Shared Photo – Turn the Corner
A screen shot submitted by Winston Fowler. Let’s hope we “turn the corner” on COVID soon!
A screen shot submitted by Winston Fowler. Let’s hope we “turn the corner” on COVID soon!
A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s rule that gutted water quality protections put in place during the Obama administration. The challenge of the Trump rule was brought by six Native American tribes, who were represented by Earthjustice.
The Trump WOTUS revision removed protections for 18% of streams and 51% of wetlands in the U.S.
Federal judge vacates Trump-era WOTUS rule replacement
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Photographer Charles Farrell captured how mullet fishermen in the fall of 1938 “made do,” as historian David Cecelski explains, on Bald Head Island during the Great Depression. Bald Head Island Marina is a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR!
Our Coast’s History: Varnamtown’s Fishermen 1938
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Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Bald Head Island Marina
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Geographer Roger Payne has recently published his second reference guide to the names of places along the Outer Banks.
Geographer explains what’s in Outer Banks place names
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If you spot a stranded or entangled leatherback, loggerhead, green or Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, call the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Turtle Stranding and Disentanglement Network for help at 866-755-6622.
Report stranded, entangled sea turtles to NOAA’s hotline
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Through Charles Farrell’s photographs of Sneads Ferry in the 1930s, historian David Cecelski learned the stories and people of Onslow County fishing village.
Our Coast’s History: Remembering 1930s Sneads Ferry
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More watercraft were involved in crashes along the Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach than anywhere else in the state last year, according to a 2020 report from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach leading state in boat crashes, data shows
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Safety concerns increase as more boaters enjoy the Intracoastal Waterway | WPDE
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We made the mistake, while traveling north on the ICW, of passing through the Myrtle Beach section on a Sunday in April. It was awful. We are in a 36foot sailboat. There were many many jet skis buzzing past, swerving in and out. Power boats passing us very closely! It was the most dangerous part of our trip.
Susan Woods Bamonto don’t forget the over loaded boats and some towing people on tubes…and the day started so beautifully.
I'm not surprised the Myrtle Beach area ICW leads in boat crashes. We see all kinds of craziness whenever we travel through there and I have a photo that says it all.
The Lowcountry Maritime School of Charleston, SC was organized to promote and support their primary mission: educating youth through boatbuilding and maritime skills.
Click here for LMS August 2021 Newsletter
Cruisers Net Team Member, Winston Fowler, took this photo of a dinghy from Highfield Boats, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, at Staniel Cay Yacht Club, also a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR!
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