Derb S. Carter, Jr.

Director of Chapel Hill Office, Chapel Hill Office

  • Winner of North Carolina Conservationist of the Year and National Wetlands Awards
  • University of North Carolina with honors; University of Oregon Law School; Oregon Law Review

“The Southern Environmental Law Center shapes the law, and the law shapes the landscape.”

Derb Carter

Information

Chapel Hill Office
601 West Rosemary Street
Suite 220
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2356

Phone: 919-967-1450
Fax: 919-929-9421

Priority Projects

Offshore Drilling

Attorneys: Sierra Weaver, Christopher K. DeScherer, Deborah M. Murray, Bill Sapp, Nat Mund, Derb S. Carter, Jr., Catherine Wannamaker, Mary Maclean Asbill, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Blakely Hildebrand

World’s Only Wild Red Wolves in Jeopardy

Attorneys: Sierra Weaver, Derb S. Carter, Jr., Ramona McGee

Biomass Energy in the South

Attorneys: David W. Carr, Jr., Derb S. Carter, Jr., Heather Hillaker

Cape Hatteras National Seashore Wildlife Protection

Attorneys: Derb S. Carter, Jr., Geoff Gisler

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Additional Resources

New Analysis finds Burning Wood Pellets

BBC News: Derb Carter on burning US trees

Click to see the full interview

New York Times Article: Smoke in the Water

Listen in: Derb Carter on water quality protections

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North Carolina Conservationist of the Year

SELC Newsletter, Spring 2005

Featured In

Law of the Land, Air, Water, and Energy: Herald Sun, May 2009

Snow Geese Wintering in Eastern North Carolina

80,000 snow geese resting and feeding in Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

The Inside Story: Migratory Birds or Fighter Jets?

SELC Battles U.S. Navy to Protect Wildlife, Family Farms in NC