A New Rule Balances Wildlife and Off-Road-Vehicle Use on a North Carolina Beach

The propaganda is that the island is under economic collapse due to park management. I am on hatteras island now and the place is awash with tourists. The ORV proponents have done everything in their power to try and make the economy worse because they believe that will improve their chances of making CHNS the first ORV National Seashore. The resource restrictions are diddly compared to the road going out and people relying on a 2 hour ferry ride with a 5 hour wait. Of course they don't want to tell you about that.
The truth is if the ORVes could drive anywhere whenever they wanted on the park beach they would care less about the local economy, the parks tapping program , pedestrian access, turtle nests or any thing else for that matter.

Just imagine your favorite outdoor place..maybe it is a mountain, a stream, a river, a lake, a beach, or a trail. Maybe its a place where your mom or dad introduced you to when your were a kid. A place that you have brought your own children to enjoy, or plan on it. A place preserved by our great National Park System. Even as a young kid I realized the importance of setting aside special recreational places for the enjoyment of all. I was comforted knowing that this place is always going to be like this. I thought, “Isn't it great that no one is going to build a condo complex or a go kart track here destroying the landscape or cutting off access.” Back then I was proud that there were organizations like the Serria club and the Audobon out there defending our lands keeping anything “bad” in check; an advocate for the environment. How shocking now to realize that these very groups are the ones exploiting the environment for monetary gain, not some greedy developer! Your Federal Parks are now being closed little by little. Using "Ecological misinformation" to flat-out propaganda and lies. The NPS, Sierra Club, and the Audobon Society are systematically shutting down access to your public Federal Parks all over the USA. Week by week they are using your donations to fatten their bank accounts, land grab, hire lawyers, and gain political power. The closing of a Federal Park should be a crime along with the fabrication of photos and so called scientific data they use to do it! --- Our Parks are getting smaller and smaller due to privatized interests and ecological lobbying scams. Its so sad that these once noble organizations have lost their way. Now they are being run by people that are praying on the care and concern of the American people to make easy money. These folks have found out, that it is a lot easier to sit in your pajamas and type up lies on your computer which generates MILLIONS in donations than to actually go out and make a difference by solving the tough problems, "heck trying to stop someone from killing a whale is dangerous, you might get shot at!! Why bother?” Sarcasm aside...don't think for a moment that this is limited to a few obscure areas. They are coming for your favorite place next, they have to keep the revenue stream going.

You should check to see how much tax money is collected from Hatteras Island and Ocracoke island for Dare and Hyde county. Dare county is a donor county and helps support some of the poorer counties in the state. Please also check the state taxes collected, some of it may be coming your way.