• Brown Pelican taking off.

    Cape Hatteras

    National Seashore North Carolina

  • New Off Road Vehicle Regulations

    New off road vehicle (ORV) regulations are now in effect. Please check here for information on how to get your ORV permit More »

  • Beach Fire Permits are required starting May 1, 2012

    Beach Fire Permits are now required. These permits are free. Please check here for information on how to get your Beach Fire Permit More »

NPS Annual Threatened and Endangered Species Reports Available to Public

Subscribe RSS Icon | What is RSS
Date: February 12, 2008
Contact: Outer Banks Group, (252) 473-2111 ext 148

Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) 2007 Annual Reports for Threatened and Endangered Species have been released and are available to the public. As required in the August 2006 Biological Opinion on the CAHA Interim Protected Species Management Strategy, Seashore staff has completed and submitted these reports to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Raleigh Field Office by January 31, 2007.

The following reports have been released; 2007 Seabeach Amaranth Report, 2007 Piping Plover Report and 2007 Sea Turtle Report. For more information, these reports and associated appendices can be found on the CAHA website.

Go to: http://www.nps.gov/caha/naturescience/index.htm

NPS

Did You Know?

Sea Whip, though it looks like a plant, is actually whole colony of animals.

A piece of sea whip that washes up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore is not a plant, but the skeleton of a whole colony of animals.

A tiny animal lived in each hole on the yellow, orange or purple stems.  It had a mouth, a stomach and eight tentacles to catch food.