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See You Soon, Sea Turtles: Preparing for the 2023 Nesting Season
by Paul Hillbrand, Sea Turtle Biologist Our unique summer residents are completing their migration home! That’s right, loggerhead sea turtles are returning to Bald Head Island for nesting season! Can you believe it? This is officially Bald Head Island Conservancy’s 40th year discovering, learning, conserving, & preserving the loggerhead sea...
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Race Recap: Badwater Cape Fear
by Dr. Jennifer Wiggen, Senior Educator Every year over 100 people from all over the world come to Bald Head Island to participate in the Badwater Cape Fear race, a 50K and 51 mile competition that brings new and repeat runners to our island every spring. This race takes runners throughout our Wynds, into the […]
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Second Annual Johnston Coastal Sustainability Symposium
On Tuesday, April 4, we gathered for the Second Annual Coastal Sustainability Symposium. This event is a facet of the Johnston Center for Coastal Sustainability, which the Bald Head Island Conservancy has established as a research partnership and education hub for sustainability related initiatives on Bald Head Island. The goal of the symposium...
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First Johnston Graduate Student Fellowship in Coastal Sustainability Awarded by Bald Head Island Conservancy
The Bald Head Island Conservancy (Bald Head Island, NC) is pleased to announce the awarding of their first Johnston Graduate Student Fellowship in Coastal Sustainability. This one-year fellowship was awarded to Kimmy Hansen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hansen is a student in the Masters of City and Regional Planning...
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BHI Maritime Forest Guide
The maritime forest is a distinguishing feature of Bald Head Island. It is important to protect this ecosystem so it can continue to thrive. We are involved in multiple forest health programs to help keep the maritime forest vibrant and intact. There is so much to see in the forest. Below are some of our […]
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Written in the Sand – 40 Years of Stories: The Story of David Berne
This month’s story written in the sand takes us back to the beginning, when the Generator Society first made the faithful journey across the river to start their lives on Bald Head Island in the 1970s. Among the nineteen brave families were the Bernes. David, their son, is a first-generation Islander, long-time Conservancy supporter and...
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Notes From the Field: The Motus Tower Turns One
Happy Birthday, Motus Tower! One year ago on March 15th, we installed our Motus Tower on our campus. Motus, or Latin for “movement,” is the name given to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, an international collaborative research network. The tower, standing at 36 feet tall with three antennae, is a collaboration with UNCW’s Danner...
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Notes From the Classroom: Springing Into Outreach
March welcomed new guests to the island and kicked off of a spring full of outreach for our education team! Our education team is excited to connect with people from across the Cape Fear region this season. Here’s a glimpse of our month so far! Participants of Weekend at Vivian’s, an event hosted by local […]
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Notes From the Field: The Conservancy Attends Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting
by Paul Hillbrand, Sea Turtle Biologist Imagine stepping through the double doors of the Grand Ballroom of the Perdido Beach Resort and immediately being struck by the excited chatter and laughter of 200+ sea turtle biologists, students, and volunteers who have gathered together in person for the first time in three years. The air, thick […]
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Intern Spotlight: My Journey So Far With the Conservancy
by Ryan Riggs, UNCW intern Hello, my name is Ryan Riggs! I’m a junior at UNCW studying Oceanography and minoring in Geospatial Technologies. I hope to earn my drone pilot’s license during my time as an undergrad as well. I’m from Allentown, Pennsylvania, though since starting UNCW two years ago my family has moved to […]
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