COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Lessons From the 

 Edge of the Sea 



A 



group of individuals concerned about North Carolina's coast 

 developed the Southern Coastal Heritage Workshops for educators. 

 Sponsored by the North Carolina State University Humanities Extension 

 Program, the workshops explored communities and ecosystems. 



Now, everyone has a chance to experience the workshops in Life at the 

 Edge ofthe Sea: Essays on North Carolina's Coast and Coastal Culture, edited by 

 Candy Beal and Carmine Prioli, of NC State. 



In the essays, the workshops come alive. Find yourself knee-deep in 

 muck with Lundie Spence, North Carolina Sea Grant education specialist 

 "Estuaries: Where the River Meets the Ocean," describes one ofthe largest 

 estuarine systems on the East Coast, second only to Chesapeake Bay. 



Or take a trip to the Outer Banks with Walt Wolfram of NC State. In 

 "Speech at the Beach," you can almost hear the unique coastal dialects. 



Follow the time line of how the Cape Lookout National Seashore came 

 into being or how it almost did not become at all. Learn about African- 

 American influence in the development of coastal waterways. Or even 

 experience boat building on Harker's Island. The collection of essays can 

 open up a new world or make memories come flooding back. Either way, 

 North Carolina's coastal traditions and stories will live on. 



To purchase a copy ofthe book for $16.95, call Coastal Carolina Press, 

 91 0/362-9298, or send the request via email to books@coastalcarolmapress.org. 



-G.C. 



6 at the Edge ofthe Sea 



SSOys on North Carolina's Coast and Coastal Culture 



National Marine Educators 

 to Meet in Wilmington 



The 2003 National 

 Marine Educators 

 Association Conference, 

 'Taking Marine 

 Education by Storm," 

 will convene July 20 - 

 24 at the University of 

 North Carolina at 

 Wilmington's Center 

 for Marine Science. 



The event is 

 hosted by the Mid- 

 Atlantic Marine Education 

 Association, UNC-W, and the 

 National Marine Education Association. 

 North Carolina Sea Grant is a conference 

 sponsor. 



Speakers will share the latest marine 

 science research through workshops and field 

 trips. Sessions will highlight marine geology, 



ecology, meteorology, 

 archaeology and marine 

 history. 



Special events 

 include a tour of the 

 newly expanded 

 | North Carolina 

 | Aquarium at Fort 

 Fisher. 



Conference 

 chairs are Andy Wood, 

 of the North Carolina 

 Audubon Society, and Terri 

 Kirby Hathaway, of the North 

 Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island. 

 Go online to www.marine-ed.org/ 

 nmea.2003 for conference information and 

 registration applications. Or, contact Wood at 

 awood@audubon.org or Hathaway at 

 terri.hathaway@ncmail.net. — P.S. 



Volunteers 

 Needed for N.C 

 Ocean Bowl 



his spring, North Carolina high 

 school students will test their knowledge 

 of ocean science in a team competition. 



The students will answer questions 

 about ocean-related science, technology, 

 history and navigation March 1 at the 

 Fourth Annual North Carolina Ocean 

 Sciences Bowl at the University of North 

 Carolina at Wilmington. 



Winners ofthe N.C. Ocean Bowl will 

 compete in the National Ocean Sciences 

 Bowl April 25-28 in Lajolla, Calif. 



Volunteers are needed to judge and 

 monitor the North Carolina competition. 



To volunteer, contact Diane Talley, 

 91 0/962-2460, or marinequest@uncw.edu 



-A.G. 



COASTWATCH 



