2018 Year in review
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Wright Brothers National Memorial STAFF • 81 staff • 100 seasonal staff VISITATION 336 volunteers • • Total: 3.19 M visits 23,998 hours • • 78,000 overnight campers
INTERESTING FACTS • 5 visitor centers BUDGET • Over 200 public toilets • $15.4 M • 2 water treatment plants • $9.7 M Base Funding • 60 septic systems • $2.8 M Off-Road Vehicle • 84 parking lots Permits • 230 buildings • $2.6 M Camping and • 3 airstrips Lighthouse Fees • $250 K in Other Fees and Donations Fort Raleigh: -5% 400,000
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150,000 Wright Brothers: -13% 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 Cape Hatteras: 6% 2,700,000
2,500,000
2,300,000
2,100,000
1,900,000
1,700,000
1,500,000 Hatteras to Ocracoke
550,000
500,000
450,000
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250,000 98 -99 -00 - 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - 15 16 17 - 99 00 01 - 02- 03- 04- 05- 06- 07- 08- 09- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14 15 - 16- 17 18
Data from: the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division 2018: Warm and rainy
Billy Mitchell Airport – departure from 1981-2010 average JULY RAIN – A RECORD!
20.31
10.85 Visitor Engagement
Park Programs Visitors at Junior the Programs Rangers
Hatteras 876 17,518 1840 Fort 492 6,093 1168 Raleigh Wright 1,078 53,194 4909 Brothers
Total 2,446 76,805 7919 2018: Most ORV permits sold 45,000 41,374 40,000 39,181 36,868 35,000 34,596
30,955 30,453 30,000 27,154 25,000
20,000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 93% of ORV routes were open during summer 2018
• May through September
• 2013: 17.7 miles • 2014: 19.8 miles • 2015: 22.2 miles • 2016: 25.6 miles • 2017: 27.2 miles • 2018: 27.0 miles
Winter Storm Riley Impacts of Florence Erosion continues:2013-2018 4/6/13 and 9/10/18 – Google earth
the Visitor Center reopens! 2018 Sea Turtle Nests
350 300 313 277
250 240 231 200 220
155 150 148 138 122 108 100 101 CALO 72 73 50 63 CAHA 0 Linear (CAHA) Many black skimmer nests
Black Skimmer 400 368 342 350
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250 221 214
200 169 Nests 193 150 85 149 99 119 100 61 95 50 11 4 5
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2011 2000 2001 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Year Plover fledglings per pair
2.00 1.80 1.60 1.40 1.20 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00
Year Strong Year for American Oystercatchers
35 30 30 28 25
20 19 20 17 15 15 15 13 13 11 12 12 10 9 9 7 7 5 6 2 2 0
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