and storytellers will share coastal 

 folklore, and environmental education 

 groups will perform skits and musi- 

 cals. 



The celebration will also feature 

 hands-on exhibits such as a touch-tank 

 stocked with marine animals and 

 crafts using shells and sand. The 

 winners of poster and essay contests 

 carried throughout state schools will 

 be unveiled. 



Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A $2 

 donation is requested at the door; 

 children are admitted free. For more 

 information, call 919/821-8790. 



Managing the 

 Coastal Ocean 

 for the 21st 

 Century 



How should North 

 Carolina manage the 

 coastal ocean in the 

 next century? 



A panel of experts 

 will address this 

 question in "Managing 

 the Coastal Ocean for 

 the 21st Century: 

 North Carolina's 

 Role," a May confer- 

 ence at the University 

 of North Carolina at 

 Wilmington. 



The two-day 

 conference, May 20- 

 21, will be held at the 

 University Center. It will target the 

 state's resource managers, local and 

 regional government officials, 

 researchers and ocean users. 



Speakers will define the bound- 

 aries and significant natural resources 

 of North Carolina's coastal ocean; 

 identify the status of, and potential 

 risks to, coastal ocean resources; and 

 identify current resource management 

 strategies, use conflicts, informational 

 gaps and future directions. 



Among the speakers will be 

 Walter Clark, coastal law specialist for 

 Sea Grant; Gene Huntsman, leader of 

 the reef resources and coastal pelagics 



team at the Beaufort Laboratory of 

 the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service; and Stan Riggs, a geologist 

 at East Carolina University. 



Sponsors include Sea Grant, N.C. 

 Office of Marine Affairs/N.C. Ocean 

 Affairs Council, N.C. Division of 

 Coastal Management, UNC- 

 Wilmington and the UNC system. 

 Conference proceedings will be 

 prepared by Sea Grant. 



Registration is $25. For informa- 

 tion, call 919/733-2290 or write the 

 Office of Marine Affairs, 417 N. 

 Blount St., Raleigh, NC 27601. 



C.R. Edgerion 



Seining for bass and bream in Lake Phelps during Paddle to the 

 Seal in July 1991. 



Paddle To The Sea II 



Wanted: 20 middle-grade science 

 teachers from the Albemarle-Pamlico 

 Sound area to join in an experiential 

 learning workshop that involves 

 canoeing through Lake Phelps, the 

 Scuppernong River, Shallowbag Bay 

 and Atlantic coastal waters. 



Why: to educate teachers about 

 the basic ecological concepts and 

 environmental issues important to the 

 Coastal Plain of North Carolina and 

 to share curriculum materials and 

 activities that will enable them to 

 transfer this information into the 

 classroom. 



When: June 21-25, Aug. 13 and 

 Oct. 9. 



Participating teachers will take 

 part in the five-day workshop, with 

 two one-day follow-ups to allow for 

 production and evaluation of lessons. 



Modeled after the 1991 "Paddle to 

 the Sea," this workshop targets the 

 sparsely populated counties of Dare, 

 Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington. This 

 area is under intense research scrutiny 

 for its water quality, biological 

 diversity and management practices. 



The program involves a partner- 

 ship among local school systems, Sea 

 Grant, Pettigrew State 

 Park, the N.C. 

 Aquarium on Roanoke 

 Island and other 

 resources such as the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, the N.C. 

 Wildlife Resources 

 Commission and the 

 Nature Conservancy. 



The project is 

 funded by the U.S. 

 Department of Educa- 

 tion Eisenhower Act 

 and the N.C. Math- 

 ematics and Science 

 Education Network. 



Teachers interested 

 in participating in 

 "Paddle to the Sea II" 

 should request applica- 

 tions from Sea Grant by 

 writing or calling 919/515-2454. 

 Applications are due by March 9, and 

 selections will be made by April 9. 



John Miller 

 Appointment 



A Sea Grant researcher has been 

 named to a prestigious, three-year 

 appointment as a visiting scientist at 

 the Netherlands Institute for Sea 

 Research. 



As a visiting scientist, John 

 Miller, professor of zoology at N.C. 

 State University, will make biannual 

 visits to the institute to share his 



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