Cape Hatteras National Seashore Dispute Places Birds, Turtles, and Humans on Small Strip of Sand
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A diminutive shorebird and a string of villages both dependent on the same necklace of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina are being pinched in a precarious setting that demonstrates the folly of trying to control nature.