State of North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality Water Resources
Nat Wilson has worked with a few environmental agencies of North Carolina State Government since graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in geology from Middlebury College and with a Master’s degree in geology from the University of Oregon in 1986. Since 1989, he has worked with the Division of Water Resources.
Currently, he is chief of the Ground Water Management Branch which examines ground water resource issues throughout the State. In recent years the branch has concentrated on maintaining and developing the states’ ground water monitoring well network, providing access to and advice about ground water quantity and quality information via our web pages, and depicting drought impacts. They administer the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area program which regulates water use through permitting in fifteen counties.