. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. 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, members applied for a permit from the Division of Coastal Management to extend an exist- ing fence that runs across the island north of the Corolla Lighthouse. An extension would keep the horses beyond heavy development and the highway. The plan was to corral five or six of the herd near the old Whalehead Club an
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. 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, members applied for a permit from the Division of Coastal Management to extend an exist- ing fence that runs across the island north of the Corolla Lighthouse. An extension would keep the horses beyond heavy development and the highway. The plan was to corral five or six of the herd near the old Whalehead Club and push the others north, at the same time studying management options and the horses' impacts on government preserve granted a variance by the state Coastal Resources Commission to build the fence as a short-term management solu- tion. But questions still exist. Herding the 21 Corolla horses north would push them into a 21 1/2- mile stretch of coastline owned by the Estuarine Research Reserve, the Nature Conservancy, private land- owners and the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. also must protect "natural" resources, and the feral horses don't fall into that definition. Prime waterfowl areas rich in millet, smartweed and other foods growing between the dunes and the marsh are being overgrazed by horses in the refuge, Merritt says. Endangered species such as piping plovers and sea beach amaranth may receive more damage too. 8 MAY I JUNE 1994. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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