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Rich Inlet Protected

Save Rich Inlet
Coast

Save Rich Inlet

We need your help protecting one of the LAST natural inlets in our state. Be the voice for our coastal birds!

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Rich Inlet Is Naturally Important to Birds
Coast

Rich Inlet Is Naturally Important to Birds

Rich is one of the few natural inlets left in the state. It has escaped hard structures like jetties and terminal groins that drastically alter inlets and destroy habitat that birds require.

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Help Save Endangered Piping Plovers at North Carolina’s Rich Inlet
Advocacy

Help Save Endangered Piping Plovers at North Carolina’s Rich Inlet

We need YOUR help to stop the construction of this terminal groin once and for all. Urge the Army Corps to Save Rich Inlet.

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Hatteras Shifting Sands That Need Protecting

Speak up for Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Coast

Speak up for Cape Hatteras National Seashore

The National Park Service is seeking input from the public. This is your opportunity to speak up for those who enjoy the Seashore for all that it offers to birds, sea turtles, other wildlife.

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A Final Rule for Hatteras
Advocacy

A Final Rule for Hatteras

Once again, nesting shorebirds need our help. This is our last and final chance to speak out for birds at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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Razorbills are Here
Coast

Razorbills are Here

White Pelican Visits Rich Inlet
Coast

White Pelican Visits Rich Inlet

A rare American White Pelican rests at Rich Inlet. This species is not a resident of North Carolina; it is just passing through on its way to its wintering grounds.

Coast Watch: Agencies Oppose Figure Eight Groin
Coast

Coast Watch: Agencies Oppose Figure Eight Groin

Coastal conservation advocates vigorously object to "beach hardening" structures such as groins and seawalls.

Lea Island and Hutaff Island
Important Bird Areas

Lea Island and Hutaff Island

Located north of Wilmington, between Figure Eight Island and Topsail Island, Lea-Hutaff Island is a 5,641-acre undeveloped barrier island and marsh system that has remained undisturbed by development.

Coast Islands and Sanctuary Program
Coast

Coast Islands and Sanctuary Program

For more than 25 years, Audubon’s Coastal Island Sanctuary Program has been a model for conservation along the Atlantic Flyway.

American Oystercatcher Research 2010-2016
Coast

American Oystercatcher Research 2010-2016

This fine bird is most striking in appearance and exceedingly conspicuous.

This Summer, Share the Shore With Nesting Birds
Coast

This Summer, Share the Shore With Nesting Birds

A day at the beach is a vacation for most people. But for birds, it can be the difference between a failed nest and successfully raising chicks.