Level Spreader – Vegetated Filter Strip workshop

On Friday, April 23, 2010, a “BMPs for Seasonally High Water Tables” workshop will be held in Wrightsville Beach, NC, at the Shell Island Resort. This full-day workshop will focus on two BMPs (Level Spreader – VFS and Water Harvesting Systems) that have application on landscapes with seasonally high water tables. Special considerations for coastal and coastal plain issues will be discussed. 

NCDENR officials as well as NCSU faculty will discuss the new design standards associated with NCDENR’s LS-VFS guidance. At the Wrightsville Beach workshop, attendees will also learn how to use Rainwater Harvester™,  NCSU’s water harvesting model that has been recommended for use by NC DENR. 

A limited number of seats remains for the Wrightsville Beach workshop.
Please visit: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/training.htm for workshop details and to REGISTER ONLINE. For questions about registration, please contact Cathy Smith at 919-515-6780 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Source:  NEWS 14 Carolina

NEW BERN – State Senate Pro Tem Marc Basnight addressed the issue of coastal insurance rates at a conference Thursday in New Bern.  Click here for the full story

Basnight spoke at a meeting of NC 20, a group of representatives from 20 coastal counties that formed to fight increasing insurance rates. He told the group sticking together is the only way for coastal counties to be heard on issues like homeowner insurance rate hikes.

Last year, some coastal counties saw more than a 20-percent jump in rates.

"Mainly it was the insurance companies trying to keep themselves not only solvent but to make a great deal of money," he said. "Do I have proof of that? Not in writing,"