This Land, Your Land

Three of the state's Coastal Reserves (below) have reopened after Hurricane Irene, though the Division of Coastal Management warns visitors to be wary of downed trees. Five of the 10 Coastal Reserves were closed in anticipation of the August 27 landfall of the storm.

The Currituck Banks National Estuarine Research Reserve near Corolla, Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve in Kitty Hawk and Rachel Carson National Estuarine Research Reserve in Beaufort are open to visitors.

The Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve in Columbia remains closed until damage assessments are complete, as does the Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve on Hatteras Island until access to Hatteras Island is restored.