Access groups lose second effort to stop critical habitat for piping plovers By IRENE NOLAN

By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A federal judge in Washington, D.C., yesterday denied a motion by the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) to block the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest attempt to declare parts of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore critical habitat for wintering piping plovers. U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth […]

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NCDOT reports historic number of comments on Bonner Bridge Replacement

By IRENE NOLAN A historic number of citizens – more than 3,800 people – sent comments regarding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge replacement project to the N.C. Department of Transportation during the public comment period that ended Aug. 9. About 95 percent of those comments favor replacing the 48-year-old bridge immediately with the short bridge […]

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Hatteras islanders have a stake in occupancy tax increase to fund beach nourishment

While Hatteras Island residents and visitors have been preoccupied this year with public hearings on ORV rulemaking and the Bonner Bridge replacement, folks on the northern beaches of Dare County have been having a robust debate about beach nourishment. Specifically, they have been debating the pros and cons of a proposed 1 percent increase in […]

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