In 1992, termination of the occupancy rights took place and all the structures within the area of the Wilderness were removed Thereafter, camping was expanded in the Wilderness There has been a complex problem of issues related with the dears in the island The deer have caused a wide range of problems to the people living in the island These problems are transmission of ticks, sanitation issue when the deer go to the garbage sites and the relationship between people’s pets and the deer in the island People felt that fencing was a good mechanism of solving the problems and put fences in their home boundaries
History of the inhabited communities on Fire Island
In 1892 when there was a cholera epidemic, Surf Hotel was stopped and this set a development stage for private communities By that time the island was owned by a small group of people This development of communities happened as a result of the need for housing of the laborers Other communities developed out the promotion of the real estate Workers working in fish factories and hotels are the people who inhabited this island Community development in this island comprised of the residences during summer, commercial creations and other utilities related to the island The communities occupy the western end of the island which is within the boundaries of the national seashore (Koppelman & Seth 2008)
The communities make a provision of the islands bulky recreational facilities and all the commercial formations The oldest community on the island was Point O’ Woods which sprung from an assembly for education and religion Out of the divided land, Lot 21 is the home to the communities of the Sea view, Ocean Bay and Ocean beach The community lost ten homes to storms but still maintains an exclusive level through fencing the boundary which is on the Ocean Bay Park This community uses a service of a private ferry for transport This community maintains a cozy and private beach type of a community and sale of alcohol is prohibited
Summary of the islands history
Fire Island National seashore is a state property in New York State in the USA There is a believe that the name of the island is from an inlet cutting through the barriers and connecting Great South Bay finally to the ocean Biggest part of the island is on Fire Island and the other part is in Hamlet part of Mastic Beach in Brookhaven Town on the side of the Long Island It is a barrier that protects Great South Bay and on the northern side, the island is a portion of Long Island Back in the 17th century the island’s main use was as whaling base This is where whalers watched for spouting whales from the towers and later launched their boats after the whalers
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