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Gulf Breeze 1 the Park Is Open 24 Hours a Day, 365 Days a Malaquite the Lower National Park Service Year National Park Service Park News U.S. Department of the Interior The offi cial newspaper of Padre Island National Seashore The GulGulff BrBreezeeeze Fall 2006 The parkpark protectsprotects the longelongestst sectionsection of undevelopedundeveloped barrier island in the worworld,ld, preservingpreserving rrareare ccoastaloastal prprairie;airie; a ccomplex,omplex, dynamicdynamic dune system;system; and the Laguna Madre,Madre, one of the fewfew hhypersalineypersaline lagoon envirenvironmentsonments llefteft iinn ththee wworld.orld. Superintendent’s WelcomeRecord Year for Endangered Look inside... WELCOME TO PADRE ISLAND Welcome.......................1 National Seashore, one of the most Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Nesting By Donna J. Shaver, Ph.D., Chief, Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery special places of the 390 units of the Kemp’s Ridley Turtle......1 National Park Service (NPS). We PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR NEARLY trust that you will have a wonderful Park Information..........2 time as you explore and experience three decades to help save the world’s most endangered sea turtle species from extinction. A this great park. record 64 Kemp’s ridley nests were found at the National Seashore during 2006, exceeding Oil and Gas...................3 the number found in the entire state during 2005. The success of our Kemp’s Ridley Sea Congress established Padre Island Turtle Recovery Program during 2006 is one more step that helps secure the future of this Reptiles.........................4 National Seashore on September 28, magnifi cent species at Padre Island National Seashore and throughout the world. 1962 to “save and preserve, for purpose of public recreation, Feeding Wildlife...........4 benefi t, and inspiration, a portion of the diminishing Long-term recovery eff orts making a diff erence seashore of the United States that remains undeveloped”. In 1978, it was feared that the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle would go extinct unless immediate Raptors..........................5 In this statute, Congress included provisions allowing the steps were taken. Since then, the National Park Service has worked with a variety of mineral owners to retain ownership and be allowed to partners in the United States and Mexico to re-establish a nesting colony of Kemp’s ridley Wildfl owers..................5 extract those minerals. Thus, the NPS is legally required to turtles at Padre Island National Seashore, as a safeguard against extinction. Thanks to the allow access to the minerals while concurrently fulfi lling its First Europeans.............6 resource protection requirements and minimizing impacts. hard work and dedication of many people at the National Seashore, in Texas, and the world, the Kemp’s ridley population is increasing. Shipwrecks....................6 Issues related to the development and exploration of privately owned mineral rights underlying Padre Island 2006 a record-ridley year Kid’s Corner...................7 National Seashore are of considerable concern to the public. Each year, National Park Service staff and volunteers work tirelessly to detect, study, and As the land management agency charged with protecting the protect the nesting turtles and their eggs on North Padre Island. They use All-Terrain- Book Review & WNPA.7 largest portion of undeveloped barrier island in the world, Vehicles to repeatedly patrol the Gulf of Mexico beachfront between 6:30 am and 6:00 the NPS is equally concerned with the exploration and pm each day from April through mid-July. During 2006, 124 volunteers participated in the Health and Safety.........8 development of these rights and their associated impacts on patrol program and logged nearly half of the 11,380 hours spent patrolling a total of 115,017 the park’s resources and visitor experience. miles on North Padre. Working together with mineral owners and oil and gas Kemp’s ridley turtles take only about 45 minutes to operators, we carefully plan each and every drilling operation IN CASE OF EMERGENCY to minimize environmental impacts and inconvenience to nest, from the time that they crawl up the beach, bury our park visitors. You can learn more about natural gas their eggs in the sand, and return to the sea. We want DIAL: 911 to fi nd the nesting turtles so that we can study and exploration and extraction inside on the pages of The Gulf Park Rangers are protect them and more easily fi nd their nests. Tracks Breeze, or visiting the park’s web page. available during normal left in the sand by the nesting turtles blow away very working hours to provide National Seashores like Padre Island belong to all of us, and quickly and nests occasionally go undetected at egg assistance. as such, we all have a shared stewardship role. Please help us laying because the nesting turtles and their tracks protect and care for this special place and above all, be safe are so diffi cult to fi nd. We hope to fi nd the nests so Dial: during your visit. that we can protect the eggs and hatch as many baby Kemp’s ridley hatchlings 361-949-8173 ext. 0 turtles as possible, to help ensure future nesting here. Unfortunately, Sincerely, if we do not fi nd and protect the eggs, far fewer hatchlings are born and successfully enter the water due to predation, high tides, and other factors. Beach visitors also aid greatly by Lost and Found immediately reporting their observations of nesting turtles and hatchlings emerging from IItems may be reported at the Colin W. Campbell previously undetected nests and watching these sites until biologists arrive. visitor center. Superintendent Kemp’s ridley continued at page 3 The Gulf Breeze 1 The park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a Malaquite The lower National Park Service year. The visitor center is open daily from Open All 55 miles are U.S. Department of the Interior 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., during the winter. Year accessible Summer hours are extended to 6:00 p.m. to four- The visitor center is closed on Christmas Semi- wheel-drive day. primitive, vehicles. providing The Gulf Breeze Location only toilets, Malaquite Visitor Center The South Beach Volume 1, No. 3 The physical address is 20301 Park Road rinse showers, beginning of the four- 22. From Interstate Highway 37 turn onto picnic tables, and 48 designated sites (6 sites wheeldrive area is marked The Gulf Breeze is published by the Highway 358. The highway name changes are for tent camping only, 26 are for tent or with the fi ve mile marker sign. Please note National Park Service for the orientation from 358 to South Padre Island Drive, then RV camping, and 16 are for RV’s only). An that in Texas, beaches are considered and information of visitors to Padre Island crosses over the Laguna Madre on the JFK $8 fee is required; $4 with a Golden Age or highways and all vehicles on them must be National Seashore. Causeway and becomes Park Road 22. At Golden Access passport. There are no hook- street-legal and licensed. ATV’s are not the end of Park Road 22 is the National ups. National Park Service allowed to be driven in the park. Seashore. Traveling it through the park takes Editor, Juan Rodriguez Superintendent, Colin Campbell one to the visitors center and a half- mile There is a gray water dump station and Be aware that driving conditions on the farther the road ends on the beach. The total potable water fi lling station prior to entering beach may vary with the weather and Mailing Address: driving distance from I-37 to the beach is 37 the campground. Running generators after sometimes areas of soft sand may be found P.O. BOX 181300 miles. 10 p.m. is not allowed. The area is patrolled in the two-wheel-drive area making driving Corpus Christi, TX 78480-1300 by rangers. Camping is accommodated diffi cult and becoming stuck possible. Some Special Programs on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. No areas within the four-wheel-drive area Park Headquarters: Educational and interpretive programs reservations are accepted. The campground usually have very deep sand. A bulletin on 361-949-8173 are held year-round. is rarely full; except during February, March, how to prepare for driving down island is and April. Also, no camping permit is available by contacting the visitors center. Visitor Center: Deck talks and beach walks are held every needed at the Malaquite Campground and Contact the visitors center before driving 361-949-8068 day. Deck talks last 30 minutes and are an payment is done by Honor System. down island to check on beach conditions. in-depth discussion of objects including Internet Address: Driving off the beach and into the dunes, www.nps.gov/pais shells, sea beans, and man-made items that North Beach grasslands, and mudfl ats is prohibited. are found along the shoreline. Beach walks Open All Year E-mail address: last 45 minutes and are guided walks along Yarborougharborough PassPass [email protected] the beach in which a ranger talks about the Primitive and at no charge. A camping Open All Year natural/cultural history of the island. Dis- permit is required and is available from the The National Park Service cares for the cussions include anything seen along the Malaquite Beach Visitor Center. Open to Primitive - there are no facilities. A camping special places saved by the American shore including shells, birds, fl otsam, and RV and tent camping. No reservations are permit is required and is available from people so that all may experience our plants while touching upon environmental needed. There are no facilities or designated the Malaquite Beach Visitor Center. heritage. issues of importance to the park. Evening sites. Camping is permitted from the dunes Reservations are not needed.
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