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Bill would restore full Hatteras access

Written by admin on June 18, 2008 – 9:28 pm -

Off-road vehicle access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, now restricted to protect threatened shore birds, would be restored by bills introduced Wednesday in Congress by N.C. lawmakers.

The legislation was proposed by Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and Rep. Walter Jones, all Republicans from North Carolina. A federal consent decree that took effect last month has restricted off-road vehicle and citizen access to parts of the seashore at certain times to protect threatened piping plovers and other birds that are nesting there.