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Back Beach - I'll bet you aware that the reason the critters disappeared is that the rangers trapped out all of the foxes and skunks to 'protect' the plovers. (It was at a point that there were so many skunks on the beach at night that I took to checking out around my truck with my light before I approached - one of my buddies didn't and paid the price). Obviously, some wildlife is more worth protecting than others.
At the meeting last Saturday at the visitor's Center in Ptown a woman stood up, said she was from the Sierra Club, and stated "We don't believe there should be trucks on the beach". Now I certainly disagree with that, but I will say that I admire her honesty, rather than hiding behind a ploy such as that we must protect the plover. So we are now in the position that negotiation and cooperation get us squat, and we have to resort to lawsuits and tactics like attempting to invoke a Section 10.
If the Section 10 strategy works at Nauset, don't bet they'll try the same at Ptown - the local beach reps for Ptown and Truro (the ORV Advisory Committee) are squids.
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