Got a memo from Representative Tim Spear's office this afternoon. This could be good news for the ORV Access crowd.
URGENT!! URGENT!! URGENT!!
For Immediate Release from
Representative Timothy L. Spear
I am pleased to inform you that I have just received notification and a copy of a bill introduced today by US Representative Walter B. Jones and US Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr. The bill introduced in Congress would reinstate the Interim Management Strategy Plan governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, pending the issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park Service.
The bill reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REINSTATEMENT OF INTERIM MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.
After the date of the enactment of this Act, Cape Hatteras National Seashore shall be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy /Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service on June 13, 2007, for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, until the National Park Service issues a special regulation and long-term off-road vehicle management plan for the use of Cape Hatteras National Seashore by the public.
SEC.2. INAPPLICABILITY OF CONSENT DECREE.
The April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina shall not apply after the date of the enactment of this Act.
This is what I, Senator Basnight and many of you have requested of our congressional delegation. Now is the time for everyone to support this legislation and help secure its passage.



