Blue Heron Bowl winners from East Carteret High School: 

 Back row, left to right, Barrett Snipes, coach Barbara 

 Waters and Daniel Feagle. Front, left to right, Kayla 

 Lewis, Taylor McCune and Emmett Keeler, captain. 



Blue Heron Bowl 

 Winners 



East Carteret High School took top 

 honors in the 2005 Blue Heron Bowl, held in 

 February at North Carolina State University. 



Myers Park High School in Charlotte 

 placed second, and Raleigh Charter High 

 School won third place. The Sportsmanship 

 Award went to Ashley High School in 

 Wilmington. 



Twelve high school teams participated in 

 the academic competition focusing on ocean 

 science, technology, history and navigation. 



The North Carolina winners advanced to 

 compete in the 2005 National Ocean Sciences 

 Bowl in Biloxi, Miss., in April. — A.G. 



Hands-On Curriculum 

 Highlights Water 



1 



It's Our Water," a multimedia 

 curriculum produced by the Environmental 

 Education Fund (EEF), is designed to help high 

 school students understand the importance of 

 water quality and quantity. 



All matenals and activities are North 

 Carolina specific and align with the state's 

 Earth/Environmental Science Curriculum. 



"It's Our Water" showcases field activities 

 in local streams that lead to final reports and 

 recommendations by students. Activities are 

 coordinated with videos, demonstrations, 

 classroom activities and teacher guides. 



Materials are made available through 

 workshops across the state. For information, call 

 919/733-071 1 or go online to www.eefund.org. 



The nonprofit Environmental Education 

 Fund was created in 1 998 to encourage 

 partnerships that support environmental 

 education programs across the state. 



-P.S. 



COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Signed 



The 



I he N.C. Department 

 of Environment and 

 Natural Resources (DENR) 

 officially accepted the 

 Coastal Habitat Protection 

 Plan during February 

 ceremonies at the N.C. 

 Division of Marine 

 Fisheries. 



The plan, known as 

 CHPP was mandated by 

 the N.C. General 

 Assembly's 1997 Fisheries Reform Act. 

 CHPP includes a set of recommendations 

 to help the recovery of declining fish stocks. 

 It describes critical habitats where marine 

 fish and shellfish feed, spawn and grow. The 

 plan also identifies threats to those habitats 

 and makes recommendations to address the 

 threats. 



DENR guided the CHPP development, 

 engaging the three commissions and 

 the public in the process. To that end, an 

 Intercommission Review Commission (IRC), 

 with two members from each commission, 

 was formed. The IRC worked with staff 

 members from state agencies and other 



Bill Ross spoke at the signing ceremony. 



scientists to draft plans 

 and hold public forums. 



In December, 

 North Carolina's three 

 environmental rule- 

 making commissions 

 — the Marine 

 Fisheries Commission, 

 the Environmental 

 Management Commission 

 and the Coastal Resources 

 Commission — approved 

 the plan for the long-term enhancement of the 

 habitats critical to the health of coastal fisheries. 



To jumpstart the CHPP implementation, 

 DENR Secretary Bill Ross developed a list of 

 23 actions state agencies can take — without 

 new legislation or rule making. 



The DENR action list cites enforcement 

 of existing rules that protect fish habitat; 

 development of indicators of habitat health; 

 restoration of oyster shell bottoms; and the 

 education of the public about important 

 habitats. 



For more information about CHPP, go 

 online to www.ncfisheries.net and click on 

 CHPP. - P.S. 



New Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse 



'uring the 

 late 1 800s, more than 

 a dozen cottage-style, 

 screw-pile lighthouses 

 were erected in North 

 Carolina marshes and 

 rivers. 



The Manteo 

 waterfront is now 

 home to a replica of 



the historic Roanoke Marshes lighthouse. 



Operated by the N.C. Maritime Museum 

 on Roanoke Island, the replica lighthouse has an 

 enlarged deck that overlooks Shallowbag Bay. 



The original was built in 1 877 and sat 

 on seven iron piles screwed into the bottom of 

 Croatan Sound. It remained in service until it 

 was decommissioned by the U.S. Coast Guard 



in 1955. Emmett 

 Wiggins of Edenton, 

 who bought two 

 other screw pile 

 lighthouses at 

 the same time, 

 purchased it. 

 However, Wiggins 

 was unsuccessful 

 at moving the 

 lighthouse by barge. 



Today, the only onginal screw pile 

 lighthouse stands near a canal in Edenton. 



The replica lighthouse is at the end of 

 Queen Elizabeth Street in downtown Manteo. 

 To find out about the hours of operation 

 call, 252/475-1500 or visit the Web: www. 

 obxmaritime. org. —A.G. 



4 EARLY SUMMER 2005 



