Should the off-road vehicle regs at Cape Hatteras National Seashore be tweaked?/Kurt Repanshek
As directed by Congress, Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials are looking at changes to how they manage off-road vehicles on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. And in the coming weeks the public will have a chance to bring its thoughts to the table as to how the management plan might be tweaked.
Specifically, seashore officials are looking at the morning opening of beaches, whether to extend the length of fall and spring seasonal ORV routes, and modifying the size and location of vehicle free areas.
Public scoping will help inform the development of alternatives that will be analyzed in an Environmental Assessment. The EA will be prepared in response to the Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2015 pertaining to the deashore’s ORV plan.
The five public meetings are:
* August 5, 5:30 p.m.– 7:30 p.m. – Ocracoke School, 1 Schoolhouse Road Ocracoke Island, NC 27960
* August 6, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. – McKimmon Conference & Training Center, 1101 Gorman Street, NC State University Campus, Raleigh, NC 27695
* August 10, 6 p.m.– 8 p.m. –Cape Hatteras Secondary School, 48576 Hwy 12, Buxton, NC 27920
* August 11, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. – Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
* August 12, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Embassy Suites Hampton Inn, 1700 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA 23666
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We were there this spring for several weeks. Wildlife--seabirds, plovers, sea turtle, etc.-- cannot thrive when their nesting habitat is being reduced and destroyed.
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