Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Mike Murray is the most accessible park leader that I have covered in 18 years of reporting news on Hatteras and Ocracoke. You may agree with the actions he takes or the direction in which he takes the seashore ? or you may not. Some think Murray is held hostage […]
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More ramp closures put the big squeeze on Hatteras beaches
June 2, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 18
Fewer than 10 miles of beach on Hatteras Island are now open to off-road vehicles. That?s fewer than 10 miles on the island?s more than 50 miles of shoreline. And much of the beach that is closed to ORVs is also closed to pedestrians. These are resource closures ? areas that are closed to protect […]
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More on the Memorial Day weekend
May 29, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 33
After I posted my May 26 report on the Memorial Day weekend, I got comments ? online and in conversations — that are worth noting. Several of the folks who commented agreed that the weather was beautiful and the beaches were not overly crowded. However, they think the beaches aren?t crowded because there are not […]
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The Weekend Report
May 26, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 3
The good news about the Memorial Day weekend report is that there really is not a lot of news. And this is really good. The weather cooperated ? only spotty, brief showers with light to moderate southeast breezes. A lot of visitors came to Hatteras and Ocracoke, and, according to National Park Service rangers, they […]
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A conversation with an island
May 21, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 5
It?s time for a break in blogging about heavy but important issues facing our islands. Today, I am blogging about a book that should be on your summer reading list. It hasn?t felt like summer on Hatteras and Ocracoke this week with the rain, clouds, strong and gusty northeast winds, and heavy seas. But […]
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Why recreational anglers think they deserve game fish status for red drum and speckled trout
May 19, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 4
By all accounts, the bill introduced in the state House of Representatives last month that would give game fish status to red drum and spotted sea trout is dead in the water. The bill, H918, Designation of Coastal Game Fish, would make these two popular species of fish off limits to commercial fishermen and would […]
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Getting rid of the ubiquitous plastic bags â an idea whose time has come
May 14, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 18
Sen. Marc Basnight had a really good idea. And then he had an even better idea. Several weeks ago, Basnight, a Manteo Democrat who is President Pro Tempore of the state Senate, gathered some community leaders at his family?s restaurant, The Lone Cedar Caf? on the Manteo Causeway. Basnight was rallying support for a bill […]
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What’s in a name? Part 2
May 11, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 2
Just a bit more on the name of the seashore ? Cape Hatteras National Seashore vs. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area. Need we say more about this photo of an early official brochure for the park? As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Dennis Gray, our friend and faithful reader, found […]
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What’s in a name?
May 8, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 23
As the issue of off-road vehicle access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore has become more contentious, the people who favor free and open access have increasingly pushed for the seashore to return to the name that Congress gave it in 1940 ? the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area. Returning to that moniker for […]
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A fish tale: Don’t leave your tails on the beach
May 5, 2009 | Editor's Blog | By: Irene Nolan | 4
On Sunday, April 26, a group of locals was fishing on the beach in Buxton. Part of the group headed home, but one person decided to check out the Avon beach. In his cooler were three small sea mullet that had been caught earlier, and he was hoping to add a few more for dinner […]
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