RALEIGH – A federal hearing has been scheduled regarding a proposed law to reduce beach-driving closures, put in place allegedly to protect endangered birds and turtles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches.
People who want to drive on the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore at night between Sept. 16 and Nov. 15 now can apply for a night beach-driving permit.
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Capt. Newman Weaver has been proving over the past week, in a fishy sort of way, that the early bird is still getting the worm – even if it’s piloting a flats boat.
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The most popular fishing spot at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Point, opened during mid July to pedestrians and opened July 29 to off-road vehicles. […]
The U.S. Navy apparently is hoping to expand its off-limits-to-anglers bombing ranges at Pamlico Sound.
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Ollie Jarvis of Dillon’s Corner tackle shop in Buxton said June 13 that one Buxton’s business had declined 70 percent so far this year because of the beach closures at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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North Carolina Republican senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and N.C. Republican Representative Walter Jones introduced legislation June 11 in the Senate and House of Representatives that would reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use on Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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BUXTON — A ramp used by off-road vehicles to drive onto the beach at Cape Hatteras has been closed because of the presence of endangered seabirds.
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Joe Fuller of Willow Springs (Johnston County) downed an Eastern wild turkey April 19 in Edgecombe County that is the highest-scoring gobbler in National Wild Turkey Federation records.
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RALEIGH – A last-minute decision to go fishing with his mother netted a 13-year-old from Rocky Mount a North Carolna freshwater fish state record.
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