The Cape Hatteras Nationwide Seashore (CHNS) introduced a number of latest updates and information objects associated to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands of their newest Cape Chronicle e-newsletter.
Information objects and occasions associated to the Nationwide Seashore for January embody the next:
- A complete of 19 new or up to date instructional panels have been put in over the previous two years at Cape Hatteras Nationwide Seashore, Fort Raleigh Nationwide Historic Web site, and Wright Brothers Nationwide Memorial.
- Cape Hatteras Nationwide Seashore organic technicians final yr picked up a complete of 733 balloons from the seaside. 300 of the balloons have been picked up in Might and June. Guests are inspired to scale back impacts throughout their visits by remembering that what’s introduced onto the seaside ought to be introduced off the seaside on the finish of every go to.
- Three Nationwide Park Service workers are scheduled to take part in upcoming Dare County Library Grownup Audio system Sequence displays. Particulars are listed beneath.
Dare County Library Grownup Speaker Sequence
Roanoke’s Forgotten Colony: The Freedmen’s Colony of 1863-1867
- Date: Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m.-12p.m.
- Location: Kill Satan Hills Library Assembly Room or On-line [Registration]
- Park Ranger: Josh Nelson, instructional ranger
- Particulars: Centuries after the misplaced colony, Roanoke Island turned residence to a brand new colony, a Freedmen’s Colony, which was established by the military to arrange the previously enslaved folks for all times after the conflict. In February of 1862, the Battle of Roanoke Island left the Outer Banks below Union management, which made Roanoke Island a secure haven, a spot of refuge for individuals who sought the safety of the Union Military. Though some freedom seekers continued their journey northward, lots of the refugees remained on the island within the Freemen’s Colony that lasted till 1867.
Chicken Identification Workshop
- Date: Friday, March 3 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Location: On-line-only [Registration]
- Park Ranger: Amy Thompson, organic technician
- Particulars: This interactive chook identification program will deal with key traits, equivalent to total profiles, foraging behaviors, and habitat, which might help birders on all ranges to determine a species rapidly and confidently. There will likely be a deal with households of birds generally discovered on the Outer Banks, equivalent to shorebirds, seabirds, wading birds, songbirds, and lots of others. Whether or not you’re yard birding or strolling the seaside, this workshop is geared in the direction of serving to you refine your identification expertise.
Modernist Tides: NPS and Mission 66 improvement on the Outer Banks
- Date: Tuesday, March 28 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Location: Kill Satan Hills Library Assembly Room or On-line [Registration]
- Park Ranger: George Jaramillo, historic architect
- Particulars: The Nationwide Park Service’s Mission 66 program tried to modernize the service by introducing new customer services, leisure constructions, trails and fixtures that we come to anticipate from the NPS right this moment. This discuss will discover the historical past and impression of this program throughout the Outer Banks together with the customer facilities on the Wright Brothers Memorial and Fort Raleigh Nationwide Historic Web site.
