Outer Banks Forever

06/03/2026

OBX locals, this one's for you! (Part II)

Our park store at Wright Brothers National Memorial is currently in need of a seasonal Store Associate! 👤

This is an hourly, part-time position, and candidates must be able to work weekends and holidays. The season runs to mid-October. (Candidates must live in the Outer Banks area.)

To view position details, click the link below!
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https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=07a35eab-da05-4c1c-a466-5ba99f0eb0e2&jobId=564800&lang=en_US

📸 Wright Brothers National Memorial

[Image description: The 1903 Commemorative Sculpture at Wright Brothers National Memorial representing the Wright brothers' first flight on December 17, 1903.]
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06/01/2026

OBX locals, this one's for you!

Our park store at the Bodie Island Light Station is currently in need of a seasonal Store Associate! 👤

This is an hourly, full-time position, and candidates must be able to work weekends and holidays. The season runs though November 15. (Candidates must live in the Outer Banks area.)

To view position details, click the link below!
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https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=07a35eab-da05-4c1c-a466-5ba99f0eb0e2&jobId=564780&lang=en_US

📸 Cape Hatteras National Seashore

[Image description: The Bodie Island Lighthouse on a foggy morning.]

05/13/2026

Here's your next update on the Bodie Island Double Keepers' Quarters restoration!✨

To date, crews have removed damaged wood and other materials, treated the building to remove the smoke smell, and are preparing to install electrical wiring and HVAC. While the restoration project is ongoing, Bodie Island Lighthouse climbs will continue and seasonal ranger programs will be offered outdoors.

We're so grateful to the National Park Foundation, Visit The Outer Banks, Eastern National, and our donors for their generous support of this important project!

[Video description: In this video, Bryan Burhans, our Director, and employees of Renaissance Construction, Inc., and their contractors discuss the current stage of repairs to the DKQ (and how they are performed!) and what comes next.]

05/08/2026

It's our favorite time of the year: Sea turtle nesting season is here!🐢 And we're thrilled to announce our annual Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program is NOW OPEN🎉

Through this special program, you can symbolically adopt an active sea turtle nest on Cape Hatteras National Seashore! You will receive an official adoption certificate and information about your specific nest when it hatches later this summer or fall.

Here's how our program works:

🎁Adopt your nest: With a tax-deductible gift of $100 or more, you can adopt your 2026 sea turtle nest. Your support helps fund critical projects that protect and enhance the Seashore and the vital habitat sea turtles depend on. You’ll receive a confirmation email when you make your gift.

🐢Receive your nest assignment: Beginning in early June, nests are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Once yours is assigned, you’ll receive an adoption certificate by mail or email with initial details about your nest.

⏰When your nest hatches: Your nest will hatch later this summer or fall, after an average incubation period of 61 days. When it does, you’ll receive a personalized update with details collected by National Park Service biologists, including how many hatchlings made their way out to sea!

For more information and to adopt your nest, click the link below!
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www.obxforever.org/adoptaseaturtlenest

📸 Cape Hatteras National Seashore

[Image description: A Green sea turtle hatchling emerging from its nest in 2019.]

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 💚💙 Come join the fun!

Happy Earth Day all! Today is the BIG DAY .. our inaugural Earth & Arts OBX kicks off with the official ribbon cutting for the wonderful new boardwalk promptly at 4 PM. This will be followed by live music ON the boardwalk provided by Ocracoke Island's own Brooke & Nick until 6:00 PM. Then Hot Sauce takes the main stage under the gazebo from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. This event is pet friendly as there will be plenty of green space for your furry friends to explore. The wait is over, the time is nigh, join us and all of our friends this evening to celebrate our beloved Earth the way she deserves! 🌎
Upcoming Event Date: Earth & Arts OBX - Wednesday, April 22
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Time: 4 PM - Sunset
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Where: Soundside Event Site - 6800 S Croatan Highway - Nags Head, NC
Visit The Outer Banks
Ignite Live
Crystal B.Hall Productions
Hot Sauce

04/20/2026

Here at Outer Banks Forever, we’re passionate about our national parks: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. 🌊🌳✈️ Along with our friends at the National Park Foundation, we’re grateful to be part of a community of more than 100 dedicated national park partners who help care for special places like these every day!

Whether you come to our Outer Banks national parks for the trails, the history, the wildlife, or the scenery, our national parks connect us all. We’re proud to be the official nonprofit partner of these incredible parks and a part of the work that preserves these inspiring places for generations to come.

It takes a community to care for our national parks! Join us as we work together to protect our parks —today, tomorrow, and forever.

Learn more and connect with us!
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www.obxforever.org

🎥 National Park Foundation

[Video description: "All For Parks" video created by the National Park Foundation featuring photos and video from national parks around the United States, including the Bodie Island Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.]

04/17/2026

We've noticed many new faces around our page this week, so we just wanted to say — welcome to our Outer Banks Forever community! 👋😊

If you're new to us and our work, we're the official nonprofit partner of our three Outer Banks national parks: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Our mission is to protect and enhance these special places, now and forever. And we do that through the support of people like you!

If you'd like to stay up to date on what's happening in our parks, learn more about the environment, history, and culture they preserve, be informed about volunteer opportunities, park projects, and more, sign up for our email list to stay connected! 📧
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https://obxforever.org/contact-us/

📸 Cape Hatteras National Seashore

[Image description: A misty sunrise at Bodie Island Lighthouse on Cape Hatteras National Seashore.]

04/15/2026

If you enjoyed our video of the First Flight High School Aviation students' first flight yesterday, check out this video from December 17, created by our talented friends at Rayolight Productions!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG8cUFHBEP8

(The prequel, if you will ✈️)

For the rest of this inspiring video series, head over to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/

🎥 Rayolight Productions

[Video description: In the tenth installment of the Wright Flight Academy video series, current and former First Flight High School aviation students celebrate the completion of their airplane -- and the community members who made it possible -- which is only the second aircraft built on the site of the first flight since December 17, 1903!]

In the tenth installment of the Wright Flight Academy video series, current and former First Flight High School aviation students celebrate the completion of...

04/14/2026

In case you missed it this morning... 🛫

Here's our Director, Bryan Burhans, with some exciting news!

Today marks the first flight of the first airplane built on the site of Wright Brothers National Memorial since the Wright brothers' historic first flight on December 17, 1903!

This airplane was built by students from First Flight High School Aviation students as part of the Wright Flight Academy and took two years of hard work to build.

We are so proud of these students! Join us in giving them a round of applause!

[Video description: Outer Banks Forever Director filming the first flight of the airplane built by First Flight High School Aviation students.]
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04/09/2026

What’s your favorite way to explore the Seashore?

While Cape Hatteras National Seashore protects over 70 miles of the Atlantic oceanfront beach, it also preserves over 200 miles of soundside beaches ready to be explored. Usually calmer and warmer, the sound offers a different perspective of the coastal environment.