Final report: Aquatics resources advisory team : Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Bratton S and Turner K. 1986. Final report: Aquatics resources advisory team : Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina. CPSU Technical report 24. National Park Service Cooperative Unit. Athens, Georgia
Recommendations resulting from an aquatics resources advisory team site visit to Cape Hatteras National Seashore on March 2-3, 1986. The purpose of the team was to assist Cape Hatteras National Seashore in developing a long term research and resources management strategy for aquatic systems in order to cope with growing development along the northern and southern borders of the park. A six-member advisory team, led by Dr. Susan Bratton (CPSU, University of Georgia) and Kent Turner (Cape Hatteras National Seashore) visited various sites on and near Cape Hatteras National Seashore from March 2-3, 1986 to assess existing and potential water-related management problems promoted by rapid growth in communities bordering the Seashore.. The team identified the primary resources management problems and proposed actions with four top priorities for research and monitoring: (1) protection of Buxton area sedge and swale wetlands; (2) assessment of water quality park-wide, particularly near existing and potential development; (3) development of a successful water management program and the mitigation of development impacts, with the aid of an informed public; and (4) monitoring natural changes in park wetlands. The team recommended specific management actions, and research and monitoring efforts that would allow achievement of these objectives.