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SERVICE AREA
Rachel Carson Reserve, Bird Shoal, Permuda Island
MISSION
The mission of the Friends of the Reserve (FOR) is to support the work of the NC Coastal Reserve and the National Estuarine Research Reserve programs, promote public awareness of the Reserve and its work, to receive money and distribute it as requested by the Coastal Reserve for the foregoing purposes, to solicit grants and contributions; and to support or perform any other activity incidental to or connected with the foregoing purposes. FOR advocates on behalf of the Reserve to ensure sufficient funding for the maintenance and programs of the Reserve.
BUDGET
2024
$10,000
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A Rare Outer Banks Foal Gets a Second Chance
August 22, 2024
Written by Emily Daily on Garden & Gun
The saga began on August 4 when the site manager, Paula Gillikin, received a report that a foal was born the previous weekend. The next morning, Gillikin visited the island and found the female foal with her dam, but it was obvious the filly wasn’t acting normally—she wasn’t nursing well and showed signs of gastrointestinal pain.
After observing the youngster’s abnormal behavior for several hours, Gillikin conferred with the reserve’s veterinarian and the Cape Lookout National Seashore’s wild horse herd manager, and they decided the filly needed immediate veterinary intervention.
Rescuing the Rookery
The Rachel Carson Reserve used funding gifted by Inlet Inn to build nesting platforms near a rookery for the Great Egret. The Reserve hopes the platforms will help revitalize the nesting habitat.
Coins For Conservation is already helping our local eco-partners. Support the Reserve today.
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