We look forward to finding ways to ensure their long-term protection, and for enhancing associated policies and regulations.
Public participation is encouraged .
Funding is made available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. An Advisory Committee has already been selected to oversee the process and to develop regulatory and non-regulatory recommendations concerning North Carolina's conservation, protection and restoration of wetlands and stream corridors. N.C. Home Builders Association Inc., N.C. Department of Transportation, Southern Environmental Law Center, various DENR agencies and more. Several members have suggested the need for a state wetland act, which would address wetland and stream permitting, compliance and enforcement along with restoration efforts. The Committee also identified riparian buffer rules and local government roles as important regulatory topics to be discussed.