Hikers take to the Elliott Coues Nature Trail at Fort Macon State Park, one of 39 state parks and recreation areas under the purview of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Photo: Dylan Ray
BEAUFORT – Reid Wilson stood with about a dozen others at the back entrance of the Bonehenge Whale Center while director Keith Rittmaster held up the jaw of a bottlenose dolphin.
Wilson, secretary of the state Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, was on a private tour April 9 that began that morning at the North Carolina Maritime Museum and was followed by the visit to Bonehenge, which is focused on the conservation and education of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Bonehenge is affiliated with the museum and located at Gallants Channel annex site, the planned future home of the museum’s extended campus.