by Niko | Apr 29, 2011 | Community Outreach, Sanctuary Vineyards
A big thanks goes out to Sanctuary Vineyards. They have produced a wine in which $1.00 per bottle will go towards N.E.S.T. If you are at a restaurant and want to suggest they add the bottle to their selection, please have the owner...
by Niko | Apr 27, 2011 | Community Outreach, North Carolina Wildlife Education, OBCWE
On April 27, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education offered its first “Outdoor Day.” N.E.S.T. provided one of the many education tables and offered a craft project making a turtle from a paper plate. Close to 100 turtles...
by Niko | Mar 25, 2011 | Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Rehab Facility
Good news!Our two turtle residents are improving and no new turtles have arrived for the past month. Big Girl, the 136 lb. loggerhead consumes 900 grams of sardines a day….that amounts to about 12-15 fish. Following her healthy meal, she does a few laps around the...
by Niko | Feb 24, 2011 | Community Outreach, North Carolina Aquarium, Terracycle Campaign
Over the past couple of years, aquarists Christian Legner and Katie Dicioccio from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, have worked on the Terracycle Campaign. They have collected and sent in granola bar wrappers and Frito Lay...
by Niko | Feb 21, 2011 | North Carolina Aquarium, Rehab Facility, Roanoke Island
The Exhibits Department at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island is trying to put together an exhibit in the Aquarium about sea turtles and rehabilitation using N.E.S.T. photos and videos. Their goal is to have this exhibit open in early...
