Green Drinks Morehead City
August 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Green Drinks is a casual monthly gathering for people who care about our coast. Whether you enjoy boating, beach days, or simply want to keep our waters clean and our communities strong, this is a relaxed space to connect with others, hear from local voices, and stay up to date on important coastal topics. Each month, we’ll highlight a different issue—like salt marsh restoration, oysters, or local happenings that impact the coast—and talk about how we can work together to protect the places we all enjoy. Grab a drink from the bar and join the conversation—these events are free and open to the public.
Who: Anyone who loves our coast!
What: A relaxed, come-as-you-are meetup featuring a new coastal topic each month
Where: Rooftop Bar at Jack’s on the Waterfront – 513 Evans St, Morehead City, NC 28557
When: One Thursday a month from 5:30–7:00 PM
August 21, September 11, October 9
August 21st Speaker: Keith Rittmaster | Natural Science Curator, NC Maritime Museum Director, Bonehenge Whale Center
About Our Speaker:
Keith has worked as a marine mammal scientist on research projects in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, Cook Inlet Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and northwest Atlantic Ocean. In 1985, Keith, with colleagues, began a long-term photo-identification study of the bottlenose dolphins near Beaufort, NC to investigate residency, migration, associations, reproduction, and mortality. Keith also responds to reports of dead, dying, and entangled marine mammals as part of the NC Marine Mammal Stranding Network in the region that is directed by his wife Vicky Thayer. Both Keith and Vicky are members of the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network and initiated the NC Monofilament Recovery and Recycling program to address the conservation issue of protected marine wildlife becoming entangled in discarded fishing line/nets.
They also study, prepare, and rearticulate cetacean skeletons for research, education, and display. For this work, the Bonehenge Whale Center was recently built by volunteers through a charitable non-profit organization. Keith and Vicky have 2 adult daughters and live in Beaufort, NC with their dog, cat, chickens, and abundant tidal marsh wildlife. Keith was born and raised in Princeton, NJ. He received a B.A. in Economics from Denison University (1979) and a Master’s in Environmental Management from Duke University (1981).
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