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Re: Puerto Rico C & I Heads Up!
[Re: aarpskier]
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05/18/2018 11:58 AM
05/18/2018 11:58 AM
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My first source would be the actual management plan that was set in place by the US Dept of Fish and Wildlife for the refuge - the relevant sections are below. Second source would be the writing on the morning balls - DAY USE ONLY Third source is the DPNR meeting that I attended in San Juan last month.
Culebrita, Luis Pena and the adjacent cays are all inside the refuge boundaries.
The Commonwealth will inspect and oversee development and management activities on the lands conveyed to them on Culebrita. The Commonwealth agrees to enforce the land use restrictions as outlined in this Cooperative Management Agreement. III. OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES The Commonwealth will comply with the following opera tional procedures: 1. Only daytime use (1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset) shall be permitted on beachfront areas and use will be restricted to hiking, picnicking, swimming, and similar recre ational activities. These beachfronts have been identified as essential habitat for the hawksbill turtle and as such must receive full and absolute protection in accordance with the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, and the laws of Puerto Rico. Human disturbance such as, but not limited to, nest robbing, inter ference with the progress of the young in reaching to such an extent as to significantly disrupt essential behavioral patterns, which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering; significant environmental modifica tion or degradation which has such effects is included within the meaning of "harm;" (CFR 50, Chapter I. Part 17.3).
2. Boats shall not be anchored in the intertidal zone or left on beachfronts during nighttime hours (1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise).
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