Coastwatch 



COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Managing Editor 

 Katie Mosher 



Senior Editors 

 Ann Green 

 Pam Smith 



Contributing Editor 

 Cynthia Henderson 



Designer 

 L. Noble 



Circulation Manager 

 Sandra Harris 



The North Carolina Sea Grant College 

 Program is a federal/state program that 

 promotes the wise use of our coastal and 

 marine resources through research, extension 

 and education. It joined the National Sea Grant 

 College Network in 1970 as an institutional 

 program. Six years later, it was designated a 

 Sea Grant College. Today, North Carolina Sea 

 Grant supports several research projects, 

 a 15-member extension program and a 

 communications staff. Ron Hodson is director. 

 The program is funded by the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce's National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration and the state 

 through the University of North Carolina. 

 Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) 

 is published six times a year by the 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605, 

 Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8605. 

 Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515-7095. 

 Subscriptions are $15. 

 E-mail: katie_mosher@ncsu.edu 

 World Wide Web address: 

 http://www.ncsu.edu/seagrant 

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Front cover photo of Core Banks 

 by Scott D. Taylor. 

 Table of contents photo courtesy of the 

 National Aquarium in Baltimore. 

 Printed on recycled paper. © 



Big Sweep Set for September 



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Volunteers from the coast to the mountains will roll up their sleeves on Saturday, 

 Sept. 21, to take part in North Carolina Big Sweep, the annual statewide waterways cleanup. 



Founded as Beach Sweep in 1987 by North Carolina Sea Grant's Lundie Spence, the 

 event has grown from its original 1,000 volunteers along ocean beaches to being a statewide 

 waterway cleanup. To date, more than 163,000 volunteers have collected more than 7.6 million 

 pounds of trash. The program now has reached across the U.S. and to international shores. 



Last year, more than 17,000 North Carolina citizens collected 580,626 pounds of trash in 

 the one-day effort, breaking the all-time collection and volunteer participation record for the state. 

 The Big Sweep team covered more than 1,400 miles of stream, river, sound and ocean shores. 



North Carolina Big Sweep Inc. also sponsors a pilot Adopt-A-Beach program and 

 provides a variety of educational resources to encourage environmental stewardship. 



To join the volunteer team on Sept. 21, or to find out more about North Carolina Big Sweep, 

 go online at www.ncbigsweep.org, call 919/404-1698 or e-mail ncbigsweep@tnindspring.com. 



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'atermark, one of the oldest craft cooperatives in the country, reflects coastal culture 

 and traditions — from baskets to bird houses. Pam Smith visits the Camden shop to share 

 a holiday wish list. 



Through a Sea Grant-funded program, teachers and students are developing new 

 resources for earth science teachers. Ann Green joins teachers, university faculty and 

 students as they look at barrier island processes at Jockey's Ridge. She also offers readers 

 a holiday menu with tasty seafood dishes. 



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