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May 31, 2026

Representatives attending the dedication of the Herb Kirsh Wildlife Conservation Area included (L to R) Rep. Dennis Moss (D-District 29), Rep. Herb Kirsh (D-District 47), Sen. Robert W. Hayes (R-York), and Sen. Harvey Peeler (R-York).

DNR Purchases, Protects 357 Acres in York County

The Herb Kirsh Wildlife Conservation Area was dedicated in a special public ceremony on Friday, May 4, 2007, in York County. […]

Anglers who believe nets are killing too many slot drum in N.C.’s coastal creeks can meet with the DMF Red Drum Advisory Committee Tuesday, May 8, at Little Washington.

DMF’s Red Drum Committee Meets May 8 at Washington

North Carolina Sportsman

For anglers and guides who want the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to amend the placing of 2 ½-inch mesh gill nets in coastal creeks that also are nursery areas for sportfishes such as red drum, speckled trout, flounder and other species, they have a chance to voice their concerns May 8 at the DMF’s regional office in Washington, N.C.
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Snow geese by the thousands fly each day for six months of the year at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, which would be threatened -- and pose a threat to Navy jets -- if the OLF is built at Site C.

Navy Secretary: We’ ll Consider Alternate OLF Sites; Navy: Site C Still No. 1

From News Reports

RALEIGH (AP) — Navy Secretary Donald Winter has decided to seriously reconsider alternative sites for a proposed practice jet landing field in eastern North Carolina, a congressman said April 2. […]

James McLawhorn (Right) with the Triumph 190 Bay boat rigged with a 115-horsepower, 4-stroke Mercury outboard and EZ-Loader trailer he won by attending the 2007 Sportsman Fishing Schools. Sportsman Publisher, Ty Conti (Left) presented the boat to McLawho

Raleigh Man Wins Boat at Sportsman Fishing Schools

South Carolina Sportsman

A Raleigh man was the grand-prize winner at the 2007 Sportsman Fishing Schools, taking home a Triumph 190 Bay boat rigged with a 115-horsepower, 4-stroke Mercury outboard and EZ-Loader trailer for attending the North Carolina Sportsman Fishing School on March 17 in Raleigh. […]

Correction From May NCS: Brown’s Island Restricted Area

Mike Marsh

The location of the Brown’s Island Restricted Area was not accurately described in the Newsbreaker regarding this restricted area in the May issue of North Carolina Sportsman Magazine. […]

Roanoke River anglers will get a longer opportunity to catch stripers as the “keeper” season has been extended through May 6.

2007 Roanoke River striper season extended

From News Reports

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced April 25 the season for harvesting striped bass by hook and line in the Roanoke River Striped Bass Management Area will be extended until 11:59 p.m. May 6. […]

The goose Creek youth fishing event will be held May 5, at the Goose Creek Municipal Complex Pond.

Goose Creek Youth Fishing Event May 5

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be hosting a youth fishing event Saturday, May 5th at the Goose Creek Municipal Complex pond from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All area youth 16 years and younger are invited to participate. […]

Those flounder you keep to eat are now subject to different minimum sizes depending on whether they were caught in the ocean or inside waters. The inside waters flounder must be 14-inches long, with ocean flounder another half inch longer.

Flounder Regs Vary in N.C.

Craig Holt

A revision for North Carolina’s 2007 saltwater regulations, printed in a chart in the May issue of North Carolina Sportsman, incorrectly reversed the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ flounder size limits for inshore and ocean waters. […]

Many coastal representatives fear spills, which have littered the beaches with dead menhaden during past tourist seasons, from purse seine boats such as the one shown working here.

HB 1017: Brunswick Menhaden Restrictions, Passes House Committee

From News Reports

RALEIGH (April 17) – The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources met yesterday to hear HB 1017: BRUNSWICK MENHADEN RESTRICTIONS, an act to make it unlawful to take Menhaden or Atlantic Thread Herring with a purse seine net within three nautical miles of the shoreline of Brunswick County from May 1 through October 31 of each year.
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Thousands of snow geese fly off Pungo and Phelps lakes each day from December through March, posing a threat to low-flying aircraft.

Final Chance to Address Navy OLF Plan April 17

Craig Holt

The public will get a final chance April 17 in Charlotte to have input regarding the Navy’s plan to place at Outlying Landing Field in eastern N.C. near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and threaten wintering birds and its own pilots.
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