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Meet Your Ranger: Ann-Marie Mignone
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Burlington, North Carolina Program of study: Anthropology (Conc. Archeology),...
Meet Your Ranger: Madison Grigsby
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Program of study: Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies. I...
Call for Artists: Artist in Community Earth Day Event!
Event Description Outer Banks Forever, Dare Arts, and the Outer Banks Group of the National Park Service have partnered to create and launch a new Artist in Community program that will give local artists the opportunity to share their crafts with the public at a...
Meet Your Ranger: Adair Raybon
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Mobile, Alabama Program of study, relevant job experience, or relevant life...
Partner Spotlight: Carolina Brewery
We’d like to introduce you to Robert Poitras, founder and CEO of Carolina Brewery! With locations in Chapel Hill and Pittsboro and with products on shelves throughout the Carolinas, "Carolina Brewery stands beside anyone who wants to see what’s out there, to dream...
Meet Your Ranger: Thomas Foster
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Williamsburg, Virginia Education: B.A. in American History, University of North...
Meet Your Volunteer: Mona Currie
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Manteo, North Carolina Work and volunteer experience: I was a nurse for 40 years and retired in 2021. Since then, I've been a busy volunteer actively engaged with Fort Raleigh National Historic Site activities,...
Donor Spotlight: The Pony Island Inn
We’d like to introduce you to Charles Cushman of the Pony Island Inn on Ocracoke Island. He and his family and business partners, Gary and Ashley Curry, lovingly care for the 64-year-old inn and provide their guests with top-notch vacation experiences year-round. We...
Laura’s Pony Notes: What Does a Pony See?
By Laura Michaels, Pony Wrangler at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Vision Although the structure of a pony's eye is similar to that of many mammals, it is almost the largest eye of any living creature, including whales and elephants. A pony's eye is twice the size...
Outer Banks Forever raises $24,500 for ‘Pathways to Your National Parks’ on Giving Tuesday
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC – Outer Banks Forever, the official nonprofit partner of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial, in partnership with REAL Watersports and Carolina Brewery, is thrilled to announce...
Outer Banks Forever partners with REAL Watersports, Carolina Brewery for $10,000 Giving Tuesday matching challenge
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC – Outer Banks Forever, the official nonprofit partner of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial, has partnered with REAL Watersports and Carolina Brewery for a $10,000 Giving...
Meet Your Ranger: Dillon Roy
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Program of study: M.A. Historical Archaeology (with a focus...
Sea Turtle Scoop: Your Look Inside the 2022 Sea Turtle Nesting Season at Cape Hatteras!
Did you know that biological science technicians at Cape Hatteras National Seashore carefully track, learn from and protect hundreds of sea turtle nests each summer? While human visitors flocked to the Seashore this summer, over 378 sea turtles also made their way...
Outer Banks Forever, National Park Service partner for ‘Pathways to Your National Parks’ project
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC — Outer Banks Forever — the official nonprofit partner of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial — and the Outer Banks Group of the National Park Service are pleased to announce...
Outer Banks Forever and Swells’a Brewing Beer Company team up to support Outer Banks national parks this National Public Lands Day
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC –Ahead of National Public Lands Day, Outer Banks Forever, the official nonprofit partner of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Swells’a Brewing Beer Company, the only...
Meet Your Volunteer: Paul Hinds
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas Work experience: Petroleum Engineer - Retired from ExxonMobil in 2021 What do you like to do in your free time? Bake goodies for my coworkers, genealogy work, work with new technology and...
Ask A BioTech: Why Excavate Sea Turtle Nests?
By Ben Ranelli, Seasonal Biological Technician on Ocracoke Island As a biotech, there is hardly a more rewarding sight than a swell of sea turtle hatchling tracks left behind from their oceanward journey. Knowing the effort to protect their nests has given each...
New Opportunities at Oregon Inlet
Formed by a hurricane in 1846, Oregon Inlet connects the Atlantic Ocean with Pamlico Sound and a maze of inland waterways. Forming a 3,000-square-mile estuary, these waters offer crucial habitat for commercially important fish, shrimp, and shellfish species. Over 95%...
Nesting Season on the Outer Banks
Humans aren’t the only creatures that flock to the beaches of the Outer Banks. The sandy dunes and ever-changing shorelines play host to more than 300 bird species and dozens of reptiles. In the spring and summer, seven species of shorebirds make their nests in Cape...
The Bodie Island Lighthouse: 150 Years of Light
The Graveyard of the Atlantic has claimed countless ships and lives off the coast of North Carolina. Since 1872, the Bodie Island Lighthouse has warned mariners of the hidden dangers which lie 40 miles to the south, the Diamond Shoals. Ships taking advantage of the...
Roanoke: New Clues Uncovered In Enduring Mystery
Roanoke Island’s sandy soil has many stories a story to tell. One of those stories is the mystery of the “Lost Colony.” Archaeologists with the First Colony Foundation – which is dedicated to conducting archaeological and historical research, combined with public...
“Big Kill Devil Hill’s” New Look
When Wilbur and Orville Wright made the trek from Dayton to Kitty Hawk each year from 1900 to 1903 to test their gliders and their flyer, they relied on the sand dunes known as “Kill Devil Hills” to provide the ideal testing ground. But sand dunes are constantly...
Why Kitty Hawk?
Have you ever wondered why two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, would travel all the way to the Outer Banks to try and fly? Travel wasn’t easy in the early 1900s (this is pre-airplane after all, and pre-highway as well) so there must have been a good reason why Wilbur...
Leatherback Sea Turtles: Titans of the Deep
By Benjamin Ranelli, Seasonal Biological Science Technician at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Ocracoke District) Three quarters of a mile below the surface of the ocean where sunlight cannot reach, true titans still roam the world’s oceans. By far, leatherback sea...
A New Way to Get on the Wright Route!
Orville and Wilbur Wright changed the course of human history in twelve seconds when they completed the first successful heavier-than-air powered flight on the sands of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. But their journey to the skies began long before...
Meet Your Ranger: Adonis Osekre
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Washington, D.C. Program of study and relevant work experience: I studied...
Celebrate National Aviation Day 2022 in the Outer Banks
We invite you to celebrate National Aviation Day (Orville and Katharine Wright’s birthdays!) on Friday, August 19, at two locations in the Outer Banks: Wright Brothers National Memorial and Dare County Regional Airport! If you can't join in person this year, check...
Outer Banks Forever 2022 Summer Gear Guide
Outer Banks Forever 2022 Summer Gear Guide Just in time for your summer adventures: Outer Banks Forever merchandise! Did you know you that your favorite Outer Banks Forever gear is now available online? Each item in our collection represents something we love about...
Partner Spotlight: Swells’a Brewing Beer Company
We’d like to introduce you Sam Harriss, co-owner and artistic director at Swells’a Brewing Beer Company located in Kill Devil Hills! Not only are Sam and her fellow owners passionate about brewing great beer, but they are also passionate about protecting and enhancing...
All About Sea Turtles: Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Sea turtle nesting season is in full swing at Cape Hatteras National Seashore! Last month, we introduced you to Paul Doshkov, Supervisory Biological Technician (Bodie Island) and Scientific Research and Collecting Permit Coordinator at Cape Hatteras National Seashore,...
Meet Your Ranger: Isabel Gonzalez
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Arlington, Texas. Program of study: I am currently working on my master’s in public...
Partner Spotlight: Amabile Co.
June is National Ocean Month, and we’d like to introduce you to the Amabile family, the founders and artisans of Amabile Co., a family-owned and -operated company that supports organizations that are committed to protecting and cleaning waterways around North America...
Ask A BioTech: Paul Doshkov
Ask a BioTech – All About Sea Turtles: Sea Turtle Nests Sea turtle nesting season at Cape Hatteras National Seashore has begun! We reached out to our Biological Technician friends to learn more about the sea turtles that visit the Seashore each year. We are pleased...
