Audubon NC Spring/ Summer 2008 Newsletter
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On April 30, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle approved a consent decree offered by the three parties involved in a lawsuit to regulate beach driving along Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The approval resolves the lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of National Audubon Society and Defenders of Wildlife. The lawsuit challenged an interim National Park Service plan to protect wildlife from the impacts of beach driving along the Seashore. The National Park Service will now begin enacting a new plan for the protection of vital nesting areas on Cape Hatteras National Seashore (a globally Important Bird Area). The consent decree requires a final ORV management plan and resolution to be implemented no later than April 1, 2011.

Read all about it in the following publications:

The Charlotte Observer
The News & Observer
FayObserver.com

Common tern. © Steven Bullock

A globally significant Important Bird Area for winter waterfowl has been released from the threat of a jet landing field. Land adjacent to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge has been eliminated as a possible site for a Navy training field, according to an announcement by the U.S. Navy January 22, 2008. Audubon applauds the decision that ends a 6-year battle to protect the refuge.

Audubon is part of a statewide coalition, called Land for Tomorrow promoting an effort to provide $1 billion over five years for land conservation and historic preservation. Find out how you can help and support a bond referendum for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.