One example of such an action is NCCF's partnership with NOAA and other environmental organizations to design and implement the Jokey's Ridge Living Shoreline and Oyster Reef Restoration Project in the Outer Banks of NC.
[11] Northeast Coast Issues: The Mattamuskeet Drainage District in Hyde County spans over 42,500 acres and discharges water through major tributaries and canals into the Pamlico Sound and Intracoastal Waterway.
[12] Southeast Coastal Issues: Titan America is proposing to build one of the largest cement producing and strip mining industries in the U.S. on the Cape Fear River.
Emissions from the facility would release large amounts of mercury into the air and water supply that would threaten local ecosystems and approximately 1,000 acres of coastal wetlands.
[15] Northeast Coast Accomplishments: Through grant funding and other collaborations with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federation focuses efforts on restoring the water quality of the Pamilco Sound area.
[17] Shortly after the purchase, the island was turned over to the NC State Parks System through a memorandum agreement for the federation to mutually administer an education program for students and adults.
[19] Central Coast Education: Jones Island, located on the White Oak River near the town of Swansboro, is part of Hammocks Beach State Park.
[5] Southeast Coast Education: Through collaboration with the federation, Alderman Elementary School in Wilmington, N.C., implemented a rain garden to catch stormwater runoff and improve the water quality of nearby areas.
[21] These collective projects have diverted over 100,000 gallons of stormwater runoff and served as an educational link between hands-on experiences and the importance of native ecology and hydrology on local water quality.
[22] The Federation's Habitat Restoration and Preservation Program works to maintain, rebuild, and uphold N.C.'s most threatened ecosystems while raising public attention to the inherent worth and beauty of coastal environments.
[23] Northeast Coast Issues: Durrant's Point is an area of land protecting Hatteras Harbor, which was disappearing at a rate of 5 to 10 feet per year due to significant erosion.
In March 2011, the federation partnered with Dare County officials and volunteers to install a low-profile granite sill spanning over 320 feet to divert wave energy and protect recently restored and existing marsh.
In efforts to address the pressing issue of erosion, NCCF has partnered with Audubon North Carolina to rebuild the nesting habitat of the Brown Pelican through a grant from TogetherGreen.
To confront this issue, the federation has partnered with residents to build and implement two large rain gardens that will catch stormwater runoff from the surrounding paved areas of marinas, parking lots and roads.
Furthermore, the federation is working with scientists at N.C. State University and U.S. Geological Survey to gain scientific understanding of carbon sequestration through the creation of wetlands in efforts to mitigate climate change.
Living shorelines protect surrounding intertidal and riparian environments, improve water quality by filtration of runoff, decrease erosion rates and create terrestrial and aquatic habitats.