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North Carolina Coastal Policy
- 1. North Carolina Coastal Policy Matt Silinski
- 2. Where did it originate? — Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of 1972 — Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) of 1973 — Coastal Resources Commission
- 3. Coastal Resources Commission — A division within the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources — Consists of 13 different members — Various duties to protect the environment — Establish guidelines for Coastal Areas — Coastal Habitat Protection Plan — Areas of Environmental Concern — Permits
- 4. Problems the Coast faces
- 5. Sea Level Rise — Primary cause is global warming — Why is sea level rise a problem? — How the CRC has reacted to sea level rise
- 6. Coastal Erosion — Coastal Erosion is a natural process — Abrasion — Hydraulic Action — Attrition — Corrosion — Longshore drift — Deposition — Process has been sped up over the past few decades
- 7. Dredging — Dredging is the act of clearing out the floor of a harbor, river, or other area of water through the process of removing sediment, mud, weeds, hard bottom etc. with a dredge. — Two types of Dredges
- 8. Current Dredging Rules and Regulations — Types of Dredges used on different inlets — Environmental Windows — Permitting — North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources — Army Corps of Engineers — National Marine Fisheries Service — Endangered Species Mitigation
- 9. Status of Sea Turtles in North Carolina — In the past twenty years, Sea Turtles have been spotted in eight of North Carolina’s coastal counties — Species of Sea Turtle spotted within North Carolina Waters — Hawksbill — Kemp’s Ridley — Loggerhead — Green — Leatherback — Occupy different habitats — Value to North Carolina
- 10. How Dredging Affects Sea Turtles — In-water — Possible Threats — Entrainment — Direct Hit — Turbidity — Noise — Mitigation — Sea Turtle Observer Program — Turtle Deflecting Draghead — Acoustic Tagging — Cutting
- 11. How Dredging Affects Sea Turtles — On-land — Possible Threats — Disposal of Dredged Material — Quality of Sand — Slope of Sand — Covering of Sea Turtle Nests — Light Pollution — Hazardous Machinery — Mitigation — Monitoring of Project Sites — Relocation of Nests — Remove Trash and Debris — Native Beach Quality Sand — Slope of Beach should be monitored — Compaction of Sand
- 12. Conclusions — The protection of our Sea Turtles is important — Sea Turtle Monitors should be recognized and funded — Form North Carolina Sea Turtle Conservation Foundation
- 13. Sources — http://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT-Delhi/Environmental%20Air%20Pollution/air%20pollution%20%28Civil %29/Module-1/images1/35.gif — http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/causes-of-sea-level-rise.html — http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/nc1meterrise.jp — http://www.nccoast.org/article.aspx?k=e70f583a-3060-41a8-9f98-55f469cca4aa — http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/coastal_processes.html#erosion — http://clasfaculty.ucdenver.edu/callen/1202/Landscapes/KarCoast/Coastal/LongshoreDriftDiag.jpg — http://www.theartofdredging.com/turtl6l.gif — http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/seaturtles/photos/sas2012-2-ti972-pic5.jpg — http://www.liwodredge.com/userfiles/20126715225542028.jpg — http://www.bbl-equipment.com/sites/default/files/u7/dredger_mounting_nigeria.jpg — http://www.bobguskind.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sea-turtle-small.jpg