More tires, fewer birds
Published: Thu, Apr. 10, 2008 12:30AM
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closeThe April 5 letter "Let's not make beach driving extinct" uses, at best, a gross misstatement.
There has been no increase in "predators" on the Outer Banks. The only thing that has increased in the past 10 years is the number of off-road vehicles. This coincides with the 86 percent decrease in nesting populations of endangered species of birds on the Outer Banks.
Helmut C. Mueller, Ph.D.
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology and Curriculum in Ecology, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill
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