Kiteboarders are losing a federal fight thanks to some tiny birds in Chatham
Chatham’s kiteboarders might have to find some new waves to sail, thanks in part to some tiny birds.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spent the past year writing a conservation plan for the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, including a ban on kiteboarding, WBUR reports. Officials say kiteboarding disrupts native bird species and flushes them from their nests as they feel threatened by the kites or the humans.
According to WBUR, kiteboarders protested the agency had no science to prove its claim, but the Fish and Wildlife Service cited a 20-year-old unpublished master’s thesis, and their own observations.
The final conservation plan was released Friday, as the Fish and Wildlife Service move ahead with their proposal.
Read the full story at WBUR.
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