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Beach Access Report
beachaccess
(See attached file: 112409BeachAccessUpdate.doc)
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: November 24, 2009
CONTACT: Cyndy Holda, 252-473-2111, ext. 148
NPS Beach Access Update for Thanksgiving Weekend
Park visitors will find that winter beach conditions prevail on Cape
Hatteras National Seashore beaches during Thanksgiving week. The strong
nor’easter that swept up the East Coast last week inundated many of the
Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) ramps and flooded conditions linger in some areas
but almost all of the beach access ramps are open to the public at this
time.
Ramp conditions as Tuesday, November 24, 2009 are as follows:
Bodie Island District:
Ramp 2, 4 and 23 are open.
Hatteras Island District:
Ramp 27, 30, 34, 38, 43 are open with some remaining areas of standing
water; Cape Point is accessible via Ramp 43.
Ramp 44 and 45, Salt Pond Road and the Interdunal Road between Ramps 44 and
45 remain closed due to washouts and standing water.
Ramp 49 and 55 are open. The Pole Road, Cable Crossing and Spur Road sound
access are open.
There are two remaining sea turtle nests on Hatteras Island; one is
located approximately 0.2 of a mile north of Ramp 49 and may possibly
affect ORV access at a later date; the second is located in front of the
old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse site and will not affect ORV access.
Ocracoke Island District:
Ramp 59, 67, 68 70 and 72 are all open and passable with some debris.
Standing water, which may be saline, brackish or fresh, can be found with
winter beach and tide conditions and may be unsafe for off-road vehicle
travel. Beach travelers should use caution when contemplating driving
through standing water.
The last remaining turtle nest on the Ocracoke Island is located just south
of Ramp 70 and blocks through access to Ramp 72. The nest, which is past
its hatch date (day 99), was checked Monday morning, November 23th and it
is still an active nest with viable eggs inside.
-NPS-
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Weekly Field Summary for August 27 – September 2, 2009
(Bodie Island, Hatteras, and Ocracoke Districts)
Note: This is the final Resource Management Field Summary for the season.
Piping Plover Breeding season has concluded.
American Oystercatchers (AMOY):
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Location
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Breeding
Pairs
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Total Nests to Date
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Active Nests
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Nests Hatched
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Nests Lost
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Total Chicks Hatched
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Unfledged Chicks
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Chicks Lost
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Fledged Chicks
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Green Island
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2
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2
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0
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1
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1
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3
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0
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0
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3
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Bodie District
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4
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4
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0
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1
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3
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2
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0
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1
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1
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Bodie/Hatteras District
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4
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6
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0
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5
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1
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8
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0
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6
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2
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Hatteras District
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9
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13
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0
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6
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7
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13
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0
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6
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7
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Ocracoke District
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4
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6
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0
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2
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4
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5
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0
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5
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0
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CAHA TOTALS
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23
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31
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0
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15
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16
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31
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0
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18
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13
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Colonial Waterbirds (CWB):
All chicks have fledged.
Sea turtle nests:
Nests this week on CAHA: 0
False Crawls this week on CAHA: 0
Total Nests at CAHA: 102 (70 Hatteras Island, 32 Ocracoke Island, 0 Bodie Island).
Total False Crawls to date on CAHA: 101 (54 Hatteras Island, 46 Ocracoke Island, 1 Bodie Island)
Sea Turtle Nest Hatchings:
To date 59 nests (38 on Hatteras, 21on Ocracoke) have completed hatching and/or were excavated due to storm activity. Four nests were completely washed out as a result of erosion from high tides associated with Hurricane Bill. Forty three un-hatched nests remain on the seashore.
Sea Turtle Strandings:
8/29 Juvenile green sea turtle stranded dead on Ocracoke oceanside
8/31 Juvenile green sea turtle stranded dead on Hatteras spit soundside
Marine Mammal Strandings:
None this week.
Seabeach Amaranth
To date, resource staff has spent ~126 man hours and has surveyed 87 lineal miles of beach for seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus). There have been no plants observed.
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
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Closure #
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Location
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Species
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Date Installed/Removed
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Bodie-Hatteras
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BH09-002-R
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0.6 mi N of Ramp 30
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AMOY
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9/2/2009
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Closure intrusions
Bodie/Hatteras District:
None observed.
Hatteras District:
Multiple occurrences of pedestrians walking on shoreline in turtle closures.
Multiple occurrences of pedestrians walking without pets on a leash
Ocracoke District:
None observed.
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