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...
by Rachael Graf | June 10, 2021 | Cape Hatteras, Create Experiences, News & Events
We’re so glad you’ve decided to rediscover your OBX national parks this summer! As we enter what is sure to be a busy season, we want to share a few important safety tips and reminders with you, especially if you’re planning on visiting Cape Hatteras National...
by Rachael Graf | May 26, 2021 | Advance Science, Cape Hatteras, Create Experiences, News & Events, Support
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC — Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of your OBX national parks, has opened its annual Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest program for the 2021 sea turtle nesting season which occurs each year between May and October. The Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest...
by Rachael Graf | May 18, 2021 | Create Experiences, Fort Raleigh, News & Events
While Fort Raleigh National Historic Site preserves many important stories that have impacted our country’s history, it is best known as the site of the first attempted English colony in the “New World.” For more than 80 years, one of the main attractions at the park...
by Rachael Graf | May 14, 2021 | Advance Science, Cape Hatteras, Fort Raleigh, Meet Your Ranger, News & Events, Women's History in OBX, Wright Brothers
Hometown: Painesville, Ohio Education: B.S. in Biology, Bowling Green State University; M.S. in Coastal Zone Management, Nova Southeastern University Position: Chief of Resource Management and Science, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina Where you’ll find her:...
by Rachael Graf | May 14, 2021 | Advance Science, Cape Hatteras, Educate Youth, News & Events, Sea Turtles
We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of some of our most beloved OBX National Park visitors: sea turtles! Loggerhead, green, leatherback, hawksbill (rare) and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles call Cape Hatteras National Seashore home and from late spring through early...
