Natural Resources and Community 

 Development and Connell Purvis, 

 director of the state Division of 

 Marine Fisheries. The purpose of this 

 conference will be to inform those who 

 attend about the physical, historical 

 and biological characteristics of the 

 Albemarle Sound and how it responds 

 to environmental and man-made 

 changes. 



Yes, Virginia, Christ- 

 mas trees are still impor- 

 tant after the holidays 

 are over. This year, hun- 

 dreds of trees were given 

 a new purpose in the 

 second annual dune- 



repair and Christmas-tree-recycling 

 program. 



Spencer Rogers, Sea Grant's coastal 

 engineering specialist, set up the 

 program with the North Carolina 

 Marine Resources Center at Fort 

 Fisher and several local organizations. 

 In the past two years, Rogers says 

 several hundred volunteers have 

 braved cold and nasty weather to set 

 out over 600 trees. Trees stripped of 

 decorations are placed in worn areas 

 along the dunes where they trap and 

 hold sand in their branches. 



Participants in this year's program 

 met on January 3 at the center. After a 

 15 -minute talk by Rogers on repairing 

 dunes, the volunteers took a field trip 

 to the beach to deposit the trees. 



Lundie Mauldin, Sea 

 Grant's marine educa- 

 tion specialist, again has 

 organized a series of 

 summer workshops for 

 North Carolina teachers. 

 The first workshop 

 has a tropical setting — Andros, 

 Bahamas. UNC Sea Grant and the 

 N.C. State Museum of Natural 

 History are sponsoring this tropical 

 workshop set for June 27 to July 3. To 

 be eligible, a teacher must be 

 scheduled to teach science in 1982-83. 

 The approximate cost of the trip is 

 $450. To reserve a spot for the Andros 

 workshop, a $100 deposit must be 

 received by April 15 along with an ap- 

 plication form. Space is limited to 20 

 teachers. For applications and further 

 information, write Lundie Mauldin, 

 105 1911 Building, North Carolina 

 State University, Raleigh, N.C. 27650 

 or call (919) 737-2454. Or, contact the 

 museum at (919) 733-7450. 



In another cooperative project with 

 the Museum of Natural History, 

 Mauldin has organized a series of three 

 workshops called "Cross Carolina." In 

 these workshops, teachers will examine 

 the mountain, piedmont and coastal 

 habitats and learn how to plan and 

 execute field trips. The mountain 

 workshop will be held July 5-9 in 

 Boone; the piedmont workshop, July 

 19-23 in Raleigh; the coastal 

 workshop, July 26-30 in Nags Head. 

 Elementary or secondary science 



teachers may attend one or all three 

 workshops. Tuition for each workshop 

 is $110. This cost covers housing only. 

 Each of the workshops offers 3Vi hours 

 course credit through the NCSU 

 Department of Continuing Education. 

 For an application, write or call 

 Mauldin. Space is limited. 



Finally, Mauldin is offering a 

 workshop for 15 to 25 teachers at the 

 N.C. Marine Resources Center at 

 Bogue Banks, July 11-17. Called "The 

 Sea and its Harvest", this workshop is 

 designed for vocational instructors 

 teaching home economics, pre- 

 vocational career exploration and 

 marine occupations. Teachers will 

 learn about the harvesting, processing 

 and preparation of seafood. Tuition for 

 the workshop is $100. Three hours 

 course credit will be offered. For an ap- 

 plication, write or call Mauldin. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, NC 27650-5001. Vol. 9, No. 1, 

 January, 1982. Dr. B.J. Copeland, 

 director. Neil Caudle, editor. Kathy 

 Hart and Cassie Griffin, staff writers. 

 Second-class postage paid at Raleigh, 

 NC 27611. 



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