A year ago, most advocates for more reasonable public access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches were more or less resigned to the fact that there would not be changes to the 2012 Off-Road Vehicle Plan until a five-year review in 2017. Efforts over more than five years to change the plan legislatively had […]
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NPS sets public meetings, expedites construction plans to meet new law’s requirements
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac today released an expedited schedule for new construction that is part of the 2012 Off-Road Vehicle Management plan. And he also announced five meetings for the first week of May for the public to learn about and comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) of wildlife buffers and establishing […]
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Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is topic of radio show
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum was the topic of the April 3 edition of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” The guests were Joseph Schwarzer, executive director of the North Carolina Maritime Museums, and Mary Ellen Riddle, education curator at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village. They talked about […]
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County declares six houses on Buxton Beach unsafe
A Dare County building inspector has put up “unsafe structure” notices on six oceanfront houses on the beach in north Buxton. Planning Department inspector I.G. Scarborough said that power has been disconnected to the houses, which are not allowed to be occupied. The houses have varying degrees of damage, he said. Septic tanks and drainfields […]
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Cancer Foundation’s annual dance was just the ‘bee’s knees’
The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Dance this year was not only the bee’s knees, it was the berries. The Cat’s Meow. And just swell. About 150 gals and their daddies showed up to enjoy Saturday evening, April 11, in Roaring Twenties style while raising money to help Hatteras Island cancer patients. Cancer Foundation […]
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CHAPA weighs in on ORV plan’s new infrastructure
The Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) has made recommendations to the National Park Service on the new public access infrastructure projects that seashore officials compiled as part of the Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan that became effective in February 2012. The 29 projects, which include new ramps, parking areas, pedestrian boardwalks, and an unpaved interdunal […]
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Access groups make proposals to NPS on buffers, corridors
The Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) has made public its proposals to the National Park Service on how it believes seashore resource management policies should be changed to comply with legislation passed by Congress last December. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore legislation, passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Bill, instructs the Secretary […]
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The State of Hatteras Inlet….WITH SLIDE SHOW
There have been many headlines in the media in recent months about the dire condition of Oregon Inlet, which just two weeks ago was closed by the Coast Guard to almost all boats because of severe shoaling in the channel. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers got emergency dredging underway last week, and conditions are […]
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Hatteras Storytelling Festival is topic of radio interview
The third annual Hatteras Storytelling Festival, which will be on Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, at the Hatteras Village Civic Center, was the topic of the April 5 edition of the “To the Point” interview show on Radio Hatteras. The guests for the interview were Belinda Willis, who is co-chair of the festival with Tracy […]
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UPDATE: Inlet restrictions are eased, opening channel to charter boats
The Coast Guard yesterday eased its restrictions on the channel at Oregon Inlet, allowing boats that draw up to 5 feet of water to use the passage. The move comes just before the busy Easter week for charter boats, most of which draw between 3 and 5 feet of water and can now get through […]
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