Events

This year's participants include:

• Sea Grant
• National Weather Service, Newport Office (NOAA)
• NC Coastal Federation
• NC Agromedicine Institute - Fishermen Health Screenings  Learn more
• Outer Banks Catch
• NC Watermen United
• ECU Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program - offering an additional health screening for older adult watermen

The North Carolina Coastal Federation will also lead a few special field programs, (tours time 11, 12, 1 & 2) exploring the marsh along Durant’s Point, just across the harbor from Oden’s Dock. Participants will embark on a short boat ride from Oden's Dock, cross the harbor and land along a fragile piece of the barrier island where the federation and other partners have worked hard to restore native wetland vegetation. This project area is defined as a living shoreline that functions to control erosion while creating estuarine habitat. Come explore with us for a better understanding of how this works and why this is important for Hatteras Village. We’ll take a closer look to identify some of the native grasses that are vital for the health of this habitat, and pull a seine net through the water to see which animals are lucky enough to call this habitat home.

Learn more about the Coastal Federation, the state's only non-profit organization that focuses exclusively on protecting and restoring the coast of North Carolina through education, advocacy and habitat preservation and restoration. www.nccoast.org