The first thing you need to know about this summer’s beach access on the seashore is that there will be beaches open to ORVs. However, there will be some stretches of beach closed to both ORVs and pedestrians until the end of the nesting season – about August for birds and later in the fall […]
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Going To A (TEA) Party
Several dozen Hatteras islanders went to a party on Wednesday, April 15, at the new county office building in Frisco. The lunchtime gathering was a TEA party – as in Taxed Enough Already. It was scheduled for April 15, also known as Tax Day, and was, of course, a symbolic reference to the historic Boston […]
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Killing Fish for Fun Instead of Food
I hope all of you will read Susan West?s article on the Fishing Page about the bill recently introduced into the North Carolina General Assembly to give coastal gamefish status to red drum and spotted sea trout, also known as speckled trout. West writes: Red drum and spotted sea trout would be off-limits to commercial […]
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Waitin’ On A Woman
The Academy of Country Music this week announced that its Video of the Year award has gone to country music superstar Brad Paisley for “Waitin’ on a Woman,” featuring the iconic actor Andy Griffith, 82, who is a superstar on the Outer Banks. That news came just before the 44th annual Academy of Country Music […]
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The Final Word On Reg-Neg?
The National Park Service has released the final report of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Off-Road Vehicle Management for Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The committee disbanded in late February without reaching its goal of consensus. The report was compiled and prepared by the Reg-Neg committee facilitators – Patrick Field and Ona Ferguson of the […]
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Crime And Punishment
It’s fair to say that the consent decree is despised by almost everyone on Hatteras and Ocracoke, almost everyone on the Outer Banks, and most of the park’s regular visitors. And nothing in the consent decree is more despised than the part that requires punitive action when resource closure areas are intentionally vandalized. For anyone […]
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Who Is Representing The People? – Part 2
The environmental caucus has submitted its response to the process of negotiated rulemaking and suggestions to Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials on off-road vehicle rulemaking. It was prepared and submitted by Walker Golder, Audubon North Carolina; Sidney Maddock, National Audubon Society and Golder’s alternate on the committee; Jason Rylander, Defenders of Wildlife; Derb Carter, Southern […]
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Who Is Representing The People?
Sixteen members of the beach access caucus, the members of the negotiated rulemaking committee who advocate for off-road vehicle access to the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, have handed Superintendent Mike Murray their blueprint for an ORV rule. The 77-page document is entitled “Addendum to the Final Report of the Proceedings of the […]
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First Time For Everything
This is my first blog. That’s one of the changes to The Island Free Press. The other is an overhaul of the category pages. I’ll tell you about each in what is my first attempt at blogging. First, I’??ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out what a blog is. According to Wikipedia: […]
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