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Key Migratory Stopover For Piping Plovers Discovered At Cape Hatteras National Seashore

There is on the sandy southern tip of Cape Hatteras National Seashore a rather nondescript club-shaped stretch of beach that in summer attracts an astonishing number of piping plovers that seemingly treat South Point as a last refueling stop of sorts before winging off to their wintering grounds.

Start 2019 With A Climb To The Top Of The Cape Lookout Lighthouse

Kick off the New Year with a climb to the top of the Cape Lookout National Seashore lighthouse on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Come experience the view from the gallery of the iconic Cape Lookout Lighthouse while listening to nostalgic stories of the lighthouse keepers, the lighthouse, and the natural barrier island ecosystem during winter.

National Park Service Working To Reopen Parks Closed By Hurricane Florence

Two units of the National Park System that were battered by Hurricane Florence remained closed Wednesday, while a third had partially reopened, according to the National Park Service. Working to get them fully open was an incident management team manned by 28 Park Service employees from 14 parks.

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