Press Releases

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Water Resources (DWR) is soliciting proposals for the Clean Water Act-Section 319 (h) Nonpoint Source Grant Funding Program for Fiscal Year 2023.

March 1 marks the beginning of the 2023 ozone season as state and local environmental agencies renew their daily air quality forecasts for ozone across North Carolina.

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) will meet Wednesday and Thursday, March 8 and 9, 2023 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building at 512 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh. The public may attend in person or via remote access.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission took a stand with its fellow state environmental commissions for improved water quality in North Carolina.

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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced $462.9 million in funding for 249 infrastructure projects in 80 communities statewide that will strengthen North Carolina’s drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems.

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is conducting a survey of for-hire operators that work in coastal waters of the state.

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Hyde County at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 29.

The Division of Marine Fisheries is developing Amendment 1 to the N.C. Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan (FMP).

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) issued $172,000 in new rebates this month to help fund the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.