. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. to harm or harass the horses. They painted fluorescent markings on the herd, then fitted them with fluorescent collars for better visibility at night. But the paint faded away, and the collars, attached with Velcro, often come off. Still, people want to get close. "They're concerned," Dorman says, "but they really want that close- ness to the horses. And you can't really have that with a wild Even though these horses are gentle beings, they do bite and they do ; People f
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. to harm or harass the horses. They painted fluorescent markings on the herd, then fitted them with fluorescent collars for better visibility at night. But the paint faded away, and the collars, attached with Velcro, often come off. Still, people want to get close. "They're concerned," Dorman says, "but they really want that close- ness to the horses. And you can't really have that with a wild Even though these horses are gentle beings, they do bite and they do ; People feed the herd nachos, pizza and potato chips. They offer food from their cars. They walk up and take pic- tures. Some try to mount them. And last July, beachgoers lured a 2-year-old colt The fence, built by the fund in 1989, runs from the sea to the sound but doesn't extend into the water because of public access rights. So the horses just walk around it. An extension would make the fence about a mile long and block the horses' escape route. In January, the state denied the permit request, saying the project did not comply with Coastal Area Manage- ment Act rules. In March, the fund was "The problem exists now and we need to do something about it," says refuge manager Ken Merritt. "But it exacerbates the problem with 21 more ; About 35 feral horses already graze on refuge land, he explains. The Fish and Wildlife Service estab- lished the preserve in 1984 to protect migratory wildfowl, and the horses compete with that purpose. The refuge THE ANSWER MAY LIE IN CONTROLLING CARRYING CAPACITY, OR POPULATION NUMBERS; SETTING BOUNDARIES SUCH AS OCRACOKE'S 200-ACRE PEN; AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS AND INTERACTIONS OF THE HORSES WITH OTHER NATURAL onto a deck. The horse fell, gashed its nose and injured its eye. Last year, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, along with Currituck County officials, realized something had to be done. In October, member
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