Coastal NC science program to begin new season

MANTEO, N.C. — The Know Your Park citizen science series for the North Carolina coast begins its third season with a discussion of “Raleigh After Roanoke.”

The National Park Service Outer Banks Group sponsors the series, which begins the new season Monday at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Visitor Center near Manteo. The president of the board of directors of the First Colony Foundation will speak.

Phil Evans’ presentation will compare maps to show Roanoke Island’s geography and terrain have changed. In addition, foundation archaeologists will update the audience on upcoming
field excavations.

The foundation is conducting research with the goal of locating habitation areas of England’s first and second New World settlements sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s.

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