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Following a three-year study of Jordan Lake commissioned by the North Carolina legislature, a team of university researchers has submitted a final report, which includes management recommendations. The report examines the current state of the lake, evaluates water quality strategies and identifies new funding and policy opportunities.

Researchers from Western Carolina University and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are partnering with organizations in western North Carolina to protect hemlock trees, the “Redwoods of the East.” The Collaboratory is supporting this project.

During the 2019 legislative session the N.C. General Assembly passed a law intended to support and enhance the state’s growing shellfish industry. The legislation was based on the report “North Carolina Strategic Plan for Shellfish Mariculture,” which contained numerous policy and funding recommendations to strengthen and promote the shellfish industry.

The NC Policy Collaboratory will receive $2 million in funding from the North Carolina General Assembly as part of a disaster recovery package approved by the legislature.

The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has been charged by the General Assembly with creating an advisory panel to study and develop recommendations for determining the presence of cancer clusters in the state.