Conservancy Corner
Wildlife-Friendly Certification Program Interest Survey
Kendall Kelly, Fall 2024 Education Intern Hello Bald Head Island homeowners! I’m excited to explore the possibility of launching a Wildlife-Friendly Certification Program for our community, organized through the Bald Head Island Conservancy! Your input is important in shaping this initiative, which aims to protect our sea turtles &...
Pat and Dick Johnston Graduate Fellowship in Coastal Sustainability at the Bald Head Island Conservancy
Fellowship Details: The Bald Head Island Conservancy is now accepting applications for the 2025-26 Johnston Graduate Fellowship in Coastal Sustainability. The Fellowship provides support for a graduate student to pursue a coastal sustainability project on Bald Head Island in collaboration with Bald Head Island Conservancy staff and the Center...
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 […]
2024 Nesting Season Executive Summary
By Sea Turtle Biologist Paul Hillbrand *All data subject to change. Although the 2024 nesting season brought below-average numbers, the Bald Head Island Conservancy’s (BHIC) Sea Turtle Protection Team (STPT; Figure 1) is thrilled to report that no eggs were lost to mammalian predation—the second time this milestone has been achieved in the past...
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates on Bald Head Island
By Riley Westman, Fall Intern 2024 Aquatic macroinvertebrates are organisms that can be seen with the naked eye (“macro”), don’t have a backbone (“invertebrate”), and live in water for all or part of their life cycle. Despite being ubiquitous in freshwater ecosystems, they rarely get the love they deserve. Macroinvertebrates provide a number of...
