March 5, 2010
SUMMARY:
Pursuant to
the National
Environmental
Policy Act of
1969, 42
U.S.C.
4332(2)(C),
the National
Park Service
(NPS)
announces the
availability
of a Draft
Environmental
Impact
Statement for
the Cape
Hatteras
National
Seashore
(Seashore)
Off-Road
Vehicle
Management
Plan
(Plan/EIS).
The Plan/EIS
evaluates the
more
Jan.27,
2010
Approximately
five dozen
scientists
have signed on
to a letter
drafted by
Audubon North
Carolina which
solicited
signers to add
their support
in asking the
National Park
Service to
adopt the
"highest
degree of
protection"
listed in the
US Geological
Survey's
management
protocols that
include full
year round
closure to all
recreation -
both ORV and
pedestrians -
of Bodie
Island Spit,
Cape Point,
South Beach,
Hatteras Spit,
North Ocracoke
and South
Ocracoke.This is an
article by
Sandy Semans,
editor Outer
Banks Sentinel.
01/27/top_stories/tops339.txt
February
27,
2009
The 29-member
negotiated
rulemaking
committee,
appointed to
help the
National Park
Service write a
long-term rule
on off-road
vehicles on the
Cape Hatteras
National
Seashore, ended
its work on
Thursday, Feb.
26...
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AND
ARCHIVES - DROP
MENU:
WHAT
WOULD
YOU
THINK
IF
THERE
WERE
NOFISHING,
NOSURFING,
and
NO
OFF
ROAD
(ORV)
PERMITTED
ON
THE
MOST
VISITED
PARTS
OF
HATTERAS,
OCRACOKE,
OREGON
INLET,
CAPE
POINT, &
OTHERS!
June
22,
2008
-
Once
again
it
is
unconscionable
that
a
paper
such
as
the
Va.
Pilot
advocate
that
the
citizens
of
the
United
States
abdicate
their
1st
Amendment
right
to
petition
their
elected
officials
for
a
redress
of a
wrong
but
instead
place
their
faith
in a
judge
...
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"On
behalf
of
the
business
people,
visitors
and
residents
of
Dare
County,
I
sincerely
thank
Senators
Dole
and
Burr
and
U.S.
Representative
Jones
for
introducing
legislation
that
would
reinstate
the
Interim
Management
Strategy
governing
access
to
the
beaches
at
Cape
Hatteras
National
Seashore,"
commented
Dare
County
Board
of
Commissioners
Chairman
Warren
Judge
when
informed
of
the
legislation
that
was
introduced
Wednesday.
Island
Free
Press
-
Beach
Access
Coverage
Irene
Nolan
WHO THE SAVE
HATTERAS
FOUNDATION
SUPPORTS:
Outer
Banks
Preservation
Association
-
CHAPA www.obpa.org
