More Than 25,000 Sea Turtles Reached The Atlantic At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
More than 25,000 sea turtle hatchlings made it from their mothers' nests to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore this year.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Park Service Buys Houses In Danger Of Collapsing At Cape Hatteras
Rather than wait until two houses collapsed into the ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the National Park Service has used $700,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to purchase them and plans to have them removed.
Repairs Coming To Ocracoke Light Station At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
A Virginia company has been hired to make repairs to the Ocracoke Light Station at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina.
Cape Hatteras Light At National Seashore To Be Restored
The National Park Service recently awarded two contracts for work in Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Hatteras Island District in Buxton, North Carolina. Construction activities along Lighthouse Road and at the Cape Hatteras Light Station are expected to begin in the coming months.
- September 29th, 2023
National Park Service Facilities Close Ahead Of Tropical Storm
Tropical Cyclone Sixteen's path prompted storm warnings along coastal North Carolina and led to closures at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina.
- September 22nd, 2023
Stretch Of Beach Temporarily Closed At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore temporarily closed a stretch of beach due to substantial post-storm beach erosion and strong smell of fuel.
More Than A Dozen Parks Closed By Idalia
Hurricane Idalia's charge across Florida on Wednesday prompted more than a dozen units of the National Park System to close in the face of forecasts calling for heavy rains, high winds, storm surges, and possibly tornadoes.
- August 30th, 2023
Hurricane Idalia Prompting More National Park Closures
National Park System units along the Carolinas were making plans Tuesday to close before the remnants of Hurricane Idalia reached them.
- August 29th, 2023
National Park Service Struggles With Feral Horses
In a coastal landscape of Spanish moss-draped live oaks, salt marshes, and white sand beaches, a land that offers nesting habitat for loggerhead sea turtles, is crawling with armadillos, and feeds Red knots, a threatened bird species, and wood storks, horses are incongruous.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 28th, 2023
Report: Buyout Of Rodanthe Homeowners Less Costly Than Beach Nourishment At Cape Hatteras
As coastal erosion, sea-level rise, and more potent storms continue to risk the loss of beach houses at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, a new report suggests it would be much less costly to buy out the homeowners rather than investing in beach nourishment work.
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