Cape Fear, North Carolina. Photo Source: ©© Seuss
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For more than a century “the Rocks,” a breakwater built by the Army Corps of Engineers, has separated the channels at the southern tip of New Hanover County from the Cape Fear River. Legislation that would allocate funding to help North Carolina maintain the state’s inlets and waterways, is looking to change that.
Removing the Rocks, part of which extend more than 30 feet down, would change the dynamics of the ecosystem that now inhabits the lagoon. But the increased tidal flow also would likely put into motion a process that would see New Inlet reopened…
