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03/12/2008 - 5:40pmBattle Mounts Over Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National SeashoreJustwannafish: A good story, yes, that doesn't get told enough. I've seen lots of ORVers pick up lots of trash. Unfortunately you forgot the [i]other [/i]story that doesn't get told as much: the cargo ship that held all those bags of Doritos, and all the people who got to help ...
03/12/2008 - 3:22pmBattle Mounts Over Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National SeashoreWe [i]do[/i] need a healthy balance here. The National Park Service, (i.e., management at Cape Hatteras NS) is responsible for an ORV plan, and as Judge Boyle this summer pointed out, nationwide ORV plan requirements have been on the books since Nixon was president, so the NPS and National Seashore ...
03/11/2008 - 1:40pmBattle Mounts Over Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National SeashoreJust because the ORV supporters call it "Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area" does not make it so. 1937: Cape Hatteras National Seashore 1940: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area 1953: Cape Hatteras National Seashore. At present, and since its establishment, it is a national seashore, not a national recreation ...
02/08/2008 - 6:54pmNational Park Service Claims to Have Added New Map Feature to Web SitesIt is a really great feature. Before--and still--the way to find maps was under "Directions," which was not as clear as a link to a map on the front page. It did take me a while to find the link, though, since it blends in with the rest of the ...
01/10/2008 - 6:14amPark History: Wind Cave National ParkJust a quick correction: the formation in the cave is called "boxwork" and probably 90 percent of the world's boxwork is found at Wind Cave. But I agree with Barky here, part of the park that many visitors miss, I think, is the wildlife on the surface. For a small ...
01/07/2008 - 6:38pmCape Lookout National Seashore Visitors Seem to Prefer Things RusticHear Hear. Cape Hatteras is really developed, so if you want a developed national seashore, you can go there, and if you want a more rustic/natural seashore then Cape Lookout is the place to be. I love that there is no road access to Cape Lookout. That's what makes it ...
01/07/2008 - 2:50pmSegways in the National Parks: Do We Really Need Them?I agree with all the other previous posters here. However, should we ask the reason that people visit the parks? I used to look down on people who experience the park from the inside of their car, or those who never venture more than 100 feet away from their motor ...