Coastwatch 



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 

 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 bimonthly, six times a year, 

 for $12 by the North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, Box 8605, 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 of marine debris 

 by Don Riepe of the American Littoral 

 Society. 



Inside front cover photo of sand dunes on 

 the central coast by Scott D. Taylor. 



Printed on recycled paper 



by Highland Press Inc. in f ^ 



Fayetteville, N.C. * m 



