Park Officials Whittle Plan to Regulate Driving on Hatteras Beach
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By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.
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By James Mosher  Baltimore County's chief elected official is no longer leaving the motor running on the concept of combining a public park with a private office building at a former Towson gasoline station but a local business leader remains hopeful he can jump-start the idea.
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By Patrick Mcdermott, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 12--NICEVILLE -- With a slew of little things here and there, only a couple of big road projects in Okaloosa and Walton counties are on the Florida Department of Transportation's five-year work plan.
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By Caren Burmeister  Transportation officials offered potential solutions and funding sources this week to improve transportation across the Beaches and expand bus service for workers travelling to Ponte Vedra Beach.
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By CHRISTINA ABEL  Not everyone is following new St. Johns County beach rules that are intended to protect sea turtles, police said.  After weeks of discussion, the St. Johns County Habitat Conservation Plan, which restricts driving hours on the beach, is in place.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  Dec. 19--Margo Marks was surprised when she heard in August that the Coast Guard was planning to set up live firing zones, where machine-gun bullets would fly several times a year, throughout the Great Lakes.
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Two officials differ on the future of a storied outdoor race.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 11--As President Bush boasts of increases in funding for national parks, his administration continues to take a few steps back in other areas related to the environment. Consider proposed funding for national wildlife refuges.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 13--After lobbying by South Florida's powerful boating industry, the Broward County Environmental Protection Department has revised a proposed manatee-protection plan to allow 5,000 new boat slips in southern Broward County.
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By CHRISTINA ABEL  Because of a new federal law to protect sea turtles' nests, horses will have to watch where they step on the beaches in St. Johns County.  To comply with the U.S.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Environmentalists and Jekyll Island residents are growing nervous that Gov. Sonny Perdue might veto a bill that would extend the lease of the Jekyll Island Authority and bar development on the environmentally fragile south end of the state park.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Army Corps of Engineers agreed Wednesday to redesign plans to repair a dike that experts say is in danger of failing if a hurricane strikes.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 9--If Okaloosa County becomes "lead dog" on beach restoration, Destin might lose out, the City Council says.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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By K.C. Myers, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  Dec. 10--PROVINCETOWN -- The Cape Cod National Seashore may open a  half-mile of beach as an emergency measure if piping plovers close the  off-road vehicle access this summer as they did last year.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 18--VIRGINIA BEACH   Other developers have passed on the boomerang-shaped lot that overlooks speeding cars on U.S. 264.
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By Ryan Basen, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 17--Members of Marvin's Parks, Greenway and Recreation Advisory Board are upset with the slow progress of its key project -- establishing public parks and trails.