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The BHIC Pipeline
The BHIC Pipeline I began my journey at BHIC as a sea turtle intern in 2022. At the time I was just a Kansas girl with no marine experience but a huge dream to “save the sea turtles”. I quickly fell for the beauty of BHI and even more for sea turtle conservation. 2022 was […]
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2026 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update
2026 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update May 15th, 2026: Just as the sun spilled over the horizon, the Conservancy’s Sea Turtle Protection Team (STPT) rolled over access 42 with excited minds and tired eyes. Scanning the high tide line for tracks and displaced sand, they were intent on locating any signs of sea turtle nesting […]
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How to Become a Beach Detective: A Guide to Identifying Beach Tracks
How to Become a Beach Detective:A Guide to Identifying Beach Tracks Have you ever been walking along the beach and seen a strange pattern or track in the sand? If so, it could be any number of the beautiful but sometimes mysterious and elusive species found here on Bald Head Island. Some animals only emerge […]
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More Than an Orange Cage: The Hidden Story Beneath Sea Turtle Nests
More Than an Orange Cage:The Hidden Story Beneath Sea Turtle Nests If you’ve ever been lucky enough to watch an adult female loggerhead sea turtle crawl ashore on Bald Head Island or witness dozens of tiny hatchlings racing toward the ocean, you’ve experienced one of nature’s most unforgettable spectacles. But those magical...
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Bald Head Island Conservancy Interns Host First-Ever Pollinator Palooza
Bald Head Island Conservancy Interns Host First-Ever Pollinator Palooza On June 26, two BHI Conservancy Education Interns, Kate Graber and Ellen Edwards organized the first-ever Pollinator Palooza at the Conservancy. The event took place on Friday of National Pollinator Week. The event was planned with the goal of educating and engaging...
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Glow with the Flow: Bioluminescence on Bald Heads Beaches
Glow with the Flow: Bioluminescence on Bald Heads Beaches Have you ever been on the beach at night and noticed the sand begin to glow as you walk through it, seen flashes of blue as the waves crash against the shore, or even noticed the whitewash of a wave seeming a little brighter than normal? […]
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Fungi on BHI
Fungi on BHI As you walk through Bald Head Island’s beautiful maritime forest, you are likely looking up, admiring the ancient arches of the live oaks and the flitting of songbirds amongst the treetops. This incredible canopy, however, would not be possible without the humble organisms we can only notice by taking a moment to […]
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Wildlife Superlatives
Wildlife Superlatives: Anna Earl, Conservation Intern Alligator Best Smile Did you know: Alligator hearts have 4 chambers just like humans. This allows for more efficient breathing, lung, and blood pressure processes. Deer Always Doe-ing the Most Did you know: 1/10,000 female deer have a high enough testosterone level to grow a pair of spongy...
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High Schoolers Tackle Coastal Conservation on Bald Head Island
High Schoolers Tackle Coastal Conservation on Bald Head Island Ask a high schooler what it takes to protect a coastline, and most of us picture the same thing: a marine biologist in waders, knee-deep in the surf. On March 17, I learned the picture is much bigger than that. The people fighting for our oceans […]
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Witnessing Change: Building an Environmental Relationship with the Island
Witnessing Change: Building an Environmental Relationship with the Island With each visit I made to Bald Head this spring as a creative writing intern for the Conservancy, I could measure the passage of time by shifts in the seasons. In February, heavy rain fell. When I returned a few weeks later, a thick fog shrouded […]
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