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OUR MISSION STATEMENT
The stated
purpose of CCA is to advise and educate the public on
conservation of marine resources. The objective of CCA is
to conserve, promote and enhance the present and future
availability of these coastal resources for the benefit and
enjoyment of the general public.
| Cape Fear River Lock & Dam No.1 safety issue to be fixed, fish passage built |
Key Recovery Act projects on the move forward
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA -Two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects to be built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District at Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Cape Fear River will improve dam safety and improve conditions for endangered fish species.
"We are delighted to move forward with these projects," said Col. Jefferson M. Ryscavage, Wilmington District commander. "This is a great example of much-needed work made possible because of ARRA funding. Dam safety and environmental enhancement are both key parts of our mission - as is the economic benefit of the jobs supported by the construction."
The construction projects will:
* Fulfill a long-standing environmental mitigation requirement from the Wilmington
Harbor Deepening project.
* Offer employment opportunity in Bladen County, N.C., where unemployment had
reached 12 percent by September 2009.
* Offer opportunities to local quarries to supply materials in a state that has more than 10
percent unemployment.
* Improve dam safety on a structure that is the major water source for southeastern North
Carolina.
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| 5 Feb 2010 - 15:35 by CCA North Carolina |
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| CCA Mourns Passing of Walter Fondren |
Visionary conservationist helped change the way marine resources are managed
HOUSTON, TX - The conservation community lost one of its true visionaries with the passing of Coastal Conservation Association founder Walter W. Fondren III last week in Houston. A passionate conservationist, avid hunter and skilled fisherman, Fondren was a driving force in the grassroots movement to save red drum and speckled trout populations along the Texas coast in the late 1970s, and was one of the first to fully grasp the potential of anglers as stewards of marine resources with the creation of the Gulf Coast Conservation Association (now CCA).
"Walter was one of those unique individuals who saw the whole chessboard," said Venable Proctor, chairman of CCA. "When he saw a problem with fisheries on the Texas coast, he helped build a national organization to safeguard those resources for generations to come. He grew up hunting and fishing, and fully understood that it is the responsibility of all who enjoy such privileges to leave things better than they found them. He lived his entire life by that principle and infused it into every aspect of CCA."
As chairman of CCA, he helped guide the organization's growth into a national presence with 17 state chapters and almost 100,000 members on all three coasts. He served on the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council as a member from 1982 through 1992; was Council Chairman from 1989 to 1990; and also served on the Billfish Advisory Committee since 1994. He received the Harvey Weil Sportsman/Conservationist Award in 2000 and the prestigious Charles H. Lyles Award in 2001 from the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission in recognition of a lifetime of exceptional contributions on behalf of marine resources.
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| 2 Feb 2010 - 10:49 by CCA North Carolina |
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| Dr. Timothy D. Nifong Becomes CCA NC's First General Counsel |
On December 8, 2009, CCA-NC launched a new era in its mission to protect and enhance North Carolina marine resources by entering into an agreement that makes Dr. Timothy D. Nifong CCA-NC's first General Counsel. Tim has long been an ardent conservationist as an attorney, scientist, and educator in North Carolina. He holds both a law degree and a doctorate in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tim spent a decade as an Assistant Attorney General in the Environmental Division of the NC Department of Justice. Among his many duties with the Attorney General's Office, Tim advised the NC Marine Fisheries Commission over a period of years, and the NC Division of Marine Fisheries under three Directors-Bill Hogarth, Bruce Freeman, and Preston Pate. Tim also served as counsel to the legislative Moratorium Steering Committee in the late 1990s, authoring that Commission's Final Report aimed at comprehensively revising state marine fisheries laws. After leaving the Attorney General's Office, Tim taught biology, botany, and environmental science at Louisburg College in Louisburg, NC. He was appointed by Governor Hunt in 1998 to the scientist seat on the Marine Fisheries Commission. In that role, Tim served as Vice-Chair of the Commission and as Co-Chair of the Commission's Habitat and Water Quality Standing Advisory Committee.
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| 25 Jan 2010 - 13:26 by CCA North Carolina |
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