Life Buoyed By The National Parks
“We are all travelers in the desert of life, and the best we can find in our journey is an honest friend.” — Robert Louis Stevenson.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore's Cape Point Campground To Remain Open Through November
Cape Point Campground at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina will remain open two extra months, through the Thanksgiving weekend in late November.
- By NPT Staff - September 3rd, 2015 3:00am
More Parking, Hiking Trails, And ORV Access Coming To Cape Hatteras National Seashore
More hiking, additional parking, and a new ramp down to the beach are opening this week at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- By NPT Staff - September 2nd, 2015 2:00am
Fines Being Handed Out For Dogs Off Leash At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Some beach goers who flaunt the leash laws at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks are heading home with fines of $125 or more.
- By NPT Staff - August 30th, 2015 2:30am
Reader Survey Day: What's Scarier, Sharks Or Grizzlies?
There have been shark attacks and bear attacks in the national parks this summer. Which is more likely to keep you in your car?
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 19th, 2015 2:30am
Effort Under Way To Review National Park System Wilderness Possibilities
Will the National Park Service soon be pushing for more wilderness designations? That's difficult to say, in large part because only Congress can designate wilderness. Still, there's an effort under way by the Park Servie to take a look at wilderness possibilities across the park system.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 24th, 2015 2:00am
Public Meetings Set To Consider Changes To Cape Hatteras National Seashore's ORV Plan
As directed by Congress, Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials are looking at changes to how they manage off-road vehicles on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. And in the coming weeks the public will have a chance to bring its thoughts to the table as to how the management plan might be tweaked.
- By NPT Staff - July 21st, 2015 2:30am
Join Cape Hatteras National Seashore Biologists In Studying Sea Turtle Nests
Curious about the nesting of sea turtles? At Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks, a special program this summer lets you see inside turtle nests...and possibly encounter a hatching at the same time.
- By NPT Staff - July 5th, 2015 2:30am
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Visitors Warned About Shark Dangers
It sounds like a page from the script of Jaws, a blockbuster 40 years old this summer in which a massive great white shark terrorizes a fictional New England beach town during the Fourth of July weekend. No great white sharks are thought to be involved in the attacks at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and there have been no deaths, but three separate incidents there in the past week have officials warning beach goers to stay out of the water if they fear sharks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Swimmer Attacked By Shark At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Second In Two Days
A teenager cooling off in the waters of Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Saturday was attacked by a shark, with bites to his right calf, buttocks, and both hands.
- By NPT Staff - June 27th, 2015 5:32pm
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