And so we begin the annual Outer Banks ugly user conflict (e.g., I like 'em fried):
The National
Park Service closed Ramp 43 in Buxton this morning to protect a nest of
piping plover chicks that has started hatching.As of late this
afternoon, three chicks in the four-egg nest had hatched, according to
Randy Swilling, the Park Service’s natural resource program manager.Ramps
44 and 45 are already closed to ORVs, so effectively now there is no
ORV access from Ramp 38 south of Avon to Ramp 49 in south Frisco. …Some
business owners in Buxton are especially unhappy with the latest ramp
closure, since all of Buxton is now inaccessible to ORVs at a time when
fishing at Ramp 43 has been good.“It is no longer a national
seashore but a gated, closed beach being patrolled by armed guards…,”
Bob Eakes, owner of the Red Drum tackle shop in Buxton, said in an
e-mail today.
Here is a previous post with an estimate of the cost of closing the point at Cape Hatteras. Buxton is north of Cape Hatteras and is a less popular fishing spot so the cost would be lower, unless its closure is in addition to closing the point.
*Are piping plover chicks called a clutch?
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