Coastal Resources Commission

This week the NC Coastal Resources Commission will make a recommendation on hardened sea structures to the NC General Assembly. The NC Sierra Club is urging the commission to uphold the states historic ban on terminal groins and other hardened structures. Proposed legislation would create an exception and allow terminal groins to be built in order to protect beach front property. Unfortunately, the construction of these terminal groins will accelerate the erosion of public beaches further down shore. While eroding public access beaches, the groins will also destroy habitats for sea turtles and migratory birds. Especially the piping plover, an endangered species which has a number of designated critical habitats along our coast.