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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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Be a Good Egg and Share the Shore this 4th of July
Media Releases

Be a Good Egg and Share the Shore this 4th of July

— Help us protect beach-nesting birds by respecting posted nesting sanctuaries this Independence Day.
Audubon and Partners Launch Community-driven Climate Projects in Three States
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Audubon and Partners Launch Community-driven Climate Projects in Three States

New funding will support birds and underserved communities in Indiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Inside this Year’s Big Colonial Waterbird Count
Coast

Inside this Year’s Big Colonial Waterbird Count

From Currituck to the Cape Fear, biologists are scouring the coast this summer for a sweeping waterbird census.

Coastal Birds are Back and Already Getting Busy
Coast

Coastal Birds are Back and Already Getting Busy

New closure window, supported by 900 Audubon members, better protects nesting birds.

Meet the Pine Island Intern
Coast

Meet the Pine Island Intern

Anya Charu Raheja interned at our Outer Banks Sanctuary through the Coastal Semester program at the Coastal Studies Institute.

Audubon Awarded Grants for Habitat Restoration at Pine Island Sanctuary, Cape Fear River
Media Releases

Audubon Awarded Grants for Habitat Restoration at Pine Island Sanctuary, Cape Fear River

— $400K from Land and Water Fund will support projects to revive a degraded water system and combat erosion.
Coastal Nesting Recap: First for Skimmers, Record Volunteering, Crab Research & More
Coast

Coastal Nesting Recap: First for Skimmers, Record Volunteering, Crab Research & More

Despite troubles with storms and predation, birds at Audubon’s coastal nesting sanctuaries fare well.

New Tracking Tower Reveals 2,000-mile Shorebird Connection
News

New Tracking Tower Reveals 2,000-mile Shorebird Connection

With migration in full swing, three radio-tagged dowitchers make the same journey to Audubon sanctuary.

After Major Restoration Project, Cape Fear River Gets First Skimmer Nest in a Decade
Coast

After Major Restoration Project, Cape Fear River Gets First Skimmer Nest in a Decade

Coastal waterbirds take full advantage of new habitat after Audubon-Army Corps Project.

New Tower Connects NC Barrier Island to Global Bird Tracking Network
Media Releases

New Tower Connects NC Barrier Island to Global Bird Tracking Network

— Cape Fear Audubon, Audubon North Carolina and UNC Wilmington partner to install Motus tower at Lea Island.