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Sponsor Spotlight: The Inn at Bald Head Island
Located in the heart of Harbor Village, the Inn at Bald Head Island includes 10 exquisite bedroom suites, each fully furnished with its own full bath. Hardwoods and elegant fabrics are a hallmark of every suite, beautifully blendingWest Indies and Coastal Carolina Decór. From their room in the main house or separate crofter, guests will […]
Carrie Barnette
Field Guide: Dune Plants of Bald Head Island
By Hannah Miu, Conservation Intern (Fall 2023) If you were to ask someone to imagine the beaches of Bald Head Island, odds are they would picture ocean waves breaking over the shoals, gulls and willets darting in and out of the water, and miles of long, grassy sand dunes. Dunes are a key fixture of […]
Carrie Barnette
Save Those Shells! Seafood Trash Becomes Oyster Reef Treasure
Beth Darrow, Chief Scientist Though unassuming in appearance, oysters are nature’s unsung heroes. They offer both important ecological and economic benefits. Oysters have helped human societies survive and thrive for many centuries. The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is a bivalve mollusc that is native to the East Coast of Canada and...
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2024 BHIC Graduate Student Fellowships Available
Applications Open for Bald Head Island Conservancy Graduate Student Fellowships in Barrier Island Science and Coastal Sustainability September 26, 2023 For immediate release Contact: Dr. Beth Darrow, BHIC Chief Scientist, darrow@bhic.org The Bald Head Island Conservancy (Bald Head Island, NC) is accepting applications from graduate students for...
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Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Conservancy with a Low Down Throw Down
Celebrate the end of the season with family fun, island style. With the lower humidity and cooler breezes, fall is in the air, and the Conservancy is reflecting on an amazing season hosting visitors from around the country to share in the beauty of Bald Head Island. To celebrate all the work that’s been done—and […]
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Sponsor Spotlight: Simply Southern
Founded in 2005 by Ginger Aydogdu, Simply Southern started as a small kiosk in a local mall selling t-shirts. It has since grown into a large corporation employing over 400 people and expanding its merchandise portfolio to include gifts, apparel, and accessories. GiftBeat, a monthly trade publication that tracks gift industry trends, has ranked...
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From Sanctuary to Overlook: Unraveling the Mystery of Bald Head Island’s Roosting Birds
by Katie Barton, Conservation Intern (Summer 2023) Hello, readers! My name’s Katie Barton, and I’m a former Conservation Intern at the Bald Head Island Conservancy. This December I will be graduating from The University of North Carolina Wilmington, where I’m double-majoring in Biology and Environmental Science, with a concentration in...
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Meet Our Fall 2023 Interns
Fall isn’t quite here yet, but our Fall 2023 interns are! Read on to get to know the fabulous five working with us this season. Meet Hannah Miu Hannah is from Cleveland, Ohio. A fun fact about her is that she backpacked Europe last summer. She has a degree in environmental science from Bowling Green […]
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Notes From the Classroom: Diving Into Dissection
By Isabel Gebers, Education Intern Interning at Bald Head Island has presented many challenges, and one of them for me was learning how to dissect and teach others about dissecting coastal critters. The general knowledge needed to teach about coastal animals was not content I had grown up learning, hailing from the Midwest. And the […]
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Notes From the Field: To Turtles and Teammates
Before our Sea Turtle Protection interns said goodbye to the beaches of Bald Head Island, Sea Turtle Biologist Paul Hillbrand asked each intern to summarize their summer, and the memories and sea turtles that they will remember most fondly. Here’s what Abby, Bo, Kelsey and Kayla had to share: Abby Parker I have fallen on […]
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