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Key Migratory Stopover For Piping Plovers Discovered At Cape Hatteras National Seashore

There is on the sandy southern tip of Cape Hatteras National Seashore a rather nondescript club-shaped stretch of beach that in summer attracts an astonishing number of piping plovers that seemingly treat South Point as a last refueling stop of sorts before winging off to their wintering grounds.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Staking Out Their Environmental Positions

In what almost assuredly will become a plank in the Democratic Party's platform heading into the 2020 president election, those seeking the party's nomination are speaking about the need to rein in climate change, with many endorsing the "Green New Deal" that calls for an economy powered entirely by renewable energy.

Mammoth Cave National Park Hosts Open House For Concessions Facilities Improvements

Mammoth Cave National Park will hold an open house style public meeting at The Lodge at Mammoth Cave's Rotunda Room on Tuesday, May 14th from 4-6 p.m. to provide information on several upcoming projects to improve the park’s concessions facilities. Park staff will be on hand during the open house to explain the details of the various projects and collect public comments.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Move On July 1st

National Parks of Eastern North Carolina Superintendent David Hallac invites the public to a special event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move on July 1, 2019. The free event will start at 9:30 a.m. near the lighthouse.

Civil War Places: Seeing The Conflict Through The Eyes Of Its Leading Historians

If you savor American history, particularly the years of the Civil War, can you ever have enough books to help understand what transpired during those bloody years? In Civil War Places, Seeing the Conflict through the Eyes of its Leading Historians, a roster of historians who studied the war offer a rich collection of essays to lend some perspective to individual battles.