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Cape Lookout Inclusion in MPA
Submitted by Kerry Willis on 18/Jan/2010
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Please consider sending a comment to mpa.comment.gov. The Federal Government is proposing to include the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout Parks in the Marine Protection Areas program. This program could lead to prohibiting access to areas of the park and ending fishing in the parks as well. We don't need more government we need less and comments are the only way we can try to prevent this from happening. Please send a comment to the email address opposing the inclusion of CH and CL parks and forward to your friends who would consider doing the same. Time is short! see links/info below for folks wanting more info
North Carolina’s Two National Seashores among the 21 National Park Units
Being Considered by NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas Status
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Protected Areas Center, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior (DOI) has created a first ever inventory of the nation’s marine protected areas. This unique, comprehensive inventory catalogs and classifies marine protected areas within US waters. Thirty-two sites, including twenty-one units of the National Park System and several national wildlife refuges, have been nominated to join the national system of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores are among the national seashores listed in the Federal Register last week.
Developed in response to Executive Order 13158 on Marine Protected Areas, the final framework for the national system was published on November 19, 2008. Comments on the nominations to the national system are due February 22, 2010. For more information, check NOAA website at: www.mpa.gov or submit comments to: mpa.comments@noaa.gov .
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