North Carolina has a controversial history when it comes to its willingness to accept and plan for sea level rise. In 2012, the state legislature enacted a multi-year moratorium on considering data from a science panel for future planning and policymaking. That moratorium has since lifted and a new study out last year, looking at the next 30 years, is now accepted as a reasonable basis for policymaking. But in local municipalities – particularly small coastal communities impacted by sea level