Gene Schroeder of Fresno and other protesters seek signatures earlier this month on a petition to maintain motorized-vehicle access to Oceano Dunes. 
Tire tracks on a beach at Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area stop at a row of signs meant to protect bird nesting areas. The state Coastal Commission favors further limits on vehicles.
A plover chick at the recreation area near Pismo Beach is banded so that its movements can be tracked.
Buggies zip along the crest of a dune this month at the Oceano Dunes recreation area. "I think it's an unbalanced situation. We need our space, too," says one Tulare resident.
