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16 Mar

Notes From the Field: The Motus Tower Turns One

Happy Birthday, Motus Tower! One year ago on March 15th, we installed our Motus Tower on our campus. Motus, or Latin for “movement,” is the name given to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, an international collaborative research network. The tower, standing at 36 feet tall with three antennae, is a collaboration with UNCW’s Danner...

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March 16, 2023
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16 Mar

Notes From the Classroom: Springing Into Outreach

March welcomed new guests to the island and kicked off of a spring full of outreach for our education team! Our education team is excited to connect with people from across the Cape Fear region this season. Here’s a glimpse of our month so far! Participants of Weekend at Vivian’s, an event hosted by local […]

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March 16, 2023
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14 Mar

Notes From the Field: The Conservancy Attends Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting

by Paul Hillbrand, Sea Turtle Biologist Imagine stepping through the double doors of the Grand Ballroom of the Perdido Beach Resort and immediately being struck by the excited chatter and laughter of 200+ sea turtle biologists, students, and volunteers who have gathered together in person for the first time in three years. The air, thick […]

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March 14, 2023
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13 Mar

Intern Spotlight: My Journey So Far With the Conservancy

by Ryan Riggs, UNCW intern Hello, my name is Ryan Riggs! I’m a junior at UNCW studying Oceanography and minoring in Geospatial Technologies. I hope to earn my drone pilot’s license during my time as an undergrad as well. I’m from Allentown, Pennsylvania, though since starting UNCW two years ago my family has moved to […]

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March 13, 2023
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13 Mar

Sponsor Spotlight: Wendy Wilmot Properties

Hello from Wendy Wilmot Properties – your neighbors, your friends, your real estate agents.  We mean it when we say we’re locals. We live on island 24/7/365 – and we love every minute of  it. Here at Wendy Wilmot Properties, sharing this Island love is what we do – we give visitors a  look into this […]

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March 13, 2023
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17 Feb

Badwater Returns to the (B)East Coast

The BADWATER® ultra running experience returns to the (B)east Coast when the ninth BADWATER CAPE FEAR race takes place on Bald Head Island, North Carolina on March 18, 2023. Get all the info at Badwater.com. With 50km and 51.4-mile race options, Badwater® Cape Fear features a twelve-mile warm-up on the car-free, one-lane-wide roads...

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February 17, 2023
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17 Feb

February Sponsor Spotlight

Brian Young’s Landscaping began in May 2015. Brian had been doing side jobs on Bald Head Island for a couple years while attending Cape Fear Community College to become a Hydrograpic Surveyor and working as a tram driver. As Brian recounts,  “I owe a great deal of gratitude to longtime volunteers and members of the...

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February 17, 2023
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17 Feb

Field Guide: The Romantic Scent of Pumpkin

by Desiree Bridge, Turtle Central Assistant Manager When one has romantic thoughts for a person, they may perhaps wish to attract them with flowers or chocolates, but to truly enchant someone, just bake them a pie. A pumpkin pie to be exact. With a lavender garnish. The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation of Chicago […]

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February 17, 2023
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17 Feb

Field Guide: Our Local Lovebirds

by Morgan Hooks, Environmental Content Creator Winter is the season of love; from the holidays to Valentine’s Day, we are often at our most affectionate, most giving, and most romantic. That applies, too, to many of our wild neighbors who are preparing their best breeding plumage for courtship, mating, and raising their offspring with a […]

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February 17, 2023
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16 Feb

For the Love of Wildlife

It’s the season of love, and there is a tremendous amount of things to love about Bald Head Island, from the ancient maritime forest, to the sweeping Frying Pan Shoals, to the wildlife who call the island home. North Carolina Wildlife Federation began the month of February by sharing stories For the Love of Wildlife. […]

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February 16, 2023
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