By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The public comment period on the National Park Service’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (DEIS) opened today and will remain open until May 11. The Park Service released the DEIS to the public last Friday, but the public comment period […]
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Finally, after a very long wait, the Park Service has made public its Draft Environmental Impact statement and preferred alternative for managing off-road vehicles on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. How long the wait has been depends on when you start counting ? and how good your memory is after all these years. The seashore […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service preferred alternative for managing off-road vehicle access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore was released to the public today. The preferred alternative is part of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement that the Park Service is required to prepare under the National Environmental Policy Act. According […]
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The long wait to see what access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches might be like in the future is apparently almost over. The National Park Service?s notice that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and preferred alternative for off-road vehicle use at the seashore are available to the public could be published in the […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN In a letter sent this week, Marc Basnight, the powerful President pro Tempore of the state Senate and a Manteo Democrat, urged President Barack Obama to end the ‘bureaucratic” standstill” that has stalled the replacement of the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet. He called the delay […]
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It may still feel cold here. High and low temperatures are still below average and have been since about Christmas. However, there are signs that spring is on the way. The daffodils are sprouting in island gardens. Mourning doves are courting. Businesses are starting to get ready for the upcoming season. And the National Park […]
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Has the Park Service dropped the ball again on ORV rulemaking? We are literally on the eve of having the Park Service unveil its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and preferred alternative for ORV regulation on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Seashore superintendent Mike Murray says he expects the Notice of Availability of the DEIS […]
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It was a girl, and then another girl! Two Hatteras babies born in latest coastal storm By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The latest in a never-ending series of coastal storms that have brought rain, high winds, and ocean and soundside flooding to Hatteras and Ocracoke since November brought more misery and […]
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A few weeks ago, Jim Keene, president of the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association, sent me an e-mail after there was some discussion on local blogs about the Cape Hatteras National Seashore?s 1978 draft management plan to regulate off-road vehicles. Attached was a January, 1979, newsletter from the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA). Keene […]
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Two meteorologists from The National Weather Service in Newport came to Hatteras on Tuesday, Jan. 26, with a message for us. They want to hear from us to help them improve their coastal flooding forecasts, especially for soundside flooding. And there may be an opportunity this weekend for us to help them out. Meteorologists Brian […]
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