The Park Service road out to Ramps 43 and 44 and the Cape Point Campground had no traffic on it this morning, and the area at the ramps was like a ghost town. Eight vehicles were in the parking area next to the fish cleaning tables. Their occupants presumably parked there to walk out Ramp […]
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Senate committee passes substitute version of bill to overturn ORV plan
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today marked up an amended version of Senate Bill 486 to overturn the National Park Service’s off-road vehicle plan and final rule for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The legislation was one of a dozen bills today considered by the committee. All were reported favorably, and S […]
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UPDATE: More area closed for plover chicks at the beaches in Buxton
There are now four chicks on the ground from a piping plover nest that began hatching last Thursday, June 13, between Ramps 43 and 44. In addition, the parents have moved the chicks to the north and they are foraging in a pond next to the parking area for Ramp 43. Randy Swilling, natural resource […]
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More than just a circle of stones
In 1999, the National Park Service moved the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse about 2,900 feet to the southwest to protect it from the encroaching Atlantic Ocean. Moving the lighthouse along a track for that distance was called ?The Move of the Century.? It was an engineering feat of historic proportions and was covered by media from […]
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Buxton and Cape Point area now closed to ORVs
The National Park Service closed Ramp 43 in Buxton this morning to protect a nest of piping plover chicks that has started hatching. As of late this afternoon, three chicks in the four-egg nest had hatched, according to Randy Swilling, the Park Service’s natural resource program manager. Ramps 44 and 45 are already closed to […]
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Feathered storm victims get new home in Buxton ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
Gusty winds on Friday afternoon destroyed the home of a family in the Flowers Ridge area of Buxton, as Tropical Storm Andrea passed through the area. Three fledgling ospreys took a terrifying ride when their nest broke loose from its mooring high atop a tree, crashing to the ground. It was Kim Mosher of Flowers […]
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Despite the challenges, Hatteras and Ocracoke are open for business
We face transportation challenges on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, but we are open for the summer season. Highway 12 is clear and the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry is running, even with the approach of Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2013 hurricane season. We keep trying to put out the word that we are […]
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Andrea will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Outer Banks
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Outer Banks are under a tropical storm warning as the first named storm of the season heads toward eastern North Carolina. At 11 a.m., Tropical Storm Andrea was in the northeast Gulf of Mexico with winds at 60 mph and a forward speed of 15 mph. On this […]
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Visitor drowns in rip current on Ocracoke
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A 55-year-old Kentucky man drowned on Friday, May 31, while swimming near milepost 68 at the Pony Pens on Ocracoke. According to National Park Service law enforcement ranger Jon Anglin, a call to Hyde County dispatch was received about 7:30 p.m. about a swimmer in trouble. The National Park […]
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A conversation with the seashore superintendent
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Barclay Trimble had his second media roundtable meeting with local reporters this week. The first meeting with the media after his arrival just before Hurricane Sandy last October was in February. The goal is to have one meeting each quarter. This week?s two-plus hour meeting was chock full of interesting […]
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