COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Writing Honored 



doastwatch again has taken national 

 honors in the annual Awards for Publica- 

 tion Excellence. The competition, known 

 as APEX, is sponsored by Communications 

 Concepts. Inc., based in Virginia. 



The Award of Excellence in the 

 magazine or journal writing category was 

 presented for the Winter 2000 issue. It 

 included feature stories on the oysters in 

 North Carolina, renovations at the 

 Chicamacomico Life Saving Station and 

 the Sailors' Snug Harbor home for retired 

 merchant marines. 



"Through Coastwatch we share the 

 wonder of the North Carolina coast," says 

 Katie Mosher, managing editor. 



The Coastwatch writing staff also 

 includes Ann Green and Pam Smith, senior 

 editors, and Cynthia Henderson Vega, 

 contributing editor. 



And Raleigh writer T. Edward 

 Nickens' story on Old Currituck, which 

 appeared in the Spring 1 999 issue, was 

 honored by the Outdoor Writers Associa- 

 tion of America. It received second place 

 among stories on small game. - K.M. 



Two Scholars Named Knauss Fellows 



Two North Carolina 

 scholars named Dean John A. 

 Knauss Marine Policy 

 Fellows will spend the 

 coming year experiencing 

 policy-making processes 

 affecting the ocean, coastal 

 and Great Lakes resources. 



Kristen Jayne Long and 

 David S. Canny, both 

 graduate students in the 

 Nicholas School of the 

 Environment at Duke 

 University, were selected for 

 the prestigious fellowship that 

 is sponsored by the National 

 Sea Grant College Program. 

 They will be assigned to host 

 offices in the executive or 

 legislative branches of the 

 federal government. 



Long, who comes from 

 Hawthorne, N.J., is complet- 

 ing a master's degree in 

 environmental management, 

 with a concentration in coastal management 

 She earned a bachelor of science degree in 

 marine and freshwater biology from the 

 University of New Hampshire. Her career 

 interests include marine policy, fisheries 

 management and sea turtle conservation. 



" & 



David S. Canny 



Kristen J. Long 



from the Duke Marine Lab in 

 Beaufort, she organized a 

 volunteer sea turtle nesting 

 monitoring program for 

 Salter Path. She served as a 

 liaison to the N.C. Sea Turtle 

 Program coordinator. 



Canny, who comes 

 from Hamden, Conn., is 

 completing his master's de- 

 gree in environmental man- 

 agement with a concentration 

 in resource ecology, land- 

 scape and conservation ecol- 

 ogy. He earned a bachelor of 

 arts degree from Dartmouth 

 College in environmental and 

 evolutionary biology. His 

 career interests include coral 

 reef ecology, island biogeog- 

 raphy, and integrating so- 

 cially and environmentally 

 sustainable practices into 

 small communities. 

 Recently, he has 

 concentrated on marine reserve issues. 

 Working as a marine reserve selection 

 specialist, he helped devise habitat selection 

 criteria. Canny also is helping to streamline 

 an oceanographic model to predict suitable 

 sites for artificial reefs or marine protected 



During the summer of 2000, operating areas off the coast of North Carolina. - P.S. 



.Brochure 

 Highlights Sea 

 Grant Program 



North Carolina Sea Grant's 

 diversity is highlighted in a new 

 brochure: Chartinga Sound Future: 

 Coastal Science and Outreach. 



Colorful photos document field 

 work performed by Sea Grant staff, 

 while the text outlines the program's 

 multiple missions — research, extension 

 and communications. 



"Sea Grant plays a leadership role 

 in the development of science-based 

 solutions that guide local, state and 

 federal policy-makers and stimulate 

 North Carolina's economy," says 

 North Carolina Sea Grant director Ron 

 Hodson. 



The free publication can be 

 ordered. Call 919/515-2454. For more 

 information about Sea Grant, visit the 

 Web: www.ncsu.edu/seagrant. — A.G. 



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