On Thursday, Oct. 15, DEQ held a ribbon-cutting event at the new site, 4407 Reedy Creek Road in West Raleigh. The space will ...

The Advisory Board of the Natural Infrastructure Flood Mitigation (NIFMP) Program will meet on Nov. 2, 2026, for its quarterly meeting. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Members of the public may ...

Extreme Drought remains along the Virginia border and parts of the Coastal Plain;affectedresidents are encouraged to take measures to conserve water Heavy rainfall from Hurricane Isaias offered ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, on a proposed water column lease in Pamlico County. The hearing ...

Before an agreement is signed, the Brownfields Redevelopment Section invites the public to comment on every property proposed for redevelopment. In accordance with the Brownfields Property Reuse Act, ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative (ESI) is a voluntary, no-cost program that is designed to promote and encourage superior environmental performance ...

Conservation easements are voluntary legal agreements designed to ensure the long-term viability and protection of the natural resources within a surveyed and recorded boundary. The easement planning ...

The 2025 Yadkin-Pee Dee Modeling Report is now available on the Modeling and Assessment Branch's Yadkin-Pee Dee and Lumber River Basins Combined Model webpage. 2022 Yadkin-Pee Dee Basin Plan 2008 ...

The Division of Water Resources has developed an on-line well construction form that can be used to submit all required well construction (GW-1) forms to the state. This form can be used on computers ...

The NC Sedimentation Control Commission may delegate authority to implement the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act (SPCA) to cities and counties that adopt a local qualifying erosion and sediment ...

Polluted area proclamations include temporary closures and re-openings to shellfish harvest as a result of bacteriological water quality, as well as changes in descriptions of permanently closed areas ...

The Oil and Gas Commission was created by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 to administer the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1945. The Commission is responsible for establishing a modern ...