by Rachael Graf | December 11, 2023 | Meet Your Ranger, News & Events
Community Volunteer Ambassador Serena Diaz using a mano and metate. Photo Credit: Serena Diaz. Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Yakima, Washington Program of study: Bachelors in Anthropology with a focus on...
by Rachael Graf | November 20, 2023 | Cape Hatteras, Create Experiences, Current Projects, News & Events
Pictured from left to right: Trip Forman, Outer Banks Forever Board President and Co-Owner of REAL Watersports; Laura Ertle, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative; Jessica Barnes, Director of Outer Banks Forever; Babur Mian,...
by Rachael Graf | November 16, 2023 | News & Events
Junior Ranger programs inspire next generation of Outer Banks national park lovers and stewards By Rachael Graf, Community Engagement Coordinator at Outer Banks Forever Each year, thousands of kids across the country who visit national parks pledge to protect and...
by Rachael Graf | November 14, 2023 | News & Events
Each year, fourth-grade students across North Carolina learn about the state’s history, including the important stories of American Indian peoples, English exploration, the Freedmen’s Colony on Roanoke Island and the Wright brothers’ first flight, which the Outer...
by Rachael Graf | October 27, 2023 | Advance Science, Cape Hatteras, News & Events, Sea Turtles
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, more than 370 sea turtles also made their...
by Rachael Graf | October 16, 2023 | Meet Your Ranger, News & Events
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: This is always a loaded question as I was a military kid due to my father’s service in the United States Coast Guard, so we moved constantly. But I was born in Peoria, Illinois, and it’s where the large...
by Rachael Graf | October 12, 2023 | Cape Hatteras, Current Projects, News & Events, Support
Since last October, we have been working with our National Park Service partners and our local community to create a new experience at Cape Hatteras National Seashore: the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Pathway. Each year, millions of people visit the Seashore, and many...
by Rachael Graf | September 20, 2023 | Cape Hatteras, Meet Your Ranger, News & Events
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Southeast Pennsylvania (Go Eagles!) Program of study: B.S. in Business Management, Metropolitan State University of Denver Position in our Outer Banks national parks: Supervisory Park Ranger (Hatteras Island...
by Rachael Graf | September 19, 2023 | Cape Hatteras, Donor Stories, News & Events
Barbara Jordan enjoying her time at the beach! It’s 1952 and I’m in a house on the beach in Nags Head, North Carolina, and I’m seeing the ocean for the first time. I am 16 years old. I will try to briefly summarize my over 70 years of visiting the Outer Banks. I am...
by Rachael Graf | August 11, 2023 | News & Events, Wright Brothers
We invite you to celebrate National Aviation Day on Saturday, August 19, at two different locations in the Outer Banks: Wright Brothers National Memorial and Dare County Regional Airport! Join our friends at the National Park Service, the First Flight Society, and the...
