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APRIL 6th - Get Your Howlers Ready for an
Easter HOWL @ the MOON Event!!
 This Friday, April 6th, WWP is
sponsoring the Maritime Market's Easter Howl at the Moon event. Join us
at beach access 39 from 6:30 - 8:30pm to enjoy Chef Greg's great culinary
surprises, fun, and the great company of friends, neighbors, and new
Island guests! We would love to hear about your past Howl at the Moon
experiences… please
visit us on Facebook and tell us all about it!
APRIL 9th - Grand Opening of the
Conservancy's Barrier Island Study Center
Next Monday, April
9th, will see the doors of the new Study Center on BHI to officially open
to the public. The purpose of the 5000 sqft edifice is to progressively
promote the understanding of barrier islands and how human interactions
effect and influence their sustainability. The BHI conservancy has
stated that approximately 85% of the East & Gulf coasts depend on
barrier islands, such as Bald Head Island, to act as defensive shields
against the onslaught of storms and resulting abrasive seas. According to
the Conservancy, "These vital ecosystems have already begun to
weaken, break up and disappear--a process that is irreversible."
The BHI community
and stakeholders have recognized not only the importance of this
understanding to our own Island's sustainability, but also to its
critical impact on other barrier islands world-wide. With this
understanding, this project raised approximately 97% of its $2.5 million
funds privately!
Join the BHI
community at the Conservancy grounds from 3PM until 5PM to commemorate
and celebrate the beginning of a new chapter in BHI's efforts to educate
all on the wonders and intricacies of barrier island living!
For more
information on this project and the new facilities, please visit http://www.barrierislandstudycenter.org.
Update on the Excess Baggage & other BHI
Transportation Requests
(The following is
complements of the BHA Weekly Bulletin, March 30th)
The NC Utilities
Commission issued several orders within the past week that cancel the
public hearing scheduled for the 30th, revise the current ferry
schedules, require that all checked items have a closed top or fixed lid
and establish a working group that will spend the next few months sorting
out a solution to the contested excess baggage application and amendment
BHI Transportation filed in February. Click on the links below to read
the orders.
Order postponing March 30th public hearing
Order approving ferry schedule changes and
establishing a working group
Order requiring checked items have closed top/fixed
lid
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