Coastwatch 



Coastwatch Staff: 



Kathy Hart, Managing Editor 

 Jeannie Faris and Carla B. Burgess, 



Staff Writers and Editors 

 L. Noble, Designer 

 Debra Lynch, Circulation Manager 



The University of North Carolina Sea 

 Grant College Program is a federal/ 

 state program that promotes the wise 

 use of our coastal and marine re- 

 sources 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, UNC Sea Grant sup- 

 ports several research projects, a 12- 

 member extension program and three 

 communicators. B.J. Copeland is di- 

 rector. The program is funded by the 

 U.S. Department of Commerce's Na- 

 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- 

 ministration and the state through the 

 University of North Carolina. 



Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) is 

 published bimonthly, six times a year, 

 for $12 by the University of North 

 Carolina Sea Grant College Program, 

 N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 

 27695-8605. Application to Mail 

 at Second-Class Postage Rates is 

 pending at Raleigh, NC. Telephone: 

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



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Front cover photo of Nags Head 

 Woods by Lundie Spence. 



Inside front cover photo of a live 

 oak at Shackleford Banks by 

 Scott D. Taylor. 



Printed on recycled paper ^ 

 by Highland Press Inc. in f m £ 

 Fayetteville, N.C. 



