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	Texas Travel Guide - Padre Island National Seashore
		The north is the main island; this is the area protected as a National Seashore and it is more easily reached - the first 10 miles by a paved road or a hard pressed track on the beach, the remainder by 4WD vehicle only.
		Padre Island: The island, which varies in width from three miles to less than one, used to be 147 miles long until the Port Mansfield Channel was constructed in 1962 to allow ships into the inner lagoon (the Laguna Madre); this now divides the island into north and south sections.
		Padre Island lies off the southern Gulf Coast of Texas and is just about in the Southwest although it is a long way from the deserts and canyons of Arizona.
	www.americansouthwest.net /texas/padre_island/national_seashore.html (636 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Padre Island National Seashore (204 sq mi/528 sq km), Kleberg, Kenedy, and Willacy cos., S Texas, extending 80.5 mi/129.5 km from c.15 mi/24 km SE of downtown Corpus Christi, near N end of Padre Isl., S to Port Mansfield Shipping Channel, c.35 mi/56 km N of S end of isl.
	www.bartleby.com /69/66/P00166.html (134 words)

	FocalPlane > Travelogues > Padre Island National Seashore
		North Padre (the National Park) is separated from South Padre by a man-made waterway, the Mansfield Channel.
		Padre Island is located on the main north-south bird migration route across the Americas.
		Padre Island offers the best beaches in Texas but there are some drawbacks when comparisons are made with Florida or the Carolinas.
	focalplane.com /travel/padreisland.html (1992 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore
		Padre Island Geologic Formations, National Park Service, date unknown, http://www.nps.gov/pais/pphtml/subnaturalfeatures14.html, (June 17, 2005).
		Padre Island is in the Coastal Plain Province.
		The northern half of Padre Island’s shoreline is in equilibrium; the southern half (and much of the remaining Texas coastline) is in an erosional stage.
	www.geosciences.fau.edu /Resources/CourseWebPages/Summer2005/GLY3165/NPPadre_IslandNS_lec.htm (1022 words)

	Drilling on a Texas barrier island could mess with sea turtles and other critters By Michelle Nijhuis Grist Magazine Main Dish 23 Mar 2004
		Padre Island National Seashore has never been a completely pristine refuge for turtles and tourists.
		The seashore is the longest undeveloped stretch of barrier island in the world, and more than a dozen threatened and endangered species use its extensive dunes, mudflats, freshwater marshes, and white-sand beaches.
		Energy development had begun on the island in the 1950s, and during the '60s and '70s several dozen oil and gas operations were conducted within seashore boundaries.
	www.gristmagazine.com /maindish/nijhuis032304.asp (1286 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE
		Padre Island National Seashore, the longest seashore in the National Parks System, encompasses a portion of the largest barrier beach in the United States.
		Padre Island National Seashore attracted 849,873 visitors in 1992.
		The national seashore includes a 67.5-mile-long portion of the barrier island, which is 130 miles long, and some of the island's backwaters the Laguna Madre.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/gkp1.html (961 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore, Texas (Islands)
		Padre Island National Seashore covers almost 66 miles of 113-mile Padre Island, a barrier island that parallels the Texas coast between Port Isabel and Corpus Christi.
		Causeways at both cities link the island with the mainland, but there is no though road on the island; a paved road extends for only 6 miles within the national seashore.
		Padre Island became infamous as a graveyard for ships blown onto the island during storms.
	www.ohwy.com /tx/p/padisnas.htm (189 words)

	TPWD: Mustang Island State Park
		Padre Island was part of a Spanish land grant to Padre Nicholas Balli about 1800, and the Balli family established a ranching tradition that continued for several decades.
		The island was first named "Wild Horse Island," then "Mustang," because of the wild horses, called "Mestenos," brought to the island by the Spaniards in the 1800s.
		The island animal community is dominated by rodents such as pocket gophers, spotted ground squirrels, grasshopper mice, rice rats and cotton rats.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /park/mustang (913 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
		Padre Island is one of a chain of islands that stretches along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States from Maine to Texas.
		The National Seashore is one of the longest stretches of primitive, undeveloped ocean beach in the United States.
		But on Padre Island it is not the work of man but the handiwork of nature that is most evident.
	www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/pais (1067 words)

	Texas - South Padre Island Preserve
		Padre Island and South Padre Island, the Laguna Madre and the mainland inshore are a haven for a broad diversity of animals, birds and fish, many of them rare.
		On the northern end of South Padre Island, the property is bordered on the north by the Mansfield Channel in Willacy County and includes much of the land stretching southward into Cameron County to a point about 10 miles north of the city of South Padre Island.
		Padre Island is a recreation destination known to beach-lovers and anglers far and wide.
	nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/texas/preserves/art6430.html (592 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore - News - US-Parks.com
		Padre Island National Seashore has issued a newsletter describing its new General Management Plan (GMP), which provides the framework and guidance for decisions affecting the park’s resources and the visitor experience for the next ten to fifteen years.
		Padre Island National Seashore Superintendent Colin Campbell announced today that a temporary fee waiver for Bird Island Basin is in effect immediately and up to approximately the first week of July 2005.
		Padre Island National Seashore today announced BNP Petroleum Corporation’s Plan of Operations for drilling the Dunn-Peach #2-6 Natural Gas Wells at the park has been approved by the NPS regional office in Denver.
	www.us-parks.com /padre_island/news.html (1207 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore : Introduction
		Padre Island National Seashore (Overview of Padre Island National Seashore)
		Padre Island is a barrier island, essentially a sand bar that helps protect the mainland from the full force of ocean storms.
		Like other barrier islands, one of the constants of Padre Island is change; wind and waves relentlessly shape and re-create the island, as grasses and other hardy plants strive to get a foothold in the shifting sands.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1702&catID=1702010001 (238 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore - South Padre Island, Texas GORP
		The national seashore occupies over 80 miles of uninhabited island paradise, a place where white sand beaches are caressed by the warm and gentle waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
		The entrance to Padre Island is just 25 miles south of Corpus Christi, a city serviced by an international airport.
		Padre Island is named for Padre Jose Nicolas Balli, who built a mission on the island in the early 1800s to Christianize the native Karankawa Indians.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_ns/tx_padre.htm (345 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore (Texas/Gulf of Mexico) - Lands at Risk - Wildlands - Sierra Club
		Padre Island National Seashore is one of the most visited recreation areas in Texas, drawing 800,000 visitors a year on average.
		Unlike the resort town of South Padre Island, Padre Island National Seashore is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world.
		Padre Island is the longest unbroken barrier island in the United States.
	www.sierraclub.org /wildlands/wildlandsatrisk/padre.asp (647 words)

	22/11/2002 -- TEXAS: Gas Rigs to Invade Padre Island National Seashore
		When Congress established the 67 mile long Padre Island National Seashore in 1962, it specified that private individuals and the state of Texas would retain their existing mineral rights to the site, and could use any "reasonably necessary" methods to remove oil and natural gas deposits.
		Padre Island National Seashore has just two existing active natural gas wells.
		More than 660,000 people visited the seashore last year, many to camp, fish, and stroll along Padre's 67 miles of undeveloped barrier island.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=17886 (1108 words)

	How to Enjoy Padre Island National Seashore - eHow.com
		Encompassing 133,000 acres of barrier islands, Padre Island National Seashore is known for its white-sand beaches and a plethora of recreational opportunities.
		Travel "down island." More than 50 miles of beach are open to four-wheel-drive vehicles, which means you can do a lot of exploring in isolated areas.
		You can also primitive camp on the gulf side of the island, but camping on the dunes, which are ecologically sensitive, is not permitted.
	www.ehow.com /how_18093_enjoy-padre-island.html (838 words)

	BP drilling at Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) : Houston Indymedia
		While the Sierra Club has maintained all along that drilling on the National Seashore is unacceptable whether the turtles are nesting or not, a Padre Island official assured us that according to their agreement with BNP, construction would not happen during the sea turtle's nesting period (April 1 through July).
		Padre Island National Seashore brings about $39 million from tourism to the local economy annually and creates about 815 jobs.
		It takes not only the dreamers, the believers, the legislators, it will also take the keepers ”the watchful stewards” for a national belonging such as Padre Island Wilderness is the miracle that man can tear apart but not reassemble.
	houston.indymedia.org /print.php?id=26368 (1102 words)

	Action Alert: Tell the NPS that new oil and gas drilling on Padre Island National Seashore is unacceptable
		Padre Island is the longest unbroken barrier beach in the U.S., and the longest undeveloped barrier beach in the world!
		I believe that if I visit Padre Island in the coming months, my experience of the beauty and tranquility of the park will be ruined by the truck traffic.
		The park is a magnet for ecotourism in South Texas and one of our great national seashores.
	lonestar.sierraclubaction.org /showalert.asp?aaid=53 (772 words)

	Corpus Christi, South Texas, Padre Island National Seashore
		Official interest in Padre Island as a National Seashore began in 1934, when the island was recommended as a "National Beach Park," but efforts to designate it as a park were unsuccessful.
		Today Padre Island is one of only eight national seashore areas.
		The others are Assateague Island in Maryland Virginia, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, Fire Island in New York, Gulf Islands National Seashore off the Florida and Mississippi Coasts, Cape Hatteros and Cape Loolout in North Carolina, and Point Reyes in California.
	www.corpusnightlife.com /national-seashore.html (352 words)

	News 8 Austin 24 Hour Local News HEADLINES
		"The eggs were incubated in Padre Island sand, the hatchlings were released on the beach at Padre Island National Seashore, allowed to crawl into the surf and recaptured using aquarium dip nets,” Shaver said.
		Kemp's ridley sea turtles are being preserved along the Padre Island National Seashore.
		If you are interested in being a Padre Island volunteer in the Kemps ridley project, call (512) 949-8173.
	www.news8austin.com /content/headlines/?ArID=141798&SecID=2 (334 words)

	Padre Island Park Company on Padre Island National Seashore, offers a variety of mementos, sportswear and beach rental equipment
		The migratory corridor, feeding area and breeding ground in Padre Island National Seashore have proven to be successful in establishing a permanent nesting colony.
		Once on Padre Island National Seashore, visit Padre Island Park Company gift store on the beach for a variety of Padre Island mementos, sportswear, snacks and beach rental equipment.
		The Kemp's ridley species has grown due to the cooperative efforts of the National Park Service, Padre Island Park Company and the U.S. Geological Survey who are dedicated to saving this species from extinction.
	padreislandparkcompany.com (173 words)

	Texas Online: Corpus Christi, Texas
		Padre Island Park, on Gulf side from Park Road 22, has bathhouse, sandy swimming beaches, overnight camping facilities, fishing pier, and small Beachcomber's Museum in park office with nautical and unusual items found along the beach.
		Packery Channel Park, on Padre Island near junction of Texas 361 and Park Road 22, is excellent day-use park with good fishing.
		Use of metal detectors is prohibited on the National Seashore.
	texas-on-line.com /graphic/corpusch.htm (1777 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore : In Depth
		In the 1970s, an international effort was begun to establish a second nesting area at Padre Island National Seashore, using the theory that sea turtles always return to the beach where they were hatched to lay their eggs.
		After hatching, about 13,500 baby turtles were released on the beach at Padre Island National Seashore and allowed to crawl into the water for a quick swim.
		Since then some of the turtles have returned to Padre Island and other sections of the Texas Gulf Coast to nest, and Park Service workers have collected a number of eggs for incubation and eventual release.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1702&catID=1702010012 (548 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Padre Island National Seashore
		L.L.Bean: Park Search - Padre Island National Seashore
		One of the favorite pastimes on Padre Island is surf fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
		But the real treasure is Padre Island's environment.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/10419gd.htm (316 words)

	North Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, USA
		After 10 miles you will enter the Padre Island National Seashore park.
		Occupying a large chunk of the Padre Island this National Park has been a traditional site for discreet naturist activity for many years.
		The park is located near the north end of Padre Island at the southern end of State Park Road 22, and is easily accessible from Corpus Christi and Port Aransas.
	www.nudetravelguide.com /nude-places/detail.php?siteid=25 (819 words)

	Texas Coast Maps: Kayak
		The total amout of natural gas which lies under Padre Island National Seashore is equivalent to that which is consumed by Americans in less than a single day.
		• Padre Island National Seashore is the nesting ground of the Kemp's-Ridley Sea Turtle, the most endangered sea turtle in the world.
		Most recently, one of its last remaining habitat areas Texas' Padre Island National Seashore was opened for oil exploration and production, making the future of the Kemp's Ridley even more precarious.
	www.quintanna.com /mtnsports/seakayaker/texas.html (686 words)

	Kiteboarding Banned at Padre Island National Seashore Outside Online
		December 29, 2003 A July ban on kiteboarding was recently upheld by National Park Service (NPS) officials who administer Padre Island National Seashore.
		Despite reports that the safety of nesting birds was at the heart of the ban, an earlier statement by former Padre Island Superintendent Jock Whitworth cited concern over the "extreme" nature of kiteboarding as the primary reason for the ban.
		Kiteboarders are now expected to face the same scrutiny that other sports enthusiasts face within the national park system.
	outside.away.com /outside/news/20031229_1.html (559 words)

	Bird Checklists of the United States
		Padre Island National Seashore's location on the central flyway between North and South America makes it very important to the birds of this hemisphere.
		The National Seashore also has the distinction of being designated a globally important bird area by the American Bird Conservancy.
		This checklist lists 326 species found on the island and provides the habitat where they are most likely to be found and their relative abundance during each season.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/padreisl.htm (591 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore - News
		When possible, we examined each nesting Kemp’s ridley found by patrollers or the public to determine whether she was from the experimental project to establish a secondary nesting colony of Kemp’s ridley turtles at Padre Island National Seashore and whether she had nested and been tagged previously.
		The public was invited to attend 14 of the hatchling releases held at Padre Island National Seashore during 2004 and overall about 2,300 people attended.
		Hatchling releases in 2005 The hatchling releases are held northern end of Padre Island National Seashore, sporadically throughout the year.
	www.nps.gov /pais/pphtml/newsdetail13978.html (985 words)

	Wild Texas Parks: Padre Island National Seashore - Corpus Christi, TX
		To avoid confusion, please note that 133,919-acre Padre Island National Seashore and the ever-popular Spring Break hotspot of South Padre Island are not one in the same.
		With that said, camping on the offroad-accessible section of Padre Island National Seashore is the epitome of tranquility.
		An impassible channel separates Padre Island into two parts: the 80 mile undeveloped portion that comprises Padre Island National Seashore, and the much smaller but highly developed resort town of South Padre Island near Texas' border with Mexico.
	wildtexas.com /parks/padre.php (757 words)

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