The dedication ceremony is free for the public and will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shell Point, across from the Harkers Island Visitor Center.
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Portsmouth Village welcomes descendants for homecoming
More than 400 recently made their way to Portsmouth Island to remember their ancestors while celebrating community.
‘Portsmouth Rises’ theme of island village’s homecoming
A celebration is planned to recognize Portsmouth’s recovery after Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the cancellation of homecoming in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Christmas bird counts set for Ocracoke, Portsmouth
Christmas Bird Counts will be held on Portsmouth Dec. 30 and Ocracoke Dec. 31 and will be entered into the NC Bird Atlas, in its first of a five-year project to gather information about the state’s bird populations.
Astronomy Night Friday at Cape Lookout National Seashore
This month’s presentation will highlight fall constellations.
Great American Outdoors Act Becomes Law
A bipartisan bill President Trump signed into law Tuesday taps energy revenues to address a $12 billion backlog of maintenance projects on federal lands.
Birders Count Portsmouth’s Avian Population
Ocracoke Observer’s Peter Vankevich, birders and National Park Service staff made their way to Portsmouth village to identify and count birds for Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count.
Portsmouth Village Reopens to Public
The National Park Service has reopened Portsmouth Village to visitors after being closed because of flooding from Hurricane Maria in late September.
Portsmouth Steward Dave Frum Retires
Dave Frum, the National Park Service’s part-time caretaker of Portsmouth Village for the last 28 years, has retired.
Mysterious Squid Washes Up on Portsmouth
A mysterious squid found in late March on a Portsmouth Island beach was later discovered to be a species that’s commercially fished in Japan.
National Seashores: On the Front Line of Climate Change
A recent report on the effects of climate change and sea level rise on National Seashores is all the more relevant in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
