Links

Ingram Planetarium
910-575-0033
info@ingramplanetarium.org

Educational Web Sites

To learn more about Carolina birds at http://carolinabirds.org

To learn more about butterflies, contact the Carolina Butterfly Society at www.carolinabutterflysociety.org

The online home for The Southern Lepidopterists' Society is www.southernlepsoc.org

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Lunar And Planetary Institute
A NASA hosted Web site. The Lunar and Planetary Institute is a focus for academic participation in studies of the current state, evolution, and formation of the solar system.

Nasa's Planetary PhotoJournal
A NASA hosted Web site. Stunning images from various Solar System exploration programs.

Sky Maps
Learn and enjoy the Night sky with downloadable maps from SKYMAPS.COM

North Carolina Planetariums

CAPE-Carolina Area Planetarium Educator
Resource for planetariums and educators

James H. Lynn Planetarium
Gastonia, NC
(704) 866-6900

Morehead Planetarium
Chapel Hill, NC
(919) 549-6863

Robeson Planetarium and Science Center
PO Drawer 2909
Lumberton, NC 28359
910-671-6015

"Kenneth Brandt"
Director Kenneth Brandt Retired Director-Emeritus 1998 James A. Hooks

Sea Turtle Patrols

Ocean Isle Turtle Watch
Gloria Hillenburg, Coordinator
Turtle Watch Program of Ocean Isle Beach
PO Box 5172
Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
754-9513 or 754-1272
Ocean Isle Beach, and the sea turtles, are fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteers that form the Turtle Watch Program of Ocean Isle Beach. These volunteers, headed up by Gloria .... A.K.A "The Turtle Lady", make themselves available at all hours of the day and night whenever and wherever a nest is spotted. Summer informational programs at OIB Community Center, 44 East First Street (Monroe Street public access) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evenings.

Sunset Beach Turtle Watch
Carmel Zetts, Coordinator
P O Box 6669 SO Brunswick, NC 28470
910-579-5862
Email: CZETTS@ATMC.NET
The Sunset Beach Turtle Watch Program (SSBTWP) is a private, nonprofit program that solicits volunteers to help monitor turtle nesting at Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Meetings held on Sunday at 7pm at Sunset Beach Pier and Wednesday at 4 at Ingram Planetarium.

Holden Beach Turtle Watch
Linda Purcell, Coordinator
842-1990 or 523-0474
The purpose of the turtle program is to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles from extinction by educating visitors to our beach, by providing a sanctuary and safe environment for nesting turtles and hatchlings, and by aiding stranded turtles. Meetings held Thursday at 7pm at Town Hall from June 17 - mid August.

Stranded Animals

Brunswick County Humane Society
385 Sellers Road
Supply, NC 28462
910-754-8899
Email: BCHumaneSoc@ATMC.net
The Brunswick County Humane Society is a Full-Servic, Non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to rescuing and finding loving homes for the unwanted and homeless animals in Brunswick County, and to the promotion of animal welfare throughout our area.

National Fish & Wildlife Service
Gretchen Newman Lovewell
Pager - 252-444-8064
(252) 728-8762
Email: rw4_fr_morehead_city@fws.gov
The South Atlantic Fisheries Coordination Office (FCO) is a relatively new type of field station, generally referred to as a “coordination offices”, in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The South Atlantic Fisheries Coordination Office is made up of support offices located in Raleigh, NC and Edenton, NC.

NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Paul Barrington, ext. 221
Peggy Sloan, ext. 230
910-620-3454 - cell for Paul Barrington
910-620-3455 - Cell for Peggy Sloan
910-458-8259
Paul Barrington, ext. 221
Need Information for Stranded Mammals-Live or Dead? When you call, please include information on the exact time and a complete description of the location of the animal. Continue calling until you have spoken with a stranding response person or have tried all the numbers listed.

UNC Wilmington
Bill McLellan
Pager 910-371-7179
Cell 910-264-9816
910-962-7266
Need Information for Stranded Mammals-Live or Dead? When you call, please include information on the exact time and a complete description of the location of the animal. Continue calling until you have spoken with a stranding response person or have tried all the numbers listed.