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... more

July 31, 2008 A Dare County official urged a Senate subcommittee Wednesday to pass legislation setting aside a legal agreement on beach driving in Cape Hatteras National Seashore that he says has limited public access and hurt tourism and the Outer Banks heritage. Warren Judge, chairman of Dare County Board of  ...  More....     

 

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WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF THERE WERE NO FISHING, NO SURFING, 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 ... Read More

"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.                                

                 

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