A New Rule Balances Wildlife and Off-Road-Vehicle Use on a North Carolina Beach

As for access only 7.9 miles are open as of last week. on Hatteras and 8.6 0n Ocracoke... and you have to drive miles to get to a on ramp.. on the 67 mile beach.. you call this a fair deal?? where is the 27 miles??? where it it closed permit there are no nests??? things are not right with these rules... Like I said no common sense Bird do change nesting sites.. all the time..and do n ot nest at all in places that overwash... and also where they mate, is not always were they nest, they chase each other around.. I know I have raised birds..and watched them behave..but you should know all about that ....or do you just collect money???

Let's see.... For all of the years since the Consent Decree has been in place, the tourism $$$ are at all time highs for Hatteras Island-DESPITE record breaking gas prices and the worst recession since the Great Depression. (Stop lying about these numbers business ownersi the taxes and revenues. Don't support your lies). And the wildlife is recovering. Tourists are here in ABUNDANCE. Maybe they just do visit your shops beacuase of your crude and mean ways, OR maybe they are going on the beach because YOU have convinced people they should not come here because you keep telling lies and advertising the 'beaches are closed' when that is not true. IF you are suffering from loss of business-maybe people don't want to be part of bullies, foul mouthed mean crowds.
It is just like when they moved the Lighthouse-everyone here was fuming, screaming that this will take away their livelihood because the structure surely would crumble during the move. Remember that? And what happened? The VERY same people running their mouths made a killing on tourist $ about the move: T shirt designs, photos, stomped coins from the tracks... Greedy bunch of people. And you think our nation wants to let the likes of you be in charge of our natural areas?????
Thank heavens Obama administration just released his opposition to this Bill in the Senate!

The propaganda is that the island is under economic collapse due to park management. I am on hatteras island now and the place is awash with tourists. The ORV proponents have done everything in their power to try and make the economy worse because they believe that will improve their chances of making CHNS the first ORV National Seashore. The resource restrictions are diddly compared to the road going out and people relying on a 2 hour ferry ride with a 5 hour wait. Of course they don't want to tell you about that.
The truth is if the ORVes could drive anywhere whenever they wanted on the park beach they would care less about the local economy, the parks tapping program , pedestrian access, turtle nests or any thing else for that matter.

Just imagine your favorite outdoor place..maybe it is a mountain, a stream, a river, a lake, a beach, or a trail. Maybe its a place where your mom or dad introduced you to when your were a kid. A place that you have brought your own children to enjoy, or plan on it. A place preserved by our great National Park System. Even as a young kid I realized the importance of setting aside special recreational places for the enjoyment of all. I was comforted knowing that this place is always going to be like this. I thought, “Isn't it great that no one is going to build a condo complex or a go kart track here destroying the landscape or cutting off access.” Back then I was proud that there were organizations like the Serria club and the Audobon out there defending our lands keeping anything “bad” in check; an advocate for the environment. How shocking now to realize that these very groups are the ones exploiting the environment for monetary gain, not some greedy developer! Your Federal Parks are now being closed little by little. Using "Ecological misinformation" to flat-out propaganda and lies. The NPS, Sierra Club, and the Audobon Society are systematically shutting down access to your public Federal Parks all over the USA. Week by week they are using your donations to fatten their bank accounts, land grab, hire lawyers, and gain political power. The closing of a Federal Park should be a crime along with the fabrication of photos and so called scientific data they use to do it! --- Our Parks are getting smaller and smaller due to privatized interests and ecological lobbying scams. Its so sad that these once noble organizations have lost their way. Now they are being run by people that are praying on the care and concern of the American people to make easy money. These folks have found out, that it is a lot easier to sit in your pajamas and type up lies on your computer which generates MILLIONS in donations than to actually go out and make a difference by solving the tough problems, "heck trying to stop someone from killing a whale is dangerous, you might get shot at!! Why bother?” Sarcasm aside...don't think for a moment that this is limited to a few obscure areas. They are coming for your favorite place next, they have to keep the revenue stream going.