By Dr. Jennifer Wiggen, Senior Educator This weekend our Environmental Content Creator, Morgan Hooks and I got to work with the No Boundaries Art Residency and their youth program, DREAMS of Wilmington on a collaborative art piece of Blue crabs. We’ll get to keep one of these pieces and it will be displayed in Fleming […]
By Desiree Bridge, Turtle Central Assistant Manager The American holly (Ilex Opaca) is native to eastern and south-central United States. Like the English holly, but with duller darker leaves, the American holly is easily recognized in the winter months with its’ vibrant red berries. For the plant to produce berries, both a male and female...
Island Wildlife is a 501c3 nonprofit chapter of the NC Wildlife Federation serving the Lower Cape Fear Region. They are a group of wildlife enthusiasts bringing knowledge of conservation to the surrounding community through their mission of Conservation through Education and Collaboration. On January 7, 2023 they hosted their first clean-up of...
by Dr. Beth Darrow, Chief Scientist The Bald Head Island Conservancy and volunteers assisted with the Audubon Society’s 2022 Christmas Bird Count on January 1, 2023. Sixty-five bird species were identified in Bald Head Island’s diverse habitats. Our first species of 2023 was an American Woodcock, strutting along Federal Road through the fog in...
Our BHIC Alum of the Month, Rachel Innocenzi, was an intern on our education team throughout the summer of 2017. She has a BS in Environmental Resource Management and a minor in Biology from Penn State University. She now works as a pharmaceuticals scientist in Pittsburgh, PA. Innocenzi shared with our team what she has been up […]
by Katie Knotek, Fall 2022 Intern Every Thursday, I make the reverse commute of many BHIC staff members and leave the island for Wilmington, NC. My destination is the Plastic Ocean Project (POP), where I am working on my intern research project on microplastics. Microplastics are abundant in marine environments and can be found worldwide,...
by Ben Cotter, Fall 2022 Intern On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me An Osprey in a Marsh Tree (Unlike eagles or hawks, ospreys will always catch and hold its prey head-first to reduce wind resistance as they fly.) On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to […]
by Kaleigh Hoynes, Fall 2022 Intern Vultures are generally thought of as icky, ugly, bald-headed birds that you can see feasting on dead things on the side of the road. In popular media, vultures are portrayed as harbingers of death and serve as sinister omens. However, vultures are integral parts of the ecosystem and deserve […]
The gift of stock to a non-profit organization is an increasingly popular way to give back. The Bald Head Island Conservancy spoke to First Citizens Bank in Wilmington to learn more about this growing trend. Can you explain the process of gifting stock to a non-profit as a donation? A donor should first speak to […]
Fishing is a popular occurrence here on Bald Head Island. With beautiful scenery and a wide array of fish surrounding the coast, it makes for an enjoyable and relaxing hobby. This hobby has the potential to be harmful however when fishing line is not treated with proper caution. Fishing line and gear are some of […]
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