c oastwatch 



Coastwatch Staff: 



Kathy Hart, Managing Editor 

 Jeannie Fans and Carla B. Burgess, 



Staff Writers and Editors 

 L. Noble, Designer 

 Debra Lynch, Circulation Manager 



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, N.C. Sea Grant supports 

 several research projects, a 12-member 

 extension program and three communica- 

 tors. B.J. Copeland is director. The pro- 

 gram is funded by the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce's National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Aclministration and the state 

 through the University of North Carolina. 



Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) is 

 published bimonthly, six times a year, 

 for $12 by the North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, N.C. State University, 

 Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. Telephone: 

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

 E-mail k_hart@ncsu.edu. Second-Class 

 Postage paid at Raleigh, N.C. 



POSTMASTER: Send address changes 

 to Coastwatch, N.C. Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 

 27695-8605. 



Front cover photo by Scott D. Taylor. 

 Betty Martin, Catherine Sloan and 

 David Martin skim the surface of the 

 Black River in January. 



Inside front cover photo of Black River 

 by Scott D. Taylor. 



Printed on recycled paper 

 by Highland Press Inc. in 

 Fayetteville, N.C. 



