FPISP End of Year Holiday Gathering
Carolina Beach State ParkJoin us for our end of year celebration!
Join us for our end of year celebration!
Come start out your new year by joining us for a morning Beach Walk at Fort Fisher State Recreation Area. We will see what "trash and treasure" was left on the beach the night before. We will have a couple of guide books available for use to help identify your beach finds. We will walk...
Come start the new year off right with a hike at Carolina Beach State Park. Our annual hike will start out at the Marina and then head to Sugarloaf Dune where we will stop and take in the sights while a Ranger will give a brief talk. Once finished we will hike back to the...
Hi all! Our usual second Monday meeting will resume February 12. Hope to see you then!
FPISP Trail Trim Tips (1) (1)We will meet at the Marina to work on Sugarloaf Trail.Trimming trail tread Trail Blaze Highlight
Trails will be posted the week before. Trimming trail tread Trail Blaze Highlight FPISP Trail Trim Tips (1) (1) Bring gardening gloves from home. Hand tools if you have them. We will provide some hand tools.
Fire is an integral component of ecosystems in the Southeastern Coastal Plains. Join Carolina Beach State Park Ranger Jesse Anderson to learn more about the importance of managing our landscape with prescribed fire, the benefits to our plant and animal communities and how it benefits us as people living in areas prone to wildfires.
Meet at the Visitors Center Parking lot for trail assignment.
Evangelyn Buckland, co-founder and managing director of the Cape Fear Bird Observatory (CFBO), will be talking to us about the CFBO’s ongoing research on local State Park sites, including Painted Bunting research and Migration banding. She will also tell us about ongoing grant work, funded through NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative....
Flytrap Family Fun Day at Carolina Beach State Park features a celebration of what Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs in 1759 described as a “catch fly sensitive found at Latitude 34” – the famous Venus Flytrap. The event includes crafts, games, and carnivorous plant hikes. Meet at the Visitors Center at 1 pm to 4 pm. Admission...
The BADWATER® ultra running experience returns to the (B)east Coast when the tenth BADWATER CAPE FEAR race takes place on Bald Head Island, North Carolina on March 23, 2024. With 50km and 51-mile race options, Badwater® Cape Fear features a twelve-mile warm-up on the car-free, one-lane-wide roads and maritime forest trails of Bald Head Island,...
Come out and celebrate the first weekend of Spring with us at Fort Fisher State Recreation Area. We will have education booths, free games, prizes, arts and crafts, a bounce house, magician, and food for purchase.