One of North Carolina’s Last Unprotected Barrier Islands to be Conserved

[UngulateNerd92]

Hutaff Island, one of North Carolina’s last privately owned undeveloped barrier islands, will be conserved forever thanks to a partnership between Audubon North Carolina, NC Coastal Land Trust, and the Hutaff/McEachern family, funded by conservation philanthropist Tim Sweeney.

Hutaff is a 2-mile long ribbon of pristine beach and saltmarsh located between Lea Island and Topsail Beach to the north and Figure 8 Island to the south. Conserving this wild and uninhabited place in perpetuity will keep the island’s natural inlets and dynamic ecosystems intact, providing critical habitat for sea turtles, vulnerable beach-nesting birds like Black Skimmers, and a host of other rare and threatened wildlife.

One of North Carolina’s Last Unprotected Barrier Islands to be Conserved

 

[UngulateNerd92]

@Breckenridge and @csartie were you familiar with this story? If not, you might find it interesting.

 

[Breckenridge]

Great news. It's always good to have new preserved wildlife habitat.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Great news. It's always good to have new preserved wildlife habitat.

Oh absolutely! As I have said on here before, globally upon the recommendation of American biologist and author EO Wilson, we need to preserve two thirds if not more of the planet's terrestrial ecosystems in their natural wilderness form. Only 13 or 14 percent of the Earth's surface is protected areas, and those designations are not always respected.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

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