Serendipity, the Hatteras Island beach house that has captured the imagination of the public, started a new life this week on the seashore in Rodanthe. It has been relocated, renovated, and redecorated. The house, which was threatened with collapsing into the encroaching Atlantic Ocean during many storms in recent years, has always interested islanders and […]
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Serendipity, the Hatteras Island beach house that has captured the imagination of the public, started a new life this week on the seashore in Rodanthe. It has been relocated, renovated, and redecorated. The house, which was threatened with collapsing into the encroaching Atlantic Ocean during many storms in recent years, has always interested islanders and […]
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The Hatteras charter boat Gambler, captained by Steve Garrett, took the top prize money in the 16th annual Hatteras Village Offshore Open Fishing Tournament. Fishing days were from Wednesday, May 12, through Saturday, May15. On the last day of fishing, Gambler boated and brought to the dock just before noon the largest blue marlin, a […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A 32-foot juvenile humpback whale that stranded itself on a shoal in Hatteras Inlet on Saturday morning was euthanized about 2 p.m. this afternoon. Michelle Bogardus, a biologist with the National Park Service, said the whale, an endangered species, was euthanized by Dr. Craig Harms from the North Carolina […]
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The National Park Service closed Ramp 44 to Cape Point yesterday when the first of six piping plover nests in the area hatched. Doug McGee, Park Service biotechnician, said today that the closure of the ramp to ORVs was to protect newly hatched piping plover chicks with the 1,000-meter buffer required in the federal-court sanctioned […]
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The logo for Outer Banks Catch, the local seafood marketing campaign, was selected Monday, May 10, at a joint meeting of the program’s executive committee and the Dare County Commission for Working Watermen. The logo features a silhouette of a fish composed from the lines of a fork and spoon, and was one of six […]
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The National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Southern Environmental Law Center weighed in yesterday on the National Park Service?s Draft Environmental Statement on off-road vehicle management on the Cape Hatteras Seashore. And they don?t like the Park Service?s preferred Alternative F ? one of six scenarios put forward in the document. So now […]
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The National Park Service will implement the annual seasonal closures of village beaches to off-road vehicle (ORV) use within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 15. In addition, the beach driving speed limit is reduced from 25 mph to 15 mph in all locations open to ORV use, unless […]
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“No wetlands, no seafood” is the logo on a bumper sticker from the North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF.) It is quite appropriate, therefore, that one of the group’s latest projects is restoring wetlands on Ocracoke Island. The federation teamed up with the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) to replant an acre […]
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Dare will not issue new permits this year but will use the old ones The 2008-2009 re-entry passes issued by Dare County Emergency Management in June, 2008 will remain valid for 2010-2011. No new re-entry permits will be issued this year. Re-entry passes are used for fast identification at check points following an emergency evacuation. […]
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