The Consortium for Minorities and 

 Women in Mathematics and Science 

 recommended that funds be provided 

 to the University of North CaroHna 

 Mathematics and Science Education 

 Network for a pilot program designed 

 to increase the participation of blacks 

 and women in these classrooms. 



UNC Sea Grant will provide $5,000 

 toward the pilot program, which will 

 initially involve a coordinator who will 

 work to obtain government, corporate 

 and foundation funds to further the 

 program. Once support for the project 

 is obtained, the program will begin its 

 work with minorities and women in 

 grades 6 to 9 to increase their interest 

 and skills in science and mathematics. 



UnC Sea Grant Director B.J. Cope- 

 land has been selected to serve on the 

 advisory council of the National Coast- 

 al Resources Research and Develop- 

 ment Institute in Oregon. The mission 

 of the institute is to "initiate, develop 

 and support research, education and 

 demonstration projects that promote 

 economic development and diversi- 

 fied use of the nation's marine and 



coastal resources, consistent with 

 maintenance of environmental integ- 

 rity and with due regard for social 

 responsibility and consequences." 



Copeland was one of 12 candidates 

 chosen for the council because of his 

 expertise in the field of coastal and 

 marine resources. 



The face of the coast 

 / is changing. Increased 



/ ^ hpJf~\ development has spur- 

 1 i'^f ^ 1 "^^^ need for better 

 y^* "\ // planning and controlled 

 \ y/ growth in the coastal 

 areas of North Carolina. 

 To help address this issue, Simon 

 Baker, a professor in the Department 

 of Geography and Planning at East 

 Carolina University in Greenville, has 

 written A hand Use and Land Cover 

 Classification of the North Carolina 

 Barrier Islands: Level IIL 



This new publication offers a de- 

 tailed classification system for map- 

 ping land use and land cover on the 

 barrier islands, expanding the two- 

 level system previously adopted by 

 the U.S. Geological Survey. Seven 



additional categories of land use and 

 land cover are described in the text 

 and illustrated with more than 100 

 aerial and ground photographs. Coast- 

 al managers, planners, business own- 

 ers and government officials can use 

 this information to make quick and 

 positive classification decisions and as 

 benchmark data against which future 

 changes can be measured. It is compat- 

 ible with the national classification and 

 mapping system of land use and land 

 cover. 



For a copy of Baker's book, write 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-85-03. 

 Cost is $3.50. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 Box 8605, North Carolina State Uni- 

 versity, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. Vol. 

 12, No. 10, November/December, 

 1985. Dr. B.J. Copeland, director. 

 Kathy Hart, editor. Nancy Davis and 

 Sarah Friday, staff writers. 



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