Events & Announcements Archives - Page 21 of 53

July 23, 2026

North Carolina has received two grants totaling more than $550,000 to support studies and programs to identify and improve habitat threats fish and wildlife.

State gets $550,000 in federal grants for conservation projects

North Carolina has received two grants totaling more than $550,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with most of it going to the recovery and habitat of the robust redhorse sucker. […]

Gray Stone Day School's hunter-education shooting team won the national Youth Hunter Education Challenge in New Mexico.

North Carolina hunter-safety teams sweep national championships

NCWRC Release

North Carolina teams captured first place honors in junior and senior divisions at the 27th annual International Youth Hunter Education Challenge, a demanding, week-long shooting and outdoors skills competition in Raton, N.M., sponsored by the National Rifle Association. […]

Chuck Laughridge of Harkers Island has been appointed to a seat on the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission.

Governor appoints 3 to N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission

Craig Holt

Gov. Pat McCrory has announced the appointment of three new members of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, including Paul Rose, a commercial fisherman, who will become the group’s chairman. […]

Boat-registration fees across the state will more than double to help coastal communities pay for dredging of shallow-draft inlets thanks to the legislature's 2014 budget.

Legislature more than doubles boat-registration fees to pay for inlet dredging

Craig Holt

The Republican legislature’s budget was finalized July 25, and North Carolina boaters will discover that vessel registration fees have more than doubled as they pay for the dredging of shallow-draft coastal inlets. […]

John Ferebee III of Greenville made the National Junior Olympic Shooting Team’s skeet squad.

Greenville teen makes JO national skeet team

Craig Holt

John Ferebee III of Greenville won a spot last month on the six-man U.S. Junior Olympic International Skeet Squad. […]

Maj. Jim Kelley will become the No. 2 man in the NCDMF's Marine Patrol.

Kelley promoted to No. 2 spot in Marine Patrol

Jerry Dilsaver

Jim Kelley, a 24-year veteran with the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, has been promoted from captain to major and will take over the No. 2 spot in the N.C. Marine Patrol.

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Sturm Ruger will open a new plant in the town of Mayodan and could hire as many as 500 people.

Sturm Ruger will bring new plant to Mayodan

Craig Holt

Sturm Ruger, a prominent firearms manufacturer, announced July 8 that it will move some of its manufacturing operations to the town of Mayodan in Rockingham County. […]

Under proposed legislation, landfills could be sited closer to wildlife habitats such as the Roanoke River Wetlands and National Wildlife Refuge, despite the possibilities of water contamination.

Legislation would allow landfills close to critical fish, wildlife areas

Craig Holt

A bill has passed the N.C. Senate and is now in front of the N.C. House that would allow landfills to be placed closer to critical fish and wildlife habitat, including national wildlife refuges, state parks and game lands. […]

A reward of $20,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed a black bear and desecrated its carcass in Buncombe County this past week.

Big reward offered in bear poaching/desecrating case in Buncombe County

North Carolina Sportsman

A reward of $20,000 has been offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and N.C. Wildlife Federation for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed and desecrated a black bear this past week in Buncombe County. […]

Rob Bizell, chairman of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, has dissolved a committee that gave oversight to grants paid for by the CRFL.

Commission chairman dissolves advisory committee against its wishes

Craig Holt

Rob Bizzell, chairman of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, recently dissolved a long-standing advisory committee because he said the group wasn’t doing its assigned jobs, a decision that caused concern among recreational anglers and surprised other commissioners. […]