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Re: CBC meeting and BRP closing



According to Bob Cherry, Resource Management Specialist for the Blue Ridge
Parkway, Jeffress Park and the rest of the overlooks where the Cerulean
Warblers can be seen are still accessible.  You will just have to detour
around the construction to get to the other side.  The fieldtrip planners
took this into consideration and altered the trips accordingly, so there
will not be any problems!

Also, if you are coming "up" to Blowing Rock via Highway 321, please be
aware of ongoing construction that may cause delays.  They have been
widening the road between Lenoir and Blowing Rock for quite a while and
still have a ways to go.  Hope to see you at the meeting!

Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Harry LeGrand <Harry.LeGrand@ncmail.net>
To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
Date: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:38 AM
Subject: CBC meeting and BRP closing


>The Raleigh News and Observer carried a note about an 11-mile stretch of
>the Blue Ridge Parkway closing, beginning May 1, for two years. The
>bridge over US 421 (near Deep Gap) is being rebuilt to accomodate the
>new 4 lanes of traffic for US 421. That means that one or both Cerulean
>Warbler sites might be blocked from birders at the CBC meeting on May
>5-7. This will certainly be an inconvenience, as one or more trips
>planned to cover this portion of the BRP.
>
>I assume we travellers from downstate coming to Boone and Blowing Rock
>via US 421 will travel beneath the BRP and can go either to Boone and
>then down US 221-321, or once they pass beneath the BRP, can cut down to
>the BRP in a few miles, near the Rest Area.  (Yes, US 221, 321, and 421
>converge in Boone -- very confusing).
>
>Hope CBC-ers planning the field trips take this road construction into
>consideration, as some trips may need to be revised, etc.
>
>Harry LeGrand
>
>--
>Harry LeGrand
>NC Natural Heritage Program
>1615 MSC
>Raleigh, NC 27699-1615
>(919) 715-8687 (work)
>FAX: 919-715-3085
>e-mail: harry.legrand@ncmail.net
>
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