Adopt-a-Beach

The Outer Banks Surfrider Foundation is responsible for coordinating the Adopt-A-Beach program in Dare County. This program involves individual, business, and organization sponsors willing to adopt a local public beach access and keep it clean at a minimum of 6 times a year.

The towns in which public accesses are available agree to assist in coordination by providing sponsorship signs for the access offering publicity to the sponsor.

Program Goals

Maintain clean, liter-free beaches in Dare County
Raise public awareness on clean beach issues
Collect statistical data on debris found.

Sign-up to adopt an access!

Click here to submit your application.

Commitments for adopting an access:

Check in before cleaning access
Clean your access/ remove litter from the area a minimum of 6 times per year
Record data via Surfrider’s Beach Cleanup Data Portal
Send photos of cleanups to be posted on our social media platforms
Make a $25 donation to the Outer Banks Chapter due at time of application
Make sure to keep your contact information up to date
After 2 year term you will need to re apply for the access.

Already signed-up to adopt an access?

Click here to check-in when you are doing your next cleanup to help us keep track of cleanup efforts.

Click here to download a cleanup data card to track what you collect. This info helps us measure impact and track litter trends.

Click here to register for an account on the Surfrider Foundation beach cleanup data portal. Select "Outer Banks, US, NC" as your chapter.

Click here to login and report your cleanup data on the beach cleanup data portal.

Contacts

Program Coordinator: Tamara Warren (she/her)
chair@outerbanks.surfrider.org

Please feel free to email me to find out more about the Dare County Adopt-A-Beach program, or to express your interest in adopting a beach access.

Town Resources

Below is contact information for the town manager and public works department for each town participating in the Adopt-A-Beach program. If you come across a large debris item that you cannot remove, please call the public works department of that town and they will come remove it. You can also call if you have any other concerns about your access, or if your sign has been removed, damaged, or not installed yet.

Kitty Hawk

Public Works:
Willie Midgett
252-261-1367
wmidgett@kittyhawktown.net

Town Manager:
John Stockton
252-261-3552
jstockton@kittyhawktown.net

Kill Devil Hills

Grounds Supervisor, Public Works:
Ross Cipriano
252-480-4045
Ross@kdhnc.com

Town Manager:
Debra Peele Diaz
252-449-5300
Debbie@kdhnc.com

Nags Head

Public Services;
Eric Claussen
252-441-1122
Eric.Claussen@nagsheadnc.gov

Town Manager:
Andrew Garman
252-441-5508
Andy.Garman@nagsheadnc.gov