COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Celebrate 



Celebrate the return of thousands 

 of tundra swans to Lake Mattamuskeet 

 during Swan Days, Dec. 2-3, at the 

 Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge 

 in Hyde County. 



Activities highlight the ecology, 

 history and culture of the area — and 

 provide abundant photo opportunities. 

 The 50,000-acre lake is the winter home 

 for swans, Canada and snow geese, and 

 other water fowl. It's also a rest stop for 

 dozens of bird species migrating along 

 the Atlantic Flyway. 



For a close look of wildlife around 



Swan Days 



lecture and slide show at 7 p.m. Dec. 2, 

 in the Mattamuskeet Lodge. 



Tours of the refuge and lodge are on 

 tap throughout the weekend. And history 

 buffs wanting more details can meet 

 Lewis Forrest, founding director of The 

 Mattamuskeet Foundation. He'll talk 

 about his new book, Lake Mattamuskeet: 

 New Holland and Hyde County. The 

 book is featured in "The Book Market" 

 on page 23. 



David Cecelski will talk about his 

 book A Historian's Coast: Adventures 

 into the Tidewater Past both days. 



the lake, visitors may join a 

 "Volksmarch" — a people's walking 

 group — led by the Rowan County 

 Roamers. The volksmarch, a popular 

 community activity in Germany, 

 encourages year-round nature treks. 



Dave Allen, director of the North 

 Carolina Wildlife Coastal Plain Endan- 

 gered Species Project, will give a more 

 technical view of the refuge. He will 

 report on the status of wildlife during a 



Local artisans will exhibit wildlife- 

 related arts and crafts, and the North 

 Carolina Wildlife Commission will 

 premiere a mobile aquarium featuring 

 freshwater fish. 



Swan Days is free and open to 

 the public. Some activities require 

 pre-registration. For information, call 

 252/926-931 1, or go to www .albemarle- 

 nc.com/hyde/events/swandays.htm. 



-P.S. 



CMAST 

 Opens in . 

 Morehead City 



search, education and 

 extension programs in marine 

 sciences are spotlighted in a new 

 facility on Bogue Sound. 



North Carolina State 

 University's new Center for Marine 

 Sciences and Technology (CMAST) 

 will be dedicated Oct. 1 3. The 

 program begins at 1 p.m., with a 

 ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. and an 

 open house at 2:30 p.m. 



CMAST will include a regional 

 office for North Carolina Sea Grant. 

 "This facility will increase our 

 visibility to the public and invigorate 

 our extension staff," says Ron 

 Hodson, Sea Grant director. "And it 

 will encourage greater interaction 

 with the research community." 



Located just off" U.S. 70, the 

 center also will house NC State's 

 Seafood Laboratory, as well as 

 classrooms for Carteret Community 

 College. David Green, director of 

 the Seafood Lab and a Sea Grant 

 researcher, is CMAST director. 



Sea Grant staff members with 

 first-floor offices include fisheries 

 specialist Bob Hines, mariculture 

 and marketing specialist Philip 

 "Skip" Kemp and secretary Vanda 

 Lewis. Their phone number is 252/ 

 222-6307. 



Barry Nash, Sea Grant seafood 

 technology specialist, will have an 

 office in the Seafood Lab on the 

 second floor. His phone number is 

 252/222-6337. 



The mailing address is 303 

 College Circle, Morehead City, NC 

 28557. 



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