It’s been an interesting week since U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle ruled that natural resources trump beach driving — and apparently recreation — here at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The judge issued his order on June 20 in a lawsuit filed by the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) against the Department of […]
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UPDATE: Park Service closes more beach in north Avon for tern breeding activity
The National Park Service has expanded the resource closures for least terns in front of oceanfront houses in north Avon. The newest closure includes two 75-meter buffers for least terns that are making “scrapes” in the sand, which is considered breeding activity. There are no new nests yet. The park also established two “corridors” to […]
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UPDATE: Park Service modifies buffer for nesting terns in north Avon
Superintendent Barclay Trimble today allowed the modification of a buffer around a least tern nest in north Avon that had closed the ocean beach in front of about nine houses on Pamlico Court. Trimble said today that the required 100-meter buffer was reduced to 50 meters. Park Service public affairs specialist Cyndy Holda said that […]
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Least tern nest closes oceanfront in north Avon
The National Park Service discovered a least tern nest on Sunday that has closed the ocean beach in front of nine houses on Pamlico Court on the very north end of Avon. The Park Service established a colonial waterbird pre-nesting area north of Avon in the spring, but this pair of birds nested just south […]
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Visitor from Virginia dies in collapse of hole dug in sand By IRENE NOLAN
A 49-year-old man from Fredericksburg, Va., died yesterday of apparent suffocation when a hole and tunnel in the sand that he was digging on the beach collapsed on top of him. NPS park ranger Jon Anglin identified the victim as David Frasier who was on the beach just north of Ramp 27 near Salvo with […]
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Boyle rules against CHAPA in lawsuit to stop ORV rule
Federal District Court Judge Terrence Boyle of the Eastern District of North Carolina today ruled against the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance in its lawsuit to try to overturn the National Park Service’s off-road vehicle law and final rule for the seashore, which became effective in February 2012. The lawsuit was filed the same month […]
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Buxton beach nourishment is moving — but not quickly enough for some
Christie Roberson of Buxton spoke to the Dare County Board of Commissioners during the public comment period at the meeting earlier this week. “It is no longer okay,” she said, “that we are not in active pursuit of getting sand on the beach in Buxton.” She noted that businesses and homeowners in north Buxton have […]
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Fire damages house in Buxton, starts brush fires…WITH VIDEO and SLIDE SHOW By IRENE NOLAN
Fire damages house in Buxton, starts brush fires…WITH VIDEO and SLIDE SHOW By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A fire at a house in Buxton in the vicinity of Rocky Rollinson Road today severely damaged the structure, started several brush fires, and caused a closure of Highway 12 in the area for […]
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47 seniors graduate from Cape Hatteras Secondary School…WITH SLIDE SHOW By IRENE NOLAN
47 seniors graduate from Cape Hatteras Secondary School…WITH SLIDE SHOW By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies graduated 47 seniors in a ceremony on Saturday evening, June 14, in the William P. Dillon Memorial Gymnasium. Music was provided by the Cape Hatteras Secondary School Graduation Band, […]
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Checking in on the bird and turtle nesting seasons
This is the third nesting season that off-road vehicle access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches has been controlled by the Park Service’s new ORV plan and final rule, which became effective in February 2012. The shorebird nesting season is about at the halfway point, and so far there have been no big surprises. […]
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