on Hatteras Island; and at another site 

 on Hatteras Island. The researchers 

 will compare differences in beach 

 profile, sand transport and vegetation 

 on ORV-impacted beaches and sites 

 closed to traffic. 



Sea Grant's new con- 

 tinuing education 

 program for fishermen 

 got off the ground last 

 month with two evening 

 classes on trouble 

 shooting and preventive 

 maintenance for outboard motors. 



The class is the first of many to be 

 sponsored under the new program. 

 Continuing education coordinator, 

 Wayne Wescott of Manteo, says future 

 short courses will cover safety aboard 

 ship, federal financial aid- for fisher- 

 men, forming business associations and 

 free U.S. captain's license training. For 

 more information on the program, 

 Wescott can be temporarily reached at 

 the Marine Resources Center on 

 Roanoke Island (919/473-3937). 



In other education news, Sea 

 Grant's Marine Education Materials 

 System (MEMS) is coming to North 

 Carolina. Sea Grant's marine educa- 

 tion specialist Lundie Mauldin of 

 NCSU has arranged for the microfiche 

 collection of marine education docu- 

 ments to be housed in the Education 

 Information Center of the North 

 Carolina Department of Public 

 Instruction. 



A catalogue listing accession num- 

 bers for the microfiche is available 



from UNC Sea Grant for $5.00. Orders 

 for the catalogue including checks 

 payable to UNC Sea Grant, may be 

 sent to Sea Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, 

 NC 27650. A complete set of the 

 MEMS documents will be housed in 

 the D.H. Hill Library on the NCSU 

 campus. 



Though we're only 

 four months into 1979, 

 the wheels already have 

 been set into motion for 

 next year's Sea Grant 

 program. But before any 

 projects are funded, they 

 must undergo a series of reviews by 

 both the UNC Sea Grant ad- 

 ministrative staff and special commit- 

 tees comprised of university 

 researchers and agency personnel from 

 North Carolina and elsewhere. 



To give you an idea of the various 

 review steps that the projects must go 

 through, we've included this year's 

 schedule: 



June 1 — Individual project 

 proposals due at the UNC Sea Grant 

 offices in Raleigh; 



June 4-30 — Ad hoc, state agency and 

 university review; 



July 9-13 — Proposals returned to 

 researchers for revision; 



July 31 — Final project proposals due 

 back to UNC Sea Grant office; 



September 1 — UNC Sea Grant 

 program proposal due at the National 

 Office of Sea Grant, Washington, 

 DC; 



September 25-27 — Office of Sea 

 Grant review and feedback; 



January 1 — Project funds awarded. 



Lookout update 



The days of the famous Cape 

 Lookout Lighthouse are numbered. 

 Citing the enormous expense of protec- 

 tive measures, the National Park Ser- 

 vice (NPS) announced early this 

 month that it does not intend to take 

 steps to keep the lighthouse from 

 washing into Barden Inlet. 



The February issue of this newslet- 

 ter described the plight of the 

 lighthouse, which now stands less than 

 300 feet from the eroding shoreline of 

 Core Banks. At that time several state 

 and federal agencies were considering 

 plans to save the lighthouse. Since it is 

 currently developing the Cape 

 Lookout National Seashore, the NPS 

 was selected as the lead agency in the 

 matter. 



The light is still used as a navigation 

 aid. So, if it is washed away, the Coast 

 Guard plans to replace it with a simple 

 metal tower at another location on 

 Core Banks. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, NC 27650, Vol. 6, No. 4, 

 April, 1979. Dr. B.J. Copeland, 

 director. Written and edited by Karen 

 Jurgensen, Mary Day Mordecai and 

 Virginia Worthington. Second-class 

 postage paid at Raleigh, NC 27611. 



Coastwatch 



105 1911 Building 



North Carolina State University 



Raleigh, NC 27650 



Second-class postage paid 

 at Raleigh, NC 27611 

 (ISSN 0161-8369) 



