N.E.S.T. News
10 Year Old Kyla Has A Message For You!
Kyla Istvan is a 10 year old girl from Waldorf, Maryland who was vacationing in the Outer Banks, NC summer of 2016 Trash and pollution are being dumped into our ocean and it’s becoming a big problem in our ecosystem. Animals are becoming sick and injured. This week in...
A turtle crawl at the end of Sept?!
Yesterday morning, Sept. 22, a beach goer called in what they thought looked like a turtle crawl. Indeed that is what she found. The turtle made a very convoluted path- coming in, crawling up the dune then back, moving south through a pit, up the dune again, back to...
Post Storm Results
For a tropical storm, Hermine sure did pack a punch for our remaining nests. Here's the synopsis of the damage along with the sliver lining. Before the storm: 34 nests were in the ground 7 of those nests had emergences (one actually during the storm) 3 of those nests...
N.E.S.T. thanks Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue
Thanks to the quick action of Supervisor Dave Elder and his crew of the Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue, an undiscovered Loggerhead sea turtle nest was quickly reported to the N.E.S.T. hotline and measures were taken to protect the emerging turtles and the sea turtle nest area.
N.E.S.T. Thanks Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue
Thanks to the quick action of Supervisor Dave Elder and his crew of the Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue, an undiscovered Loggerhead sea turtle nest was quickly reported to the N.E.S.T. hotline and measures were taken to protect the emerging turtles and the sea turtle...