AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoWater Supply: Durham’s reservoirs were just 37% full on Oct. 24, leaving about 90 days of easily accessible water. The city’s lawn-watering ban may last through winter, as nearly half the state remains in drought. Trees and Development: A state law lets billboard companies clear vegetation within expanded view zones, often without notifying nearby property owners. The cutting has alarmed Charlotte residents who say wooded buffers and wildlife are being lost. Flood Resilience: Hendersonville and the state DEQ celebrated completion of a floodplain restoration project along Lower Mud Creek. Forever Chemicals: A new documentary revisits Chemours’ decades of GenX pollution in the Cape Fear River, a drinking-water source for more than a million North Carolinians; it screens Nov. 13 in Saxapahaw. Wildlife: Drought, hot water and Hurricane Helene damage delayed mountain trout stocking. The season begins Nov. 2, with streams set to receive at least 35% of the originally planned fish.
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