[CPEO-MEF] NATURAL RESOURCES: "Vandenberg [Air Force Base, CA] closes sections of beaches for Western Snowy Plover"

[Lenny Siegel]

Vandenberg closes sections of beaches for Western Snowy Plover

By Oscar Flores   
KEYT TV-3 News (Santa Barbara, CA)
March 05, 2018

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - Some sections of Surf, Wall and Minuteman beaches at Vandenberg Air Force Base have closed to the public in order to protect the Western Snowy Plover and its nesting habitat.

Vandenberg officials say restrictions are enforced at all three beaches from March 1 through Sept. 30, 2018. The plover returns to the Central Coast every year during the breeding season and is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

During the plover season, the visitors can still find plenty of beach access available at a designated portion of Surf Beach at the end of Highway 246. Recreational beach access for Wall Beach can be found off 35th Street, and for Minuteman Beach, on the north base for the Vandenberg community.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.keyt.com/news/environment/vandenberg-closes-sections-of-beaches-for-western-snowy-plover/711832498

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org