NPS establishes pre-nesting areas for shorebird breeding season The National Park Service has begun establishing its 2012 pre-nesting areas for shorebirds, as is required under the final off-road vehicle management plan and special regulation, which became effective on Feb. 15. Pre-nesting areas for piping plovers, American oystercatchers, and Wilson’s plovers were installed by March 15.  […]

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Four years ago, three environmental activist organizations — the Southern Environmental Law Center, the Audubon Society, and Defenders of Wildlife — sued the National Park Service and convinced a federal judge to sign a consent decree that converted the most popular and frequented sections of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area into mile after […]

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UPDATE: St. Johns congregation will worship in its renovated building On May 27 The St. Johns United Methodist Church congregation in Avon will return to the church building on McMullen Road on Memorial Day weekend after 15 weeks of holding worship services in the Avon Fire Station. There is still work to be done, reports […]

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BY CATHERINE KOZAK If the state Department of Transportation wants to build a replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, then it’s going to have to give up its land at the old lifesaving station on the northern end of Hatteras, figure out how to prevent bird strikes on the span, and design a model […]

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“Sometimes, in the quiet before dawn, you might hear them creaking and stretching and groaning as they rouse to the sunrise. In the twilight calm after a stormy day, they settle and sigh. In the magic between midnight and morning, they are gently vigilant and perhaps whisper to each other, ‘remember when…?’ “They are the […]

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The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust will begin work this spring on a natural shoreline restoration project, known as a “Living Shoreline,” at its popular nature preserve on Ocracoke Island. “Springer’s Point is an ecological and cultural gem for locals and visitors alike,” said Lee Leidy, attorney and Northeast Region Director of the North Carolina […]

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The skipjack Wilma Lee, a restored 47-foot, 20-ton, sloop-rigged, centerboard sailboat will soon become a new educational and cultural attraction on Ocracoke Island. The 70-year-old boat has been donated to the non-profit organization Ocracoke Alive Inc, which is dedicated to promoting arts and culture on the island. The skipjack Wilma Lee, a restored 47-foot, 20-ton, […]

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Unimaginative meteorologists called it “The Great Atlantic Coast Storm of 1962.” The late Aycock Brown, though, was a more lyrical sort. As the longtime publicist for Dare County, Brown had a flair for turning a phrase. He was also a religious man. Brown looked at the calendar and noted that the great storm had hit […]

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The weather has been relatively mild, with the occasional, moderate spring cold front moving through every two or three days. However, the prettier weather has prevailed, and this has led to some good fishing to start the 2012 spring season. Anglers are always asking when the best time is in the spring to fish on […]

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