Core Sound Waterfowl Museum &

Heritage Center

“At the End of the Road”

Harkers Island

Roy Willis

Stacy

Hunter

Carver

Collector

Teacher

One of many

carvers, artists,

volunteers

providing

educational

programs at

Core Sound.

WILLOW POND

The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum

and Ducks Unlimited began Willow Pond

restoration work in 1993 to enhance the

freshwater ecosystem to support wildlife

viewing opportunities.

WILLOW POND

Abandoned and

Overgrown .....

Sometimes you have to believe ...

Community volunteers, scouts and

school groups have helped clear and

maintain dirt trails around the 3.5 acre

pond area for more than 15 years ....

Waiting for the Pond to be restored!

NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation

• Thanks to John Hagan and his

love for Down East Carteret

County, the NC Wildlife

Habitat Foundation became a

partner in the restoration of

Willow Pond.

Project Volunteers

Boy Scout Troop 252, Davis

Carteret County Master Gardeners

Carteret County Wildlife Club

Individuals too many to remember ...

Carl Huff, Roy Willis, Jerry Hyatt, Ann Rose,

Allyn Powell, Charles Jones and others ....

Restoration & Trail Partners

• Cape Lookout National Seashore

• NC Wildlife Resources Commission

• NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation

• Ducks Unlimited M.A.R.S.H. program

• “Tourism Cares for America”

• The Conservation Fund

• Carteret County Community Foundation

All part of the Core Sound story ...

The Willow Pond Natural Area now

serves as an important educational

experience to encourage the preservation

and stewardship of the freshwater

ecosystem of the Atlantic Flyway that

defines the lands and water of Eastern

North Carolina.

And then it happened ....

The children came!

Our first class on Willow Pond was the

kindergarten class of Harkers Island

Elementary School in December 2007.

We’ve only just begun

to tell this story ...

But you know what .....

Willow Pond ... A quiet place for generations.