COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Protecting 

 Water Quality 



The North Carolina Coastal 

 Federation will present a workshop, 

 "Best Management Practices for 

 Protecting Water Quality in Coastal 

 Communities," Feb. 26 - 27, at the 

 Riverfront Convention Center in New 

 Bern. 



The workshop, funded by the U.S. 

 Environmental Protection Agency, 

 targets interested citizens, educators, 

 resource planners, engineers and local 

 government staff and officials. 



Featured speakers include Randall 

 Arendt, vice president for conservation 

 planning with the Pennsylvania-based 

 Natural Lands Trust. Arendt is a 

 nationally known conservation designer. 

 Critics hail his book, GrowingGreener, as 

 "valuable for the interested citizen or 

 public official, as well as the developer 

 or planning professional." 



Water quality experts from EPA 

 and other national, state and local 

 agencies will also focus on stormwater 

 management — a timely issue in light of 

 the implementation of Phase II of EPA's 

 National Pollution Discharge Elimina- 

 tion System. 



New rules require local govern- 

 ments to develop programs to reduce 

 the discharge of storm water pollutants 

 and satisfy water quality standards of 

 the 1 972 Clean Water Management 

 Act. Phase I targeted large cities and 

 other major "end-of-pipe" discharge 

 sources. 



The workshop registration fee of 

 $30 covers the cost of materials, lunch 

 and reception. For information, contact 

 the N.C. Coastal Federation at 252/ 

 393-81 85, or iaurenk@nccoast.org. 



-P.S. 



Elizabeth City State University 

 Wins Environmental Grant 



beth City State University has 

 received nearly $300,000 from the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 

 Environmental Entrepreneurship Program. The 

 funds will support the university's research and 

 remote sensing work in developing the North 

 Carolina Coastal Habitat Protection Plans. 



The grant is one of 10 awarded by 

 NOAA as part of its newly established 



initiative, the Educational Partnership Program 

 with Minority-Serving Institutions. The goal is 

 to support educational experiences that 

 combine coursework with hands-on opportuni- 

 ties in environmental sciences. 



For more information about NOAA's 

 Educational Partnership Program with 

 Minority-Serving Institutions, go to www. 

 ofa.noaa.gov, and follow the links. - P.S. 



LJiza 



Sea Grant Names Two Knauss Fellows 



Angela Corridore 

 and Jeremy Potter, 

 graduate students in 

 Duke University's 

 Nicholas School of the 

 Environment, are new 

 Dean John A. Knauss 

 Marine Policy Fellows. 



The one-year 

 fellowship, sponsored by 

 the National Sea Grant 

 Program, places scholars 

 in a variety of federal 

 government offices. 

 Fellows learn about 

 national policy-making 

 processes that affect the 

 ocean, coastal and Great 

 Lakes resources. 



Corridore, who is 

 from Alexandria, Va., 

 completed a master's 

 degree in environmental 

 management, with a 

 concentration in coastal 

 management. She earned 

 a bachelor of science 

 degree in biology and environmental 

 science from the College of William and 

 Mary. 



For her master's project, Corridore 



Angela Corridore 



Jeremy Potter 



evaluated the socioeco- 

 nomic impacts of 

 temporary shellfishing 

 closures. She designed a 

 survey and conducted in- 

 depth interviews with 50 

 shellfishers. Her project 

 could become a model for 

 a broader-reaching 

 survey. 



Potter, who comes 

 from Morganton, W. Va., 

 is completing his master's 

 degree in environmental 

 management, with a 

 concentration in coastal 

 conservation and policy. 

 He earned a bachelor of 

 science degree in biology 

 from Davidson College, 

 and completed post- 

 baccalaureate studies at 

 West Virginia University. 



Currently, he is 

 helping to characterize the 

 Pacific and Atlantic 

 bycatch in the pelagic 

 longline industry. Fluent in the Japanese 

 language, he will identify research partners 

 in Japanese academia, government and 

 industry. — P.S. 



4 WINTER 2002 



