Coastwatch 



Managing Editor 

 Katie Mosher 



Senior Editors 

 Ann Green 

 Renee Wolcott Shannon 



Designer 

 Linda 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 12-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 

 bimonthly, six times a year, for $15 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. 

 E-mail: kmosher@unity.ncsu.edu. 

 World Wide Web address: 

 http://www2jwsu.edu/sea_grant/seagrantJitml. 

 Periodical Postage paid at Raleigh, N.C. 



POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 



Coastwatch, North Carolina Sea Grant. 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605, 

 Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. 



COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Gifts for Coast-lovers 



Look again at 

 your holiday gift 

 list and you may 

 recognize a trend: 

 Your family, 

 friends and co- 

 workers love the 

 North Carolina 

 coast. 



One could 

 spend the whole 

 day collecting 

 seashells. Another 

 keeps a sailboat just 

 off the Intracoastal 

 Waterway. All 

 appreciate the strong 

 history of coastal 

 communities and ponder 

 the future of delicate 

 ecosystems. 



Many North Carolina 

 Sea Grant publications are 

 popular for just such coast 

 lovers. Here are a few. 



• Seashells of North Carolina 

 allows even the most casual shell hunter 

 to identify a precious find. The 132-page 

 book includes color and black-and-white 

 photographs and descriptions of more 

 than 250 shells. The guides — UNC- 

 SG-97-03 — are $12 each. 



• Shifting Shorelines: A Pictorial 

 Atlas of North Carolina Inlets offers 

 both geology and history lessons as 

 readers take a tour of the state's 22 

 inlets. Chronological photographs and 



text trace the 

 changes over 

 time. The 

 50-page, 

 large-format 

 books — 

 UNC-SG- 

 99-07 — 

 are $15 each. 

 For more 

 information 

 on North 

 Carolina 

 inlets, turn 

 to page 24. 



• Travel 

 the length of the 

 North Carolina 

 shoreline with 

 Coastwatch, 

 finding unique 

 personalities and 

 places, cutting-edge 

 science, and updates on 

 Sea Grant extension and 

 education projects. Annual subscriptions 

 — six issues per year — are $15. Gift 

 forms are in the center of the magazine. 



A list of other Sea Grant publica- 

 tions can be found on the Web at www2. 

 ncsu.edu/sea_grant/seagrant.html. 



To place your order, send a check 

 to North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State 

 University, Box 8605, Raleigh, NC 

 27695-8605. Please include the publica- 

 tion name and number. For more 

 information, call 919/515-9101. - KM 



Front cover photo of 

 Shackleford Banks and 

 table of contents photo of 

 Cape Lookout lighthouse 

 by Scott D. Taylor. 



Printed on recycled paper. © 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



One of the nation's original stations for the U.S. Lifesaving Service 

 is getting a new life thanks to volunteers on Hatteras Island. 

 Check in on the renovations by the Chicamacomico Historical Association, Inc. 

 For those of you who like the adventure of sea rescues, our Book Market section 

 will offer invigorating selections for wintertime reading. 



2 HOLIDAY 1999 



