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Second Annual Johnston Coastal Sustainability Symposium
On April 4th, the Johnston Center for Coastal Sustainability will be holding its second annual Coastal Sustainability Symposium. Experts in coastal sustainability will gather on Bald Head Island to share knowledge about the coastal environment and climate science with the public. This annual symposium is a key facet of the Johnston Center for...
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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 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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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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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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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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What a Wild Year: My Favorite Wildlife Encounters from 2022
By Morgan Hooks, Environmental Content Creator 2022 was a wonderful, wild year on Bald Head Island. It was my first full year on-staff here at the Conservancy, and it was a year that kept my curiosity peaked, my mind open to learn more and more, and my camera always steady and ready in my hands. […]
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Notes From the Classroom: Paint Brushes and Blue Crabs
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 […]
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Field Guide: Create A Special Suet Treat Using American Holly Trees
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...
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305 Lbs of Trash Collected From Wilmington Creek
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...
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