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34204
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission in October upheld a Division of Environmental Management decision to deny water quality certification for a permit to fill a two-acre freshwater wetland in Pender County. This action signaled the commission’s intention to protect the water quality functions of the state’s remaining wetlands.
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34205
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According to a recent report by the Water Quality Section of the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management, half of North Carolina’s original coastal wetlands acreage is functionally impaired. The report considers that wetlands impacted by agriculture and urban development are nonsupporting, while those impacted by forestry are partially supporting.
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