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...
by Rachael Graf | May 14, 2021 | Create Experiences, News & Events, Wright Brothers
Putting the Rivalry to Rest: ‘Wright Route’ Unites Legacy of Aviation Joint education and tourism initiative launching this summer to unite Wright brothers’ stories from Dayton, OH to Kitty Hawk, NC DAYTON, OH and KITTY HAWK, NC — Orville and Wilbur Wright changed...
by Rachael Graf | April 19, 2021 | Cape Hatteras, Create Experiences, News & Events
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC — This week is National Park Week and to kick-off the celebration Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks national parks, has partnered with the National Park Service, Outer Banks Visitors Bureau and Surfline to launch...
by Rachael Graf | April 18, 2021 | Meet Your Ranger, News & Events, Support, Wright Brothers
It all started with a vacation. In the late 1970s, Fred Hattman, an Air Force veteran from the Bronx, was living with his wife, Ronnie, and their three children in Connecticut, trying to find an unhurried place for a peaceful family trip. “We went to Disney World...
by Rachael Graf | March 17, 2021 | Fort Raleigh, Meet Your Ranger, Women's History in OBX, Wright Brothers
Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support your OBX national parks every day! Hometown: Columbus, Ohio Education: Miami University of Ohio; History and International Studies Position: North District Interpreter Where you’ll...
by Rachael Graf | March 17, 2021 | Preserve History, Wright Brothers
This month, we join the National Park Service and park partners around the country to celebrate Women’s History Month. Your OBX National Parks are the birthplaces of legacies that have allowed women to do what was once thought to be impossible. Your park staff...
by Rachael Graf | February 22, 2021 | Fort Raleigh, Preserve History
This month, we join the National Park Service and park partners around the country to celebrate Black History Month. Your OBX National Parks are vitally important to Black history in the United States, and your park staff work diligently to ensure these stories are...
