The late 1990’s erosion experience at Bogue Banks sparked discussion of what course of action these communities could and/or should take...

Much like the whole of Bogue Banks, Emerald Isle has three distinct parts, geologically. The eastern third of Emerald Isle has low...

Emerald Isle, which takes its name from the large maritime forests on the island is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, It is part...

The Towns of Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores and Salter Path comprise about half the island known as Bogue Banks. The balance of the...

To the east of Emerald Isle, the Town of Pine Knoll Shores is very serious about its trees. When the town was presented with its first...

Salter Path was not the only development on Bogue Banks in the 19th Century. The community located at the eastern end of Bogue Banks that...

In the next series of blogs, I will examine the history, geography and early development on Bogue Banks. In this series, I will also...

I am in the midst of examining mitigation techniques, techniques that island communities along the North Carolina coast, are using to...

Other beach communities south of the Outer Banks dealing with severe erosion besides Topsail Island include Figure Eight Island, Holden...

In the last blog, I described how relocation was a response Carolina coastal communities made to eroding beaches in the 1800's. In the...

Communities along the northern Outer Banks are using beach replenishment to maintain wide and handsome beaches to protect buildings, and...

In this series of blogs, I am examining ways that island communities are living with the rules of the ocean. In this blog, I examine how...

Under the combined effects of storms, development, and sea-level rise, portions of this narrow, 200-mile island chain called the northern...

In this series of blogs, I am examining the impact of mitigation techniques, techniques that enable man and island to live with the...

By retreating from wave attacks and rolling over, barrier islands protect themselves from these hazards and, in general, they manage...

In this series of blogs I am reviewing how the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a string of barrier islands, interact with the sea. The...

In this third in a series of blogs devoted to the history and future of the Outer Banks, I examine how the Outer Banks, Northern and...

Because of the hard (no pun intended) lessons learned in the older beachfront towns in New Jersey, Florida, and other states, the...

Living on a barrier island is all about obeying the rules of the ocean. And living with the ocean is all about mitigation techniques that...

Living on an island is all about living with the ocean. And living with the ocean is all about mitigation techniques that have been...