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 : 6% 2,700,000

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1,500,000 Hatteras to Ocracoke

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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 Department of Transportation Ferry Division 2018: Warm and rainy

Billy Mitchell – 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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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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