silt take effect March I, 19^1.
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