Media Coverage

Media Coverage of NEMAC

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07.29.21 Watauga Democrat
NCDEQ unveils new landslide mapping website

07.13.21 Mountain Xpress
Green in brief: New website shares WNC landslide risks

07.07.21 The Sylva Herald
New NCDEQ website maps out potential landslide areas

06.24.21 AVLToday [Outdoors: Mention of landslide tools]
The City's New Budget, Dairy History + Bear Activity

06.23.21 Mountain Xpress
New suite of tools for examining landslide hazard risks in Western North Carolina launched

06.23.21 WataugaOnline.com
New landslide website provides critical hazard data for North Carolina communities

06.23.21 UNC Asheville
NCGS and UNC Asheville’s NEMAC Release A New Suite of WNC Landslide Hazard Risk Tools

05.24.21 StreetInsider.com [Karin Rogers/Jeff Hicks webinar]
Green Builder Media Announces Building Better Cities Webinar

03.22.21 Ashevile Citizen-Times [reprint of Asheville Watchdog article of 03.15.21]
'Climate refugee' migration could have major impact on Asheville in coming years

03.15.21 Asheville Watchdog [quotes Mary and Karin, even though it doesn't get our name right]
Come Hell or High Water, Asheville Is Climate “Winner”

02.15.21 WLOS News-13 [mentions UNCA but not NEMAC specifically by name, even though it's our project]
Online landslide map created by UNCA & consultants aims to help with planning, prevention

01.23.21, updated 01.27.21 Asheville Citizen-Times [quotes Jim Fox]
Biden rejoins Paris accord on climate change, a decision Madison Cawthorn rejected

11.14.20, updated 11.30.20 The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC
Editorial: Use Charleston vulnerability study as a key planning tool

06.27.19 Mountain Xpress [mentions City of Asheville partnership with NEMAC, photo of Matt Hutchins]
Green in brief: Asheville releases guide to climate resilience

06.20.19 Blue Ridge Public Radio [mentions City of Asheville partnership with NEMAC]
Asheville Prepares for Climate Change

06.05.19 WLOS News-13 [mentions City of Asheville partnership with NEMAC]
City of Asheville to release climate change resource guide

06.05.19 The University of North Carolina System Website
UNC Asheville's NEMAC Partner in Creating New Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool

05.06.19 PlaceShakers and Newsmakers [PlaceMakers blog (Ben Brown), interview with Jim Fox]
Climate Change Update, Part II: Leveraging “The Biggest Little Things”

05.03.19 UNC Asheville News Center
UNC Asheville’s NEMAC Partner in Creating New Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool

04.29.19 Trajectory (the official magazine of USGIF)
Colliding in Climate City

04.11.19 UNC Asheville News Center (feature article about NEMAC intern Lindsey Nystrom)
Self-Made Major: Meet Lindsey Nystrom

04.09.19 Business View Magazine (interview with the City of Asheville's Amber Weaver)
Asheville, North Carolina – Green and Sustainable

02.07.19 Mountain Xpress
Scientists and experts discuss becoming resilient in a changing climate

12.26.18 U.S. News & World Report
Welcome to 'Climate City'

10.16.18 Mountain Xpress
NEMAC+FernLeaf establishes public-private partnership to promote climate resilience

10.30.17 Carolina Public Press
WNC forests face threat of erratic and extreme weather as climate changes

09.12.17 Blue Ridge Public Radio (interview with Matt Hutchins, Jeff Hicks, Eileen Shea)
Hurricanes, Trump Bring Asheville Climate Work Into Focus

06.20.17 Asheville City Source (City of Asheville's blog)
City of Asheville working toward a proactive plan in the face of climate change

06.17.17 Mountain Xpress
RiverLink hosts flood expert James Fox for discussion on French Broad River & floods June 22

02.17.17 Biltmore Beacon
After the Wildfires: Exploring the Connection Between Wildfires and Climate Change

02.13.17 Asheville Citizen-Times (mentions lecturer Dave Michelson)
Brevard College hosts Lady Slipper Speaker Series

02.02.17 UNC-TV North Carolina Now (video)
InnovateNC

12.21.16 Hendersonville Times-News
After historic wildfire season, experts prepare for increased risk

12.15.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
Mitigating climate change after wildfire

11.17.16 Mountain Xpress
City commissions plan to head off climate-related disasters

09.15.16 Asheville Citizen-Times (quotes Jim Fox)
Summer was Asheville's hottest on record

08.30.16 WNC Magazine (cover story)
A Catalyst for Change

08.18.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
UNCA faculty, students use national parks as labs

08.18.16 Asheville Citizen-Times (quotes Jim Fox)
Last month was hottest July on record for Asheville, Earth

08.16.16 The Post and Courier—Charleston, SC (quotes Jim Fox)
Regional water evaporating as demand rises

07.18.16 JDSupra Business Advisor (legal blog)
Climate Change Opinions Don't Help Business; Data Do

07.14.16 Asheville Citizen-Times (editorial)
Our view: Asheville continues rise as climate science powerhouse

07.07.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
Globe turning to Asheville's tech to help assess flood risks

07.05.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
UNC Asheville center receives award

07.01.16 Mountain Xpress Blogwire
UNC Asheville’s NEMAC Honored for Special Achievement in GIS

06.30.16 Mountain Xpress (quotes Jim Fox)
Duke Energy’s planned power plant tied to fracking

06.30.16 UNC Asheville News Center
UNC Asheville’s NEMAC Honored for Special Achievement in GIS

04.05.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
UNCA moves site to Collider location in downtown Asheville

04.04.16 Mountain Xpress Blogwire
NEMAC moves in with The Collider

04.04.16 UNC Asheville News Center
UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC) Moves to The Collider in Downtown Asheville

03.25.16 The Charlotte Observer
Asheville entrepreneurs are making a business out of climate change

03.11.16 WYFF News-4
New think spaces comes to Asheville

03.11.16 WLOS News-13
New climate science innovation center opens downtown

03.11.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
Collider puts Asheville at center of climate data industry

03.09.16 UNC Asheville News Center
On the Map with NEMAC: A Center for the City, Community, and Country

03.03.16 UNC-TV North Carolina Now (video)
Modeling Your World

02.26.16 Asheville Citizen-Times
Extreme Southeast weather events on the rise, climate data show

02.25.16 EOS, Earth & Space Science News
Teaching the Integration of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences

02.22.16 Climate Listening Project
Climate Listening Project: Business and Community

11.10.15 WNC Magazine (print only, not available digitally)
Where Sustenance is Scarce (discusses WNC food deserts from new content in the WNC Vitality Index)

10.22.15 The Mining Journal (Marquette, Michigan)
Workshop addresses climate resilience in Marquette County

09.25.15 Asheville Citizen-Times
The Collider on a mission for climate science innovation

05.15.15 Medium (blog post by CyberCity 3D, Inc. about the Broward County visualization work)
Assessing Flood Risk in Florida with 3D GIS

05.05.15 The Tribune Papers.com (quotes Jim Fox from 2007 Mountain Xpress interview)
Riverfront commission seeks to skirt FEMA guidelines

04.23.15 Asheville Citizen-Times
Vanishing fruits, veggies: Could climate change what we eat?

04.06.15 Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville artists provide more than money to the area

February 2015 Planning Magazine (not available online without a subscription)
Appalachian Vision (article describes the SWNC Opt-In project, including NEMAC's role)

11.24.14 Mountain Xpress Blogwire (Online)
UNCA/NEMAC: Asheville makes it mark on the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

11.24.14 UNC Asheville News Center
Asheville Makes its Mark on the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

11.18.14 fedscoop.com
NOAA’s new toolkit a ‘cognitive bridge’ for climate change action plans

11.18.14 Venture Asheville
Asheville Shapes U.S. Climate Resilience Toolbox

10.9.14 Government Executive
Preparing for the Next Big Flash Flood in Western North Carolina

9.10.14 The Sylva Herald
Things & Stuff (mentions NFNC Trails App)

9.7.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (quotes Jim Fox)
Hurricanes Frances, Ivan: Impact lingers 10 years later

9.04.14 WLOS
Hurricane Anniversary

8.21.14 Biltmore Beacon (page 4b)
Symposium Explores Lessons of 2004 Flood

7.15.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (quotes Jim Fox)
NC coast at risk for more flooding with climate change

6.13.14 UNC Asheville News Center
NEMAC Student Interns Chart Climate Change and Build Career Skills

6.12.14 Biltmore Beacon (page 4B)
UNCA Receives $1 Million to Start McCullough Institute

6.11.14 Mountain Xpress (E-Pub | See Page 16)
UNC Asheville receives $1 million gift to start sustainability institute

6.08.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (Editorial)
Bold mission for new institute at UNC Asheville

6.07.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (Jim Fox is in photo)
Climate change could change business climate

6.6.14 UNC Asheville News Center
Cultivating Sustainability Comes Naturally for McCullough Institute

6.03.14 WLOS ABC News 13 (video)
New Environmental Institute at UNCA

6.03.14 Asheville Citizen-Times
New institute at UNCA will tackle environmental issues

6.03.14 Mountain Xpress
UNC Asheville receives $1 million gift to start sustainability institute

6.03.14 Blue Ridge Now (Hendersonville Times-News online)
Sustainability institute to open at UNC Asheville

6.03.14 Ashvegas (blog)
UNC Asheville gets $1 million donation to create new institute for land use, sustainability institute

6.01.14 Asheville Citizen-Times
Explore Nantahala Forest by app

5.22.14 Transylvania Times
Innovative Web App Blends Trails and Forest Science

5.21.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (Editorial)
Asheville at the forefront on climate issues

5.21.14 Carolina Public Press
Forest Service releases web app featuring 3 WNC trails

5.21.14 Mountain Xpress Blogwire (Online)
Forest Service unveils new app for trail information

5.21.14 Blue Ridge Now (Hendersonville Times-News online)
Forest Service unveils app detailing regional trails

5.20.14 CompassLive (newsletter of the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station)
Innovative Web App Blends Trails and Forest Science

5.20.14 Asheville Citizen-Times
New web app helps hikers in Nantahala National Forest

5.20.14 Hendersonville Lightning
Forest Service unveils trail app

5.18.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (not available online)
Climate Change? Weird Weather? Hash it all out in the new Collider

5.17.14 Asheville Citizen-Times
Can Asheville capitalize on climate change?

4.6.14 Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville researchers connect dots of climate change

3.21.14 UNC Asheville News Center
Creating a Climate Resilience Toolkit for the Nation

3.20.14 Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville researchers working on climate data website

3.10.14 Asheville Citizen-Times (quotes Todd Pierce, former data scientist at UNC Asheville’s NEMAC)
New jobs hit WNC faster than expected

2.20.14 Mountain Express online
UNCA's NEMAC receives forest protection award

2.18.14 Mountain Express Blogwire (online)
U.S. Forest Service honors research station in Asheville

11.22.13 UNC Asheville News Center
NEMAC Plays a Leading Role in Studying and Mitigating Forest Threats

11.18.13 Mountain Express online
Nov. 20 open house on city of Asheville's weather impact strategies

7.25.13 CompassLive (newsletter of the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station)
NASA Honors ForWarn Team with Group Achievement Award

7.09.13 Asheville Citizen-Times (Editorial – Cites the WNC Vitality Index)
Save the Mountain Resources Commission

9.04.12 Winston-Salem Journal
Western N.C. vitality index centralizes data about region

7.19.12 CompassLive (newsletter of USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station)
Forest Detectives Solve Asheville Watershed Mystery

5.27.12 Asheville Citizen-Times
N.C. Senate bill would shut down Mountain Resources Commission

5.11.12 Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville Area Business Briefs)
UNCA, Riverside announce partnership

4.16.12 Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville's RENCI holds open house in Grove Arcade, downtown

4.1.12 Asheville Citizen-Times
Locus Technologies makes move to Asheville for data visualization

3.26.12 Woodworking Network
ForWarn's Eye in the Sky Technology Sees Forest Threats

3.21.12 Woodworking Network
U.S. Forest Service and NASA Release ForWarn

2.22.12 Mountain Xpress online
Climate data and more: Locus Technologies and UNCA's NEMAC announce alliance

10.21.11 Carolina Public Press
PR: Renaissance Computing Institute hosting open house at UNCA Engagement Site to show community visualization tools

10.13.11 Hendersonville Times-News
WNC gets mixed grades on forest sustainability

10.12.11 Mountain Xpress online
Are WNC forests sustainable for the future? Report gives mixed picture

07.12.11 New York Times Blog: Dot Earth
River as Teacher (link to Water in WNC video)

06.2011 Compass Magazine - Issue 18
CRAFTING Future Forests

05.20.11 Asheville Citizen-Times
Forests report should set off alarm bells (Editorial)

05.09.11 BlueRidgeNow
Forestry regulations serve vital purpose

04.15.11 GIS in Transportation Winter 2011 Issue (Federal Highway Administration Newsletter)
A look at Buncombe County’s (North Carolina) Multi-Hazard Risk Tool

03.30.11 Esri ArcNews Spring 2011 Issue
Buncombe County Creates Multi-Hazard Risk Tool

03.29.11 Mountain Xpress
A river runs through it: Asheville prepares for the next 100-year flood

03.24.11 Mountain Xpress Blogwire
UNCA’s Renaissance Computing Institute hosts open house April 1

02.16.11 Mountain Xpress Blogwire
Swannanoa Flood Risk Management Project public open house Feb. 24 at Grove Arcade

11.10.10 The Blue Banner (UNC Asheville student newspaper)
Tour displays efforts to prevent future flooding in Asheville