National Seashore Updates for the Week of November 21

As N.C. Highway 12 was battered by ocean overwash for nearly a week, crews from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) worked day and night to try to remove the inundation of saltwater and sand, and to reopen the highway as quickly as possible. Luckily, they also had a little help. The National Park [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The National Park Service (NPS) seeks public review and comment on the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sediment Management Framework at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The 45-day comment period begins today, September 18, 2020 with the publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register and ends on November 2, 2020. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Ocracoke Campground will stay open at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) after its customary seasonal closure. The campground usually closes after Thanksgiving weekend, but this year the campground will stay open the entire year. All 136 sites will be open for use. Reservations and payments for camp sites at Ocracoke, Oregon Inlet, Cape Point, [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of September 10 include the following: Seashore Updates On Monday, September 7, the Museum of the Sea reopened [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Beach fans who missed last week’s virtual sea turtle nest excavation will have a second opportunity to catch a live show, as the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) and Outer Banks Forever are partnering once again for a virtual excavation on Friday, September 11, at 10 a.m. Every summer, sea turtles visit the beaches of [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and consistent with North Carolina’s “Safer at Home Phase 2.5” executive order, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial are reopening three indoor facilities. The National Park Service is working service-wide with federal, state, and [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of September 3 include the following: Seashore Updates Join Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Outer Banks Forever on [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

As a result of increased late summer tourism to the Outer Banks, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will offer lifeguard services through the end of September at three lifeguard beaches. This year’s lifeguard season, originally scheduled from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, is extended through Wednesday, September 30 at Coquina Beach Access (Bodie Island), [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Every summer, sea turtles visit the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) to lay their nests. This year, the National Seashore has had more than 200 nests reported along the local shorelines so far, with many nests already beginning to hatch. One of the ways that national park staff assist these turtles is [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, has launched a new “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest Program,” per a recent announcement. Starting on Thursday, August 27, Outer Banks fans can symbolically adopt a sea turtle nest within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and receive an official adoption certificate and information about [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

  by Chloe E. Williams The Outer Banks has a strong connection with North Carolina birds. Wild ducks stop on their Atlantic Flyway from the Arctic to the tropics, and the town names of Duck and Kitty Hawk bring their namesakes to mind. With the ocean, the sound and the woods, there are a variety of [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

With 451,849 recreational visits last month, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) experienced the highest level of July visitation since 2003, and the fourth-highest level of July visitation since the establishment of the Seashore in 1953, per a recent update from CHNS. Last month’s visitation is an increase of almost 3% over July of 2019. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article