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Originally Posted by Mike P
OSV access on the Cape was in danger long before plovers were even on the radar. The birds were a gift from heaven above for those interests. Gave them the power to do what they never could have convinced the towns--who make a lot of money off OSV passes--to do otherwise.
Nowadays, even the towns' attitude is changing, as more tree hugging wash-ashores move to the Cape year round, attend town meetings and even run for and get elected to Boards of Selectmen.
As far as the Feds go, they have long looked at fishermen in 4x4s as more of a nuisance than an asset. The NPS could give a crap about what they make from selling a few thousand oversand passes. They must have a plover shrine somewhere in the Dept. of the Interior.
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Wrong. The NPS is forced by law to do what it does. If you knew some of the rangers as we know them you would know they do not like the closures. Closures mean loss of revenue that funds thier jobs. Most of them will tell you that "the bird Bitches and the guy from the USF&W are the real enemy in this". They have complete power over closure or opening and the NPS cannot do sh!t about it. Recent examples of this show the power they have where they open and close the same section of beach in one day because of a tern.
So.... next time your out there on the CCNS and see a royal blue metallic dodge Dakota pickup going up and down the beach, beware something is gonna give.