• As Veterans Day approaches, Superintendent Hallac wishes to thank the many United States Armed Forces veterans that work at the three local national park units, and the veterans that live on and visit the Outer Banks. Entrance fees to Wright Brothers National Memorial are waived on Veterans Day, November 11.
  • On Halloween morning, Seashore biological technicians discovered a freshly dug green sea turtle nest almost a mile west of South Beach Road on Hatteras Island. The nest will reach its hatch window of 50-55 days between December 20 and 25. According to data on seaturtle.org, this nest is the latest laid sea turtle nest at the Seashore since at least 1997.