The Count On Me NC program is focused on providing the necessary knowledge and information needed to manage COVID-19 within businesses as restrictions are relaxed. These free courses provide a consistent approach based on state and national guidelines. The voluntary program is designed to incorporate the best available science in social and physical distancing, employee health and cleaning, sanitizing and disinfection...
Sea Turtle Hospital News Ready or not we’re about to march into the summer just hoping for the best. At the hospital we’re moving into a trifecta of sorts, dealing with three important aspects of our mission pretty much at the same time. Our Topsail Turtle Project volunteers report that the nesting mamas have officially arrived with the first two nests of 2020 being laid on North Topsail. Since sea turtle...
Pender County Tourism was thrilled to award the winners of the Pender County Nature Photography Contest and they were excited to receive the recognition along with the prizes & goodies! We were able to catch a picture with a w inner in the 15 and under amateur youth category as she picked up her prize, Liberty Wilborn who won first place! "We received some of the best photos of nature taken within Pender...
Burgaw – Pender County Tourism and Pender County Parks & Recreation announce the winners of the Pender County Nature Photography Contest. The photo contest was open to the public with a large participation. Prizes & gift certificates are being awarded for the winners in each category. “The contest had over a hundred submitted photos which either fell into the categories of adult amateur,...
It’s May, and the world has changed dramatically in these past months. But not on Topsail where the Karen Beasley Rescue and Rehabilitation Center's Turtle Project volunteers are back on duty just like they’ve been every year for the past umpteen decades. They’re out patrolling every mile of the island before sunrise looking for signs that mama turtles have arrived. No nests as of this writing but...
