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A public beach that's closed to the public is like having a wildlife refuge but not allowing any animals.
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Re: Help us get the beach open!
It has gotten to that point: A message to Audubon form Hatteras.
If the beaches at Cape Point and Hatteras Inlet are shut down year round it will cause an economic collapse of Hatteras Island. We have already suffered greatly in the loss of our most popular beaches in the spring and summer. The very reason most of us live here is out of our love of these locations. Cape Point in the summer is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. The Gulf Stream and Labrador Currents meet sending beautiful waves headlong into each other creating a series of islands and rivers ever changing in shape but always majestic. The Point and Inlet are the reason many visitors come to the island and have now stopped due to the beach closures. Cape Point being closed in the fall months will destroy our poor economy even more. The bird people do not care how much they have hurt us and sacrifice nothing themselves. People have lived on Hatteras Island year round for over 1,500 years going back to the earliest Croatoan Indians. Therefore, the presents of people on these beaches have been constant for that long making people a part of the ego system. People, raccoons, foxes, minks, otters, and geese have all been frequenting Cape Point for over a thousand years. It is not just our home but our homeland. Today, all of the indigenous animals I just listed are being systematically murdered by the Park Service with devices such as leg traps, poison gas and shot guns so that this non-indigenous bird has a better chance. How can a bird that is neither endangered nor indigenous to the island be granted soul domain over such vast stretches of our most popular beaches by people who do not live here and are not affected by the decision? How can they coldly sit back and ignore what they have done to the people of Hatteras and Ocracoke?
The Audubon Society has done a good job NEVER mentioning the killings of all the other animals on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands that has gone on as a result of their bird obsession. They never mention how people were banned from even walking down the beach or how much it killed the island’s economy. Instead, they have spun it into a beach driving issue and will not even hold meetings on Hatteras or Ocracoke Islands anymore. They don’t want to look the people in the eyes whose lives they have crushed and certainly don’t want to hear from us.
The basis for the closures is unscientific, not subject to peer review and highly inaccurate. An executive order going back to President Nixon asked that the Park Service provide a plan for ORV traffic on the beaches, which in over 40 years the Park Service never did. Due to this negligence on the behalf of the Park Service (who stole most of the land from private property owners with emanate domain in the first place) our beaches were shut down, our animals murdered and our economy devastated until they came up with a plan…which they still haven’t. A judge cannot create a law they can only interoperate the law. It was only recently that this new and obscure interpretation of an executive order which is not a law by a judge, who has had many decisions over turned for being unconstitutional, brought on all the problems. A consent decree was drawn up to close the beaches and our county commissioners were intimidated into signing it under threat of having all the beaches closed year round which Audubon is now still pushing for. They could not have closed the beaches without a legislative body to sign onto it and our commissioners dropped the ball and they know it. The best thing they can do now is admit they were wrong to sign the decree and make it a 24/7 objective to rid our beaches of such organizations that seek to destroy our lives, kill our animals and rob us of our liberties with their pseudoscience, lobbyist money and complete disregard and disrespect of the people of the Outer Banks as well as those who frequent here. It is time for the county to step up and fight, to right what is wrong and what they unwittingly had a hand in. Get the facts together, hire good lawyers and fight back or be scorned for cowardly puppies and go to your graves knowing you helped rape the island and hand it over to the birds and did nothing to correct it.
If the county needs to know exactly how many foxes and otters were murdered as a result of the beach closure I am sure the local newspapers can help dig that information up. If you want to get good figures on how bad it hurt the economy go talk to the local businesses. Whatever it is that is needed to build a case to open the beaches I am sure the public will help but we need leaders. As representatives of the county you are our community leaders. I beg of you to work with the people, be leaders and do your jobs for if we lose these beaches year round we have lost all. It is time to get focused, come together and fight back. Signs and bumper stickers are fine but like a leaking canoe they only go so far. We need lawyers, we need the truth to come out but most of all we need leaders. It has gotten to that point.
Scott Dawson, Buxton
If the beaches at Cape Point and Hatteras Inlet are shut down year round it will cause an economic collapse of Hatteras Island. We have already suffered greatly in the loss of our most popular beaches in the spring and summer. The very reason most of us live here is out of our love of these locations. Cape Point in the summer is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. The Gulf Stream and Labrador Currents meet sending beautiful waves headlong into each other creating a series of islands and rivers ever changing in shape but always majestic. The Point and Inlet are the reason many visitors come to the island and have now stopped due to the beach closures. Cape Point being closed in the fall months will destroy our poor economy even more. The bird people do not care how much they have hurt us and sacrifice nothing themselves. People have lived on Hatteras Island year round for over 1,500 years going back to the earliest Croatoan Indians. Therefore, the presents of people on these beaches have been constant for that long making people a part of the ego system. People, raccoons, foxes, minks, otters, and geese have all been frequenting Cape Point for over a thousand years. It is not just our home but our homeland. Today, all of the indigenous animals I just listed are being systematically murdered by the Park Service with devices such as leg traps, poison gas and shot guns so that this non-indigenous bird has a better chance. How can a bird that is neither endangered nor indigenous to the island be granted soul domain over such vast stretches of our most popular beaches by people who do not live here and are not affected by the decision? How can they coldly sit back and ignore what they have done to the people of Hatteras and Ocracoke?
The Audubon Society has done a good job NEVER mentioning the killings of all the other animals on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands that has gone on as a result of their bird obsession. They never mention how people were banned from even walking down the beach or how much it killed the island’s economy. Instead, they have spun it into a beach driving issue and will not even hold meetings on Hatteras or Ocracoke Islands anymore. They don’t want to look the people in the eyes whose lives they have crushed and certainly don’t want to hear from us.
The basis for the closures is unscientific, not subject to peer review and highly inaccurate. An executive order going back to President Nixon asked that the Park Service provide a plan for ORV traffic on the beaches, which in over 40 years the Park Service never did. Due to this negligence on the behalf of the Park Service (who stole most of the land from private property owners with emanate domain in the first place) our beaches were shut down, our animals murdered and our economy devastated until they came up with a plan…which they still haven’t. A judge cannot create a law they can only interoperate the law. It was only recently that this new and obscure interpretation of an executive order which is not a law by a judge, who has had many decisions over turned for being unconstitutional, brought on all the problems. A consent decree was drawn up to close the beaches and our county commissioners were intimidated into signing it under threat of having all the beaches closed year round which Audubon is now still pushing for. They could not have closed the beaches without a legislative body to sign onto it and our commissioners dropped the ball and they know it. The best thing they can do now is admit they were wrong to sign the decree and make it a 24/7 objective to rid our beaches of such organizations that seek to destroy our lives, kill our animals and rob us of our liberties with their pseudoscience, lobbyist money and complete disregard and disrespect of the people of the Outer Banks as well as those who frequent here. It is time for the county to step up and fight, to right what is wrong and what they unwittingly had a hand in. Get the facts together, hire good lawyers and fight back or be scorned for cowardly puppies and go to your graves knowing you helped rape the island and hand it over to the birds and did nothing to correct it.
If the county needs to know exactly how many foxes and otters were murdered as a result of the beach closure I am sure the local newspapers can help dig that information up. If you want to get good figures on how bad it hurt the economy go talk to the local businesses. Whatever it is that is needed to build a case to open the beaches I am sure the public will help but we need leaders. As representatives of the county you are our community leaders. I beg of you to work with the people, be leaders and do your jobs for if we lose these beaches year round we have lost all. It is time to get focused, come together and fight back. Signs and bumper stickers are fine but like a leaking canoe they only go so far. We need lawyers, we need the truth to come out but most of all we need leaders. It has gotten to that point.
Scott Dawson, Buxton
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UPDATE ON SECOND DC TRIP
There is good reason to believe all the beaches will be reopened on the Outer Banks. I was in the senate Wednesday - Saturday lobbying to pass S1557 to re-open our beaches. Last year the same type of bill failed largely because of party politics. Unfortunately in congress it is quite common for many bills to sink without even being read simply because the parties vote based on heuristics. This time around things are different. For starters, it is now a bipartisan bill thanks to Senators Hagan and Burr cosponsoring the legislation. Also many assumptions about the beach closure situation have been cleared up by meeting face to face with the senators and or their legislative assistants and explaining what is really happening. It was all a matter of sitting down, showing the pictures, statistics, and testimonials one at a time with each member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
My friend Jon and I had spent several weeks filming Islanders and visitors to collect their stories on DVD. These hand delivered to the congressmen. Also because of organizers like Steve Nelson, and Lyn Murry, my own family, and organizations like the OBPA, etc there was a well planned collective effort to get the senate's attention. People were calling the needed committee members all day for two work days. I can't tell you the gratifying feeling I had when I stepped into an office and as soon as I utter the bill number or where I was from the clerk already knew exactly what I was talking about and were more willing to help bump me up the ladder of officials to the senator. Stating our case in person was absolutely crucial.
The Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law center intentionally framed the issue in a misleading way. They created a false paradigm between nature and off road vehicles, acting like all they were doing was limiting driving on a beach and also letting people assume they were protecting an endangered species. They used pictures of baby turtles and crowded beaches, and straight up lied saying that there would be no economic impact. They used little more than correlation studies about bird populations from year to year, ignoring so many variables such as storms, and tried to pass it off as cause and effect science. Everything they did was based on deception and an anti-human ideology. In reality, it's never been about the birds or ORVs. They never mention that the beaches are closed to the public entirely, ORV or not, and that you cannot even walk on the beach. They also leave out the fact that the 38 year old Executive Order issued by a president who was impeached, spoke of managing ORV use not banning it outright, much less closing down the whole park to everyone.
The Cape Hatteras Recreational Sea Shore was created by congressional law. It's primary purpose is for recreation. When it was created, 3 different environmental study acts had already been conducted to determine that adjacent lands such as Pea Island were sufficient for wild life. The Park would have wild life as well but not at the cost of recreation. What's the point of a Recreational Park without any recreation? That's as ridiculous as having a Wildlife refuge that bans animals. It really doesn't matter what kind of birds were found in the Park, because it is not a Wildlife refuge.
There is a reason laws are made by elected bodies. It's so that bad decisions can be held accountable and law makers can be voted out. It allows the public to have representation. Laws are never to be decreed by a judge or even the president like a king. Executive Orders can only guide how laws already passed by the legislative branch are enforced. They cannot refuse to enforce them or worse yet, go directly against them. The Judge's decree goes directly against congressional law by stealing lands set aside for recreation as promised by the federal government and turning them into a de-facto Wildlife preserve without any say from the people who live there or elected officials. Well almost... The only thing that made it even legal, albeit asinine, was the county government signing their consent to the judge's decree. By involving a legislative body, the judge could then legally close the beaches. This was a huge mistake by our local government. And though they have been fighting tooth and nail to reopen the beach, they've yet to own up to their mistake, excusing themselves instead by claiming that it was a lose/lose situation. It wasn't. Without their consent, the judge had no power to close the beaches because it's simply not in the judicial branch's powers granted by the constitution. This is important to know so that after the beaches are reopened that they never do this again and never sign their consent to something they know is wrong regardless of what imaginary threats they fear. Sure maybe their legal council gave them bad advice. But it wasn't really something one should have to ask about. Being in government or even just passing 9th grade should have been enough to know that the judicial branch doesn't make laws.
More over the criminals are not being punished. It was the NPS that was sued for not coming up with a plan to manage ORVs, and yet they are not the ones punished. They are rewarded hundreds of thousand dollars a season to police the beach. The people are punished for what the Park Service didn't do. This whole case is backwards. It is commonsense that you can't close a beach on an Island without a complete economic disaster, and yet where were the economic studies to determine what obvious negative effects this decision would have on the Human population? Also we can see in other areas where this game has already been played and it ends with the Park Service creating a beach that they can profit from by forcing you to purchase from them permits and parking passes. That's the last thing I want when I go to my beach , is the government standing out their saying "papers please."
This isn't just a North Carolina issue, it's happening everywhere. More over it is America's park. It's a national park. And it is the oldest one. So what we have here is the federal government allowing its promises to be broken, a federal law being overturned by a judge, not for constitutional reasons but for a an interest group, a park service that doesn't service the park but polices it and shoots animals, and a bird that nests on top of stores being used as a pretext devastate people's lives and cost tens of millions in lost revenue. Once open, the Island should not slip back into being comfortable. We have to keep it open. And we should go on the offense and sue for our losses the past two years.
Republican senators are behind us, and on the side of the Democrats all but one that I met with was promising. Hagan is on board already, then senators Bayh, Menendez, (Mark) Udall, and Shaheen were all very receptive. And Landrieu's legislative assistant said he didn't see a problem with the senator singing a bipartisan bill like ours. Before the trip, in the committee, it was 11 to 13, now with just those votes it could 15 to 10 making us the majority. And once it goes to the floor we can add Hagan's vote as well which makes us start with at least 16 or more votes that we need. Usually the floor will vote however the committee votes. What we have happening here though it this; Our bill along with similar access bills are being lumped together as one bill. My fear is that those willing to vote for our bill could still reject it if they have a problem with any of the other bills.
However after talking to Shaheen's people, they also confirmed a plan like this with a likely vote in the Spring, however they were confident of the whole package passing. Yes the NPS plans on closing the park in March, however it's a small last price to pay. We can still peacefully rebel against this act. However I am 90% sure we will pass our bill before summer and have open beaches again. The only thing that can screw this up now is for someone to go out and do something really stupid. We cannot have any behavior like that. This also doesn't mean we can rest and get slack. Stay positive, and stay active. Continue to call to push for our bill. Be polite and short. They won't pass on a long message. And I know I called out the county, but they ARE working for us the best they can (on this issue maybe not the bridge, road, or beach erosion) but honestly they didn't do this on purpose. Criticism is constructive. Work with them, but don't rely on them. Do things for yourself. That's the American way.
-Ryan
PS I spent my own time and money, left by wife and baby, and put in a lot of sleepless nights of research and preparation. So if any jack ass wants to dis on me and what I am doing, I say this: the gym is open, come get a free beat down, because I'm sick of the in fighting bull. We're winning the Audubon can put that in their piper and smoke it.
There is good reason to believe all the beaches will be reopened on the Outer Banks. I was in the senate Wednesday - Saturday lobbying to pass S1557 to re-open our beaches. Last year the same type of bill failed largely because of party politics. Unfortunately in congress it is quite common for many bills to sink without even being read simply because the parties vote based on heuristics. This time around things are different. For starters, it is now a bipartisan bill thanks to Senators Hagan and Burr cosponsoring the legislation. Also many assumptions about the beach closure situation have been cleared up by meeting face to face with the senators and or their legislative assistants and explaining what is really happening. It was all a matter of sitting down, showing the pictures, statistics, and testimonials one at a time with each member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
My friend Jon and I had spent several weeks filming Islanders and visitors to collect their stories on DVD. These hand delivered to the congressmen. Also because of organizers like Steve Nelson, and Lyn Murry, my own family, and organizations like the OBPA, etc there was a well planned collective effort to get the senate's attention. People were calling the needed committee members all day for two work days. I can't tell you the gratifying feeling I had when I stepped into an office and as soon as I utter the bill number or where I was from the clerk already knew exactly what I was talking about and were more willing to help bump me up the ladder of officials to the senator. Stating our case in person was absolutely crucial.
The Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law center intentionally framed the issue in a misleading way. They created a false paradigm between nature and off road vehicles, acting like all they were doing was limiting driving on a beach and also letting people assume they were protecting an endangered species. They used pictures of baby turtles and crowded beaches, and straight up lied saying that there would be no economic impact. They used little more than correlation studies about bird populations from year to year, ignoring so many variables such as storms, and tried to pass it off as cause and effect science. Everything they did was based on deception and an anti-human ideology. In reality, it's never been about the birds or ORVs. They never mention that the beaches are closed to the public entirely, ORV or not, and that you cannot even walk on the beach. They also leave out the fact that the 38 year old Executive Order issued by a president who was impeached, spoke of managing ORV use not banning it outright, much less closing down the whole park to everyone.
The Cape Hatteras Recreational Sea Shore was created by congressional law. It's primary purpose is for recreation. When it was created, 3 different environmental study acts had already been conducted to determine that adjacent lands such as Pea Island were sufficient for wild life. The Park would have wild life as well but not at the cost of recreation. What's the point of a Recreational Park without any recreation? That's as ridiculous as having a Wildlife refuge that bans animals. It really doesn't matter what kind of birds were found in the Park, because it is not a Wildlife refuge.
There is a reason laws are made by elected bodies. It's so that bad decisions can be held accountable and law makers can be voted out. It allows the public to have representation. Laws are never to be decreed by a judge or even the president like a king. Executive Orders can only guide how laws already passed by the legislative branch are enforced. They cannot refuse to enforce them or worse yet, go directly against them. The Judge's decree goes directly against congressional law by stealing lands set aside for recreation as promised by the federal government and turning them into a de-facto Wildlife preserve without any say from the people who live there or elected officials. Well almost... The only thing that made it even legal, albeit asinine, was the county government signing their consent to the judge's decree. By involving a legislative body, the judge could then legally close the beaches. This was a huge mistake by our local government. And though they have been fighting tooth and nail to reopen the beach, they've yet to own up to their mistake, excusing themselves instead by claiming that it was a lose/lose situation. It wasn't. Without their consent, the judge had no power to close the beaches because it's simply not in the judicial branch's powers granted by the constitution. This is important to know so that after the beaches are reopened that they never do this again and never sign their consent to something they know is wrong regardless of what imaginary threats they fear. Sure maybe their legal council gave them bad advice. But it wasn't really something one should have to ask about. Being in government or even just passing 9th grade should have been enough to know that the judicial branch doesn't make laws.
More over the criminals are not being punished. It was the NPS that was sued for not coming up with a plan to manage ORVs, and yet they are not the ones punished. They are rewarded hundreds of thousand dollars a season to police the beach. The people are punished for what the Park Service didn't do. This whole case is backwards. It is commonsense that you can't close a beach on an Island without a complete economic disaster, and yet where were the economic studies to determine what obvious negative effects this decision would have on the Human population? Also we can see in other areas where this game has already been played and it ends with the Park Service creating a beach that they can profit from by forcing you to purchase from them permits and parking passes. That's the last thing I want when I go to my beach , is the government standing out their saying "papers please."
This isn't just a North Carolina issue, it's happening everywhere. More over it is America's park. It's a national park. And it is the oldest one. So what we have here is the federal government allowing its promises to be broken, a federal law being overturned by a judge, not for constitutional reasons but for a an interest group, a park service that doesn't service the park but polices it and shoots animals, and a bird that nests on top of stores being used as a pretext devastate people's lives and cost tens of millions in lost revenue. Once open, the Island should not slip back into being comfortable. We have to keep it open. And we should go on the offense and sue for our losses the past two years.
Republican senators are behind us, and on the side of the Democrats all but one that I met with was promising. Hagan is on board already, then senators Bayh, Menendez, (Mark) Udall, and Shaheen were all very receptive. And Landrieu's legislative assistant said he didn't see a problem with the senator singing a bipartisan bill like ours. Before the trip, in the committee, it was 11 to 13, now with just those votes it could 15 to 10 making us the majority. And once it goes to the floor we can add Hagan's vote as well which makes us start with at least 16 or more votes that we need. Usually the floor will vote however the committee votes. What we have happening here though it this; Our bill along with similar access bills are being lumped together as one bill. My fear is that those willing to vote for our bill could still reject it if they have a problem with any of the other bills.
However after talking to Shaheen's people, they also confirmed a plan like this with a likely vote in the Spring, however they were confident of the whole package passing. Yes the NPS plans on closing the park in March, however it's a small last price to pay. We can still peacefully rebel against this act. However I am 90% sure we will pass our bill before summer and have open beaches again. The only thing that can screw this up now is for someone to go out and do something really stupid. We cannot have any behavior like that. This also doesn't mean we can rest and get slack. Stay positive, and stay active. Continue to call to push for our bill. Be polite and short. They won't pass on a long message. And I know I called out the county, but they ARE working for us the best they can (on this issue maybe not the bridge, road, or beach erosion) but honestly they didn't do this on purpose. Criticism is constructive. Work with them, but don't rely on them. Do things for yourself. That's the American way.
-Ryan
PS I spent my own time and money, left by wife and baby, and put in a lot of sleepless nights of research and preparation. So if any jack ass wants to dis on me and what I am doing, I say this: the gym is open, come get a free beat down, because I'm sick of the in fighting bull. We're winning the Audubon can put that in their piper and smoke it.
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Re: Help us get the beach open!
OK the local government's official excuse is the fear that the judge would close down all the beaches if they didn't sign to allow him to closed down all the beaches for the entire tourist season.
The "reasoning" behind this is that the NPS broke the law by not coming up with a management plan for Off Road Vehicles which was asked of them in an executive order from 38 years ago.
So as punishment the judge would shut down all of the parks??
But see the Park was created for the purpose of recreational use by Congressional law. It existed open to the public for 40 years before the executive order and 38 years after the order was ignored. The order is about managing ORV use not banning it outright much less banning the entire public, foot traffic and all. At most, they could justify banning ORVs until there was a plan for ORVs, but there is no justification what so ever to ban pedestrians over an order about ORVs.
Shutting it down is breaking the law. If a park manager doesn't adiquitly scoop up dog poop in central park, you don't punish the public by shutting down the park. You punish the park manager for not doing his job. You fine them, replace them, or figure out a punishment. You don't get to change the law when someone breaks the law. You don't get to shut down a highway if someone speeds on it. You punish the speeder, you don't close the road.
A judge determines weather or not people break laws made by legislative branches. They do not get to overturn laws or create brand new ones. The only way a law can be over turned is if it is ruled unconstitutional. Closing a park created and open by law, because of some group breaking a non-law (an executive order) is wrong. That is why the judge had to have consent for his decree from a legislative body.
Our park is not unconstitutional. However allowing a judge to shut it down is. You can't just comb through the past 40 years trying to find a mistake the NPS made so that you can shut down a park. The NPS is who is breaking the order. But they are not punished for it, the public is. The NPS is rewarded for it. They've been paid more to police the closures.
The "reasoning" behind this is that the NPS broke the law by not coming up with a management plan for Off Road Vehicles which was asked of them in an executive order from 38 years ago.
So as punishment the judge would shut down all of the parks??
But see the Park was created for the purpose of recreational use by Congressional law. It existed open to the public for 40 years before the executive order and 38 years after the order was ignored. The order is about managing ORV use not banning it outright much less banning the entire public, foot traffic and all. At most, they could justify banning ORVs until there was a plan for ORVs, but there is no justification what so ever to ban pedestrians over an order about ORVs.
Shutting it down is breaking the law. If a park manager doesn't adiquitly scoop up dog poop in central park, you don't punish the public by shutting down the park. You punish the park manager for not doing his job. You fine them, replace them, or figure out a punishment. You don't get to change the law when someone breaks the law. You don't get to shut down a highway if someone speeds on it. You punish the speeder, you don't close the road.
A judge determines weather or not people break laws made by legislative branches. They do not get to overturn laws or create brand new ones. The only way a law can be over turned is if it is ruled unconstitutional. Closing a park created and open by law, because of some group breaking a non-law (an executive order) is wrong. That is why the judge had to have consent for his decree from a legislative body.
Our park is not unconstitutional. However allowing a judge to shut it down is. You can't just comb through the past 40 years trying to find a mistake the NPS made so that you can shut down a park. The NPS is who is breaking the order. But they are not punished for it, the public is. The NPS is rewarded for it. They've been paid more to police the closures.
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Saw you by the road but a boy was there that gets on my nerves so I just honked and went by.
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National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: March 24, 2010
CONTACT: 252-473-2111 ext. 148
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Announces Schedule of Public Meetings on
Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Today Superintendent Mike Murray announced the following public meeting
schedule to provide opportunities for public comment on the draft
environmental impact statement/Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan for Cape
Hatteras National Seashore. The Plan/EIS will guide the management of ORV
use at America’s first national seashore for the next 10 to 15 years.
Concurrent with the development of the Plan/EIS, the National Park Service
(NPS) is also developing an ORV regulation for the Seashore.
The public meetings for the Draft EIS/Plan will be held at five locations
as described below. The meetings will follow a hearing-style format, which
includes a brief presentation, with time allotted for public comments.
Court reporters will record the public comments. Copies of the DEIS will
be available at each meeting.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
Monday, April 26, 2010 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Ocracoke School, 1 Schoolhouse Road, Ocracoke, NC 27960
(Doors open at 8:30 am for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 9:00 am)
Buxton, North Carolina
Monday, April 26, 2010 – 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Cape Hatteras Secondary School, 48576 Hwy. 12, Buxton, NC 27920
(Doors open at 4:30 pm for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 5:00 pm)
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wright Brothers National Memorial First Flight Centennial Pavilion, 1000
Croatan Hwy., M.P. 7 ½, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 (Doors open at 5:30
pm for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 6:00 pm)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
McKimmon Conference & Training Center (NC State University Campus), 1101
Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27695 (Doors open at 5:30 pm for sign-in, the
meeting will begin at 6:00 pm)
Hampton, VA
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 1815 West Mercury Boulevard, Hampton, VA
23666
(Doors open at 5:30 pm for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 6:00 pm)
“I greatly appreciate the level of interest in the ORV management issue and
encourage the public’s continued involvement as we proceed with development
of the ORV management plan.” More information about the ORV management
planning is available and posted on the park planning website at:
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/caha.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: March 24, 2010
CONTACT: 252-473-2111 ext. 148
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Announces Schedule of Public Meetings on
Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Today Superintendent Mike Murray announced the following public meeting
schedule to provide opportunities for public comment on the draft
environmental impact statement/Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan for Cape
Hatteras National Seashore. The Plan/EIS will guide the management of ORV
use at America’s first national seashore for the next 10 to 15 years.
Concurrent with the development of the Plan/EIS, the National Park Service
(NPS) is also developing an ORV regulation for the Seashore.
The public meetings for the Draft EIS/Plan will be held at five locations
as described below. The meetings will follow a hearing-style format, which
includes a brief presentation, with time allotted for public comments.
Court reporters will record the public comments. Copies of the DEIS will
be available at each meeting.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
Monday, April 26, 2010 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Ocracoke School, 1 Schoolhouse Road, Ocracoke, NC 27960
(Doors open at 8:30 am for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 9:00 am)
Buxton, North Carolina
Monday, April 26, 2010 – 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Cape Hatteras Secondary School, 48576 Hwy. 12, Buxton, NC 27920
(Doors open at 4:30 pm for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 5:00 pm)
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wright Brothers National Memorial First Flight Centennial Pavilion, 1000
Croatan Hwy., M.P. 7 ½, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 (Doors open at 5:30
pm for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 6:00 pm)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
McKimmon Conference & Training Center (NC State University Campus), 1101
Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27695 (Doors open at 5:30 pm for sign-in, the
meeting will begin at 6:00 pm)
Hampton, VA
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 1815 West Mercury Boulevard, Hampton, VA
23666
(Doors open at 5:30 pm for sign-in, the meeting will begin at 6:00 pm)
“I greatly appreciate the level of interest in the ORV management issue and
encourage the public’s continued involvement as we proceed with development
of the ORV management plan.” More information about the ORV management
planning is available and posted on the park planning website at:
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/caha.
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