Outer Banks Posts - Roanoke Island & Manteo

Baby auditions to be held soon! To be considered for the honor of appearing on stage, all babies must attend an audition meeting on Saturday, July 24th at 10:00 AM in The Lost Colony Admin Building located by the Elizabethan Gardens within Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. The casting is open to all cheerful boys and girls that are 15 pounds or less.

?What's your favorite shark? There are over 500 shark species and new ones are being discovered all the time. The Chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish, include sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras. Do you see one here that's new to you?

After being postponed for over a year, we will welcome back First Friday on Friday, July 2 with live music on the courthouse steps by Mary Joy McDaniel, Kathleen Redman's pottery exhibit opening reception at Dare County Arts Council, and shopping and dining at other Manteo businesses from 6pm to 8pm. We hope to see you there!!!

Today we're shining the #PollinatorWeek spotlight on solitary wasps! These beneficial bugs provide an important service - they snack on many of the insects we consider to be garden pests.
Solitary wasps, such as the thread-waisted wasp and scoliid wasp, build nests in a variety of locations, including burrows in the ground, cavities in plant stems and wood, and cavities formed with mud. While they’re not the best pollinators around, adult wasps can be found on many wildflowers in late summer. No need for alarm - solitary wasps do not aggressively defend their nests like social wasps.

Today is WorldSeaTurtleDay Let’s celebrate these marine reptiles who travel the world's oceans helping maintain a balance in marine ecosystems. We can help tip the scales in a positive direction for their survival as all sea turtle species are threatened, endangered, or vulnerable.
It’s also North Carolina Sea Turtle Week! Five of the seven species of sea turtle nest on North Carolina’s ocean-front beaches. Loggerheads are the most common, but we have green, leatherback, Kemp’s ridley, and hawksbill sea turtles.
Threats to North Carolina sea turtles include habitat degradation, incidental capture, boat collision, light pollution and marine pollution. Reducing single-use plastic intake, proper disposal of fishing equipment, sea turtle friendly-lights, and picking trash off the ground are all ways to help these marine reptiles.
The North Carolina Aquariums at Pine Knoll Shores, Fort Fisher and on Roanoke Island and Jennette’s Pier all help to rehabilitate and release hundreds of sea turtles every year. This effort is led by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and includes many federal, state and private organizations including Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehabilitation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service.