This Land, Your Land

If you have any thoughts about whether the National Park Service should build a free public boat ramp next to the Coast Guard station at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, you have a month to make them known to those in charge of the project.

The Park Service and the state Wildlife Resources Commission are preparing an Environmental Assessment for the proposed construction of two boat ramps, docks and approximately 40-60 parking spaces, and dredging to provide access into the Hatteras Ferry Channel, a Park Service news release says.

The ramps would be for boats that draw up to five feet of water and fit on trailers.

A 30-day "public scoping period," from June 15 to July 15, is a required part of the process to prepare an Environmental Assessment.

Comment online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/caha. Click on “Public Boating Access Area at Hatteras” to see the related documents. Or comment by mail to: Superintendent, Outer Banks Group, 1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954. Your comments need to be postmarked by July 15, 2010.