St. George Reef (CA) Raising Funds for Helicopter Flight Expenses
The St. George Reef Lighthouse is a wave-swept lighthouse, built on a rock seven-miles offshore from Crescent City, CA. Due to its unique location, the only way on or off the lighthouse is by helicopter - which makes for expensive transportation fees during restoration efforts!
With a goal of raising $10,000 by March 31, follow the link below to the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society's webpage for more details
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The NFL helped plant cypress trees at the historic Tchefuncte River (LA) lighthouse. Here's why.
Dozens of volunteers planted bald cypress trees around a nearly 200-year-old Madisonville lighthouse for a wetlands restoration project Tuesday morning - the latest restoration event organized by Louisiana environmental groups in partnership with the NFL ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans.
A day after ex-Navy SEALs and others helped install an oyster reef in Leeville, volunteers from corporations just as Entergy and Dow Chemical and local nonprofits planted 600 cypress trees near the 1837 lighthouse, which sits on the edge of a tine peninsula west of Madisonville along Lake Pontchartrain near the Tchefuncte River.
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Plymouth lighthouse (UK) lit up green in memory of university lecturer
A lighthouse has been lit up in memory of a university lecturer who died last month.
Claire Chick, 48, was found seriously injured on West Hoe Road in Plymouth on January 22, and died in hospital.
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Iconic Big Sable (MI) lighthouse announces extended hours, five bus days for 2025
This iconic Lake Michigan lighthouse had a short season in 2024 due to construction at Ludington State Park, and it will open later than usual in 2025 for the same reason.
Big Sable Point Lighthouse is tentatively scheduled to open on July 1, along with the park, Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Association announced.
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Manistee lighthouse's (MI) move makes sense for the future
If someone were to take a survey of the things that make them think of the city of Manistee, I am sure numerous structures would come to mind.
Buildings like the Ramsdell Theatre, the Manistee Fire Department, the Victorian downtown structures and the Riverwalk, to just name a few. However, one you would more likely find on most people's lists is Manistee's North Pierhead Lighthouse.
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Grand Haven (MI) to use $45K grant for educational displays at lighthouse
New educational displays on the history of the United States Coast Guard will soon be added to Grand Haven's South Pier outer lighthouse, thanks to a recent grant.
The city of Grand Haven received $45,000 from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy 2025 Michigan Coastal Management Program.
Click here to see more of Grand Haven here and here on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Inside incredible working Sir Peter Scott Lighthouse (UK) in Lincolnshire 'ideal for a getaway'
Lincolnshire is blessed with unique accommodation for visitors, who can choose to stay in anything from a cosy cabin with breath-taking views to something more unusual - like a converted tank on a former RAF base.
Those visiting the county are spoilt for choice when it comes to interesting places to stay and a working lighthouse has now been added to the long list of potential getaway spots.
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Volunteers at Point Sur Lighthouse (CA) revive the wild story of a dirigible crash offshore, 90 years later
Most days, a person standing on the giant rock that is Point Sur can look out into the distance over the Pacific Ocean and see nothing, save for the occasional whale spout.
This is true today and it was true 90 years ago, when lighthouse keepers still staffed this facility that is today a State Historic Park. So it would have been particularly remarkable for lighthouse keepers Thomas Henderson and Harry Russell Miller on Feb. 16, 1935, to see a massive military airship, 785 feet long and 147 feet high, floating northward about three miles offshore and about 1,000 feet above the surface of the ocean.
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Annap.Science Cafe@49 West: The Science of Preserving Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, MD
The Science behind Preserving Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, by Mr. John Potvin, Lighthouse Manager, United States Lighthouse Society.
The iconic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse is 150 years old. It is the last surviving screwpile lighthouse in its original location still being used for navigational purposes.
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Point Pinos Lighthouse (CA) celebrates 170th anniversary
The Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove celebrates its 170th anniversary today with events and activities.
"This is the oldest operational lighthouse on the West Coast. It's really a community treasure," said Pacific Grove Mayor Nick Smith.
Click here to read more & see the KSBW 8 News clip
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