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The National Park Service won't build a new fishing camp near the lighthouse at Cape Lookout National Seashore but will require that the current cabins at Great Island be replaced with modern structures.
Karren Brown, the superintendent of Cape Lookout, made the announcement Feb. 27 at the DIFF Club's Annual Meeting in Pineville.
The new cabins will have to meet current building and sanitary codes, Brown said, and will be built in phases over 5 years. The Park Service also will require that the current cabins be replaced with duplexes similar to the ones the Park Service built on neighboring Portsmouth Island, which is also part of the national seashore. Though the new camp will have the same number of beds as the current cabins, the camp's size will be reduced to 50 acres from the present 200 acres.
The concessionaire who will run the camp will be required to build the cabins, Brown explained. The new contract, she said, won't be ready for bids until 2001 at the earliest.
Brown also said a the ferry from Davis will continue to provide access to the Great Island camp. No ferry service will be provided from the Park Service headquarters on Harker's Island.
The Park Service's regional director in Atlanta must approve this latest addition to the park's management plan. That approval has been delayed because of more pressing concerns at the regional office, Brown said recently. Once formal approval is given, Brown will hold public meetings on the amendment to the
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Special thanks
to Atlantic Coast
Surveying
A hearty thanks goes out to Steve Powers and Atlantic Coast Professional Surveying of Harkers Island. Steve and his surveyors were on Davis Island in early May to survey the Great Island Camp for the DIFF Club. The survey will be used in the conceptual plan of a new camp that the club plans to submit to the National Park Service.
Those types of surveys normally cost $3,000 to $4,000, said B.K. Barringer, a club member and a professional engineer who is in charge of putting the plan together. Steve did it for nothing. "It was a significant contribution," B.K. noted.
Steve said he was glad to do it. As native of Core Banks, Steve
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