The world according to me....

In North Carolina, construction activities on ocean-facing beaches are not allowed during the sea turtle nesting and hatching seasons. However, each year from mid-November through the end of April, there are usually several beach-construction activities, usually in the form of nourishment. Nourishment is a contraversial management strategy, with both supporters and detractors. Regardless of what you think about it, nourishment is nevertheless an amazing engineering feat. This year there are at least five nourishment projects planned for North Carolina ocean-facing beaches, including one on the eastern half of Bogue Banks. The photo above shows the pipe on Bogue Banks that sends the material down the beach to where it will be deposited and graded. I plan on uploading more photos as the nourishment activities continue, and also post some before and after photographs of beach zones. Stay tuned....