RE: 4WDs on beaches - Request for Information

["Conole, Lawrie" <>]

>       Not all 4wdrivers trash beaches. I know the relevant parts of
> the Coorong
> are closed to 4wds during the Hooded Plover breeding season.
>       
Devil's advocate here ....

Is it enough to close beaches to 4WDs during the Hoodies breeding season
but use their foraging habitat as a road for the rest of the year?  I
don't know the answer, but it strikes me that harrying the birds year
round & giving them a short break to breed is a rather odd conservation
strategy, albeit a commonly adopted one.

Lawrie Conole
Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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Unless otherwise stated, the opinions expressed here are my own and not
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