by Peggy | Mar 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thanks to NEST the fourth graders at Kitty Hawk Elementary School visited the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the Aquarium on Roanoke Island. The trip added real life experiences to their sea turtle curriculum lessons. After visiting the...
by DPohl | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
March 20, 2018 The Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (N.E.S.T.) received a message that the Kitty Hawk Elementry School (KHES) Odessey of the Mind group was going to compete using a sea turtle for their themed competition item and any assistance from N.E.S.T....
by MJanes | Mar 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
We hope you will join us on Sunday, April 8, for a fabulous party and fundraiser from 5 – 8 pm at Ducks Woods Country Club in Southern Shores. It’s a time to not only financially support N.E.S.T. but also to touch base with the many friends of N.E.S.T. For just a $10...
by DPohl | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
July 11, 2018 On March 3, 2018 David Griffith presented his sea turtle project at the Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair, and won first prize in the animal sciences category. It was a big surprise to him that he also won another first place award from the...
by MJanes | Feb 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Jan Moore and Margaret Janes December was a very busy time for N.E.S.T. volunteers as we worked to rescue 188 stranded sea turtles! As winter abruptly came and the temperatures in Pamlico Sound precipitously dropped many young sea turtles were caught in the frigid...
by MJanes | Jul 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
July 7, 2017 Today NEST and the North Caroline Aquarium on Roanoke Island celebrated the release of 10… yes 10! … happy turtles back to the ocean. It was a beautiful morning on Coquina Beach and hundreds of onlookers witnessed the release. Most of these...
