North Beach/big Beach, Fort Desoto Closed To Kiters Through August
As of this year from April 15th through the end of August all of the west facing beaches of Fort Desoto will be closed to kiteboarders due to new bird nesting regulations for Piping Plovers and Great American Oyster Catchers.
This includes Big Beach and all of North Beach not just the northern lagoon and the swim area like it used to be. If any incidents occur with nesting patterns getting disrupted by kite related activity the rangers said they will close the park to all kiting. Including east beach.
I was asked today to relay this message to all members of the kiting community by the head park ranger for the park. East beach is one of the best spots around so to preserve it make sure you ride backside or the regular gulf beaches on Norths and Wests.
If someone could sticky this it would be appreciated.
-Matt Sexton
TritonKiteboarding.com
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