Get Involved with Planning for Off-Road Vehicle Management Planning at Cape Lookout National Seashore

August 13, 2007 – The National Park Service has published a Notice of Intent to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an ORV Management Plan at Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina. The plan will be used to guide the management and control of ORVs at the seashore for the next 15-20 years. To this point, ORV management at Cape Lookout has lacked consistency. With an estimated 5,500 ORVs transported to the Seashore by ferry each year, the National Park Service desires to create a management plan that will provide consistency in resource protection, Seashore user conflicts, and other safety concerns. In order to represent the viewpoints of all user groups interested in the outcome of the plan, the Service invites full participation from user groups and privates citizens in the preparation of the plan. The Service will be holding a series of public scoping meetings in September 2007, tentatively anticipated to be held in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Morehead City or Beaufort, North Carolina. Once the meetings have been scheduled, the locations, times, and dates will be published on the National Park Service Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website (click here to access the site), as well as in local newspapers. Written comments can be submitted on the above website, or by submitting written correspondence to:

Wouter Ketel, Management AssistantCape Lookout National Seashore131 Charles StreetHarkers Island, NC 28531
To see the original Federal Register notice click here.