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Barrier Island Botanist 2024
By Heather Bariso, Coastal Educator During the fall of each year, the Bald Head Island Conservancy holds its annual Barrier Island Botanists (BIB) program in coordination with Brunswick County Public Schools. Last year, our BIB field trips hosted 888 students on Bald Head Island! This year, the start of our field trip was delayed due […]
Morgan Greene
Thad Wester Fishing School 2024
By Senior Educator Jennifer Wiggen The Conservancy’s Fishing School began in 1983 and continues to generate great enthusiasm for fishing, from beginners to seasoned pros. Fishing School was started by the Conservancy’s founder, Dr. Thad Wester, and we are thrilled to continue his legacy. Now in its 41st year, the Fishing School offers a format...
Morgan Greene
Prototype Plankton-Tow Activity for Barrier Island Botanists
By Sarah Powers, Fall Intern 2024 As part of our Barrier Island Botanist program, our education team recently tested a new hands-on plankton-tow activity, aimed at engaging participants with the tiny but fascinating organisms that thrive in our island’s waters. We explored three different sites around Bald Head Island and collected five...
Morgan Greene
Young Scientist Academy Teacher Mentorship Program
By Jennifer Wiggen, Senior Educator We had an incredible time with the Young Scientist Academy (YSA) during their new teacher mentorship program called Teach STEM. This program allowed Title I teachers from GLOW Academy, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering and D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy to spend the week with YSA and the BHI Conservancy...
Morgan Greene
Camp Rules!
By Katharine Hart, Summer 2024 Intern Conservancy Camp is an unforgettable activity-packed week exploring Bald Head’s natural offerings. With bug and birding trips to the park, forest walks, beach day, and meeting our turtles and snakes, campers are never lost for opportunities to engage with BHI’s unique ecosystems and organisms. Each day has...
Morgan Greene
Environmental Education: Why It’s Important and What It Means to Me
By Mollie Martin, Summer 2024 Intern There is so much work being done here at Bald Head Island Conservancy – from sea turtle protection to oyster reef restoration to water quality testing and so much more! But I’ve learned in my time here that education is at the heart of all of this work. Environmental […]
Morgan Greene
All About Pill Bugs: Conservancy Camp’s New Hobby
By Kat Anderson, Summer 2024 Intern During my first week at Conservancy Camp, our campers realized that pill bugs can be found almost everywhere on the island. Whether in the park or in our outdoor classroom at the BHIC campus, campers and counselors alike spent the week turning up logs looking for these tiny rolled […]
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Barrier Island Botanist 2023
By Jennifer Wiggen, Senior Educator During the fall of each year, the Bald Head Island Conservancy holds its annual Barrier Island Botanists (BIB) program, with field trips in coordination with Brunswick County Public Schools. Every year, just under 1,000 sixth graders from the six public middle schools throughout the county visit Bald Head...
Morgan Greene
Notes From the Classroom: Diving Into Dissection
By Isabel Gebers, Education Intern Interning at Bald Head Island has presented many challenges, and one of them for me was learning how to dissect and teach others about dissecting coastal critters. The general knowledge needed to teach about coastal animals was not content I had grown up learning, hailing from the Midwest. And the […]
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Notes From the Classroom: Nature Exploration
by Morgan Greene, Education Part-timer You packed your bags, drove to the marina, rode the ferry, and now you’re finally here—your vacation on Bald Head Island has begun! But what should you do first? What is there to do on Bald Head, anyway? Maybe your first activity should be the Bald Head Island Nature Exploration […]
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