By Matt Silinski, 2014 BHI Conservancy Intern

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