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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 […]
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Consider Giving to our 2024 Annual Fund
As we near the end of the year, Bald Head Island Conservancy asks our friends and members to consider giving a donation to our 2024 Annual Fund. Our community plays such an important role in helping us pursue our mission on Bald Head Island, and we are touched by the generous support we receive from […]
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Sponsor Spotlight: Wendy Wilmot Properties
At Wendy Wilmot Properties, sharing love of the Island is what we do. We give visitors a look into this way of life through our rental program and help them become our neighbors and reach their Island goals through facilitating their buying/selling. Wendy Wilmot Properties opened its doors as a real estate company in 2004. […]
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Efforts to Eradicate Beach Vitex Start Again in Fall 2024
By Riley Westman, 2024 Fall Intern Starting the last week of September and continuing through the end of the year, the Conservancy is once again trekking through the dunes in their annual effort to manage beach vitex. Beach vitex is an invasive plant species that was purposely brought to the United States from Japan and […]
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Rescuing Our Island Birds
By Natalie Novak, 2024 Fall Intern Living on Bald Head Island brings unique challenges every single day. With hundreds of animals inhabiting the island, they can get into some trouble. Bald Head Island Conservancy is the primary organization that responds to wildlife emergencies on the island. As an intern, I have been learning to rescue […]
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Venturing into Fall with Native Plants
By Kendall Kelly, 2024 Fall Intern The Conservancy’s Education team spent the morning of October 7 celebrating the unveiling of the new pollinator garden signage at Marina Park. Thanks to the collaborative efforts between the Conservancy, the BHA, the Village, and countless community volunteers, the exhibit is flourishing with pollinators and...
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Obituary for Stumpy II
By Dr. Beth Darrow, Director of Science We are saddened to report the death of the alligator who many called “Stumpy II,” a well-loved inhabitant of the Wildlife Overlook lagoon and contributor to research on alligator health and population biology on Bald Head Island. While we aren’t always able to identify individual alligators, Stumpy II...
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