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- Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks
- This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the nature and structure of barrier islands with large sand volume, on which built structures are relatively well insulated from hurricane damage.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Maritime forest
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 13
- Pine forests are not the only type of forest that salt marshes can invade during periods of rising sea level. Figure 12 shows a salt marsh in an area between beach ridges on Bogue Banks extending laterally into a maritime forest of live oaks and other hardwoods....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development
- A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that examines the sand sharing system of sedimentary coastlines and the impact of hurricanes on those coastlines and on human development.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks
- This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” examines how coastal process continuously alter the structure of the Outer Banks, and how humans have adapted to and resisted these changes.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes
- A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that examines the causes and effects of changes in sea level, both short-term (as a result of storms) and long-term (as a result of climate change).
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Nags Head Woods
- Visit this complex maritime forest ecosystem tucked away on the Outer Banks in Nags Head, North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Bald Head Island
- We have arrived at last to the Atlantic Ocean. On the left side of the inlet is Bald Head Island and on the right is Fort Caswell on the eastern tip of Oak Island. In the foreground is Soutport. The inlet is about one mile across. Notice that the boat traffic...
- By Steve Keith.
- A trail through Nags Head Woods
- This is a trail through Nags Head Woods. One of the best examples of a mid-Atlantic maritime forest with deciduous hardwoods, Nags Head Woods has trees that are up to five hundred years old. There are dunes, interdune ponds, and wetlands. The preserve has...
- Format: image/photograph
- National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems - The Rachel Carson Component
- Located in one of North Carolina's fastest growing areas, the Rachel Carson site is a center of marine research and education. The reserve is a diverse and productive estuarine system for birds, mammals, and fish.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Masonboro Island
- One of the four sites of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Interpreter led field trips must be reserved two seasons ahead. This is a favorite field trip for many teachers.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- MarineQuest
- Ocean education and marine environmental education programs providing "hands-on, feet-wet, high-tech" experiences for K-12 students.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Back-Barrier Salt Marsh
- Format: image/photograph
- A forest trail at Currituck Banks
- This is a maritime forest on a trail at Currituck Banks, a part of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Currituck Banks is located near Corolla, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Provides information about the conservation of coastal birds in this area as well as background information about the Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island, and Ocracoke Island lighthouses.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sand Migration from Run Hill Dune into Neighboring Nags Head Forest
- Format: image/photograph
- Sound to Sea Environmental Education Program
- Learn about the interconnectedness of man and nature and explore complex ecosystems at this camp and conference center located on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Hammocks Beach State Park
- A visit to Hammocks Beach State Parks allows students to explore several different ecosystems - estuaries, maritime forest, and desert.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium
- The museum's exhibits include extensive collections of seashells, saltwater fish, birds, wetland animals, sea animals, live snakes, animal skins, Native American artifacts, and Civil War relics.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Fort Fisher State Recreation Area
- The Fort Fisher program introduces students to the habitat and life history of "colonial-nesting coastal birds." The program also focuses on endangered, threatened and special-concern bird species.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Camp Don Lee
- Check out the programs available to classroom students at this beautiful camp located near Arapahoe, North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
