by Rachael Graf | July 16, 2021 | Cape Hatteras, Create Experiences, Educate Youth, News & Events
If you’ve spent time in the Outer Banks, you may have encountered a dog with a heart-shaped nose, stylish sunglasses, a bone collar and a shiny red surfboard. Well, he’s not a real dog, he’s SURF DOG, the fictional star of “SURF DOG’S BEACH SAFETY TIPS,” a book for...
by Rachael Graf | July 16, 2021 | Advance Science, Cape Hatteras, Educate Youth, News & Events, Sea Turtles
This month Ben Ranelli, Seasonal Biological Science Technician at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, tells us all about the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, a rare visitor to the Outer Banks! Rarest of the Rare: Conservation of the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle By Ben Ranelli...
by Rachael Graf | July 16, 2021 | Fort Raleigh, Meet Your Ranger, News & Events, Women's History in OBX
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! *Please note: Rebekah is a former seasonal ranger with our Outer Banks national parks! We miss her and wish her the best! Please tell us a...
by Rachael Graf | June 10, 2021 | Cape Hatteras, Create Experiences, Fort Raleigh, News & Events, Wright Brothers
If you’re looking to rediscover your OBX national parks and to create new memories with your loved ones this year, check out these current ranger programs at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial! ...
by Rachael Graf | June 10, 2021 | Fort Raleigh, News & Events
This year, our nation will observe the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth (June 19), the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they were freed. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, and...
