Green Drinks Morehead City

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: Wednesday, Sep. 23rd

September’s Speaker

Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter

The Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter, or OWLS, is a nonprofit wildlife hospital and education center serving eastern North Carolina. Started in 1988 by Stephanie Goetzinger as a small volunteer operation run out of her home, it has grown into the region’s primary destination for injured, sick, and orphaned native wildlife —shorebirds, raptors, songbirds, opossums, squirrels and fawns — with a clinic open seven days a week. Their mission is to rehabilitate and release wildlife while educating the community about the importance of conservation, work shaped by the same coastal pressures the Federation tracks: habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and human-wildlife conflict. 

Join us to hear why intakes climb after storms and as coastal construction eats into habitat, how a shelter that runs on donations and volunteers keeps its doors open year-round, and what you can do to help — from what to do when you find an injured animal to the small changes around your own property that keep wildlife out of the clinic in the first place.

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