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New Off Road Vehicle Regulations
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Beach Fire Permits are required starting May 1, 2012
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USGS Publishes Open File Report on Management Recommendations
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Contact: Cyndy Holda, 252-473-2111 ext. 148
The National Park Service (NPS) was notified today that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has published A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Information Related to the Biology and Management of Species of Special Concern at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, 100 page report, by Jonathan B. Cohen and others. The report is available on the USGS website at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1262/ The previously released 2005 USGS management, monitoring, and protection protocols for threatened and endangered species and species of special concern at Cape Hatteras remain posted on the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website (under the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy document list; document name starts with "2006 03Mar 02...") at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=358&projectId=13331&documentID=12970 For more information, contact Anne-Berry Wade, USGS Eastern Region Communications Chief, at (phone) 703-648-4483 or (email) abwade@usgs.gov. |
Did You Know?
A piece of sea whip that washes up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore is not a plant, but the skeleton of a whole colony of animals.
A tiny animal lived in each hole on the yellow, orange or purple stems. It had a mouth, a stomach and eight tentacles to catch food.