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driving to save breeding season on Hatteras Conservationists are asking a federal judge to suspend beach driving on portions of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore that have been identified as being most critical to threatened and endangered shorebirds in order to protect them before the upcoming breeding season begins. The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Defenders of Wildlife and the National Audubon Society, filed for a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court requesting that beach driving be halted along approximately 12 percent of the shoreline to allow birds to nest and raise chicks. The requested closures were recommended by the Park Service's own scientists and are vital to a successful breeding season in 2008. http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/2008/02-20_hatteras_prelimin.htm To Read the Plaintiff's Motion For Preliminary Injuction, click here:: 02.20.08-MotionForPreliminaryInjunction.pdf To read the memorandum of law in support of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, go to: http://www.southernenvironment.org/lawlibrary/coast/2008-02-20_hatteras_prelim_injunction.pdf |
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