Events & Announcements Archives - Page 26 of 53

June 1, 2026

Gov. Nikki Haley has signed into law a 5-year extension of the S.C. Conservation Bank, which would result in the protection of 75,000 acres.

SC Conservation Bank is funded for five more years

Conservation and outdoor groups are applauding Gov. Nikki Haley for signing the bill renewing the South Carolina Conservation Bank, which has protected almost 160,000 acres of wildlife habitat and historic places, until 2018. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is co-sponsoring dozens of free kids' fishing events in association with National Fishing and Boating Week 2012.

Free kids fishing events on tap for this weekend

NCWRC Release

Now is a great time to take a kid fishing, as more than 35 free, family-oriented fishing events are scheduled across the state in celebration of National Fishing and Boating Week 2012.
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Eddie Bridges, director of the N.C. Wildlife Habitat Foundation, is one of six finalists for a national outdoor magazine’s “Heroes of Conservation” award.

Greensboro man is candidate for national conservation award

Craig Holt

Eddie Bridges of Greensboro is in the running for a national outdoor magazine’s top conservation award, having been named one of six finalists in Field & Stream’s 2012 “Heroes of Conservation” competition. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to end the practice of purse-seining for menhaden in North Carolina waters, seven years after the last North Carolina-based menhaden reduction operation closed its doors.

Marine Fisheries Commission ends purse-seining of menhaden

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted at its May 11 meeting in Atlantic Beach to end the controversial practice of purse-seining for menhaden in North Carolina waters. Menhaden may still be harvested by other means. […]

Johnny Evans, CEO of a family-owned construction business in Orangeburg, has been named chairman of the DNR Board.

Haley appoints Evans as chairman of DNR Board

Pat Robertson

John P. “Johnny” Evans, a calming influence in the brouhaha that erupted last year over the way the retirement of S.C. Department of Natural Resources director John Frampton was handled, has been tapped by Gov. Nikki Haley to chair the Natural Resources Board. […]

Gov Nikki Haley has a bill to extend the S.C. Conservation Bank for five years on her desk, awaiting her signature.

Bill to extend SC Conservation Bank rests on Haley’s desk

Pat Robertson

A bill to reauthorize the S.C. Conservation Bank – which has protected almost 160,000 acres of wildlife habitat and historic places – for another five years, has passed its final Senate hurdle and has been sent to Gov. Nikki Haley for her signature. […]

CCA-NC has asked for and received the resignation of a lobbyist who had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member of Rep. Thom Tillis (above), speaker of the North Carolina House of Representative.

CCA-NC cuts ties with lobbyist

Craig Holt

The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina has ended its relationship with lobbyist Dean Plunkett, who admitting May 2 to having an improper relationship with a staff member of Rep. Thom Tillis (R-Charlotte), the N.C. General Assembly’s Speaker of the House. […]