Recently, the Environmental Management Commission, the Marine Fisheries Commission, and the Coastal Resources Commission created a 600-page behemoth of a plan called the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) and why should you care?

Well, in truth, the 35 day public comment period has just come to a close and this plan (when enacted) has implications that may affect up to 90% of all coastal county property. Developed as required by the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act this document might well be the next great threat to property rights in NC. The N&O commented here about this potentially dangerous plan.”

And you thought you could “own” coastal property.