COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Summer Leadership 

 Institute for Teachers 



This summer, middle and 

 high school science teachers can 

 join ocean scientists conducting 

 field work in estuaries. 



The expenence will be part of 

 the fourth annual Ocean Sciences 

 Education Leadership Institute, 

 to be held July 23 to 28 at the 

 Trinity Center in Pine Knoll Shores 

 and at the Duke University Marine 

 Laboratory in Beaufort. 



Sponsored by the Center for 

 Ocean Sciences Education Excellence 

 SouthEast (COSEE-SE), the institute 

 will focus on "Estuaries and Living 

 Resources." Teachers will receive new 

 curriculum materials and resources. 



Twenty-five teachers will be selected 

 from North Carolina, South Carolina and 



Aneione 

 Wins 

 Writing 

 Awara 



North 



Carolina Sea Grant 

 communicator 

 Kathleen Angione 

 took top honors 

 in the 2005 North 

 Carolina Association 

 of Government 

 Information 

 Officers (NCAGIO) 

 "Excellence in Communications Awards." 

 Angione won first place in feature writing for her article "Celebrating 

 ACentury:The Life of Muzel Bryant" that appeared in the Holiday 2004 issue of Coastwatch. At 101, 

 Muzel Bryant is the last living African American who was born and still lives on Ocracoke Island. 

 Angione accepted the award in November at the NCAGIO meeting in Chapel Hill. 

 The NCAGIO communications competition drew entries from its membership, which includes 

 public affairs professionals in government agencies. 



To read the article, visit: www.ncseaffant.org and follow the links to Coastwatch. — A.G. 



C«5EE 



CENTERS FOR OCEAN SCIENCES 

 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 



Southeast 



Serving North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, and Georgia 



Georgia. Participants will receive state 

 education renewal credits and a stipend. 

 Five team leaders, who have participated in 

 prior workshops, will serve as mentors. 



Conference partners include North 

 Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina 

 National Estuarine Research Reserves. 

 Assistance also will be provided by the N.C. 

 Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, UNC- 

 Chapel Hill's Institute of Marine Sciences, 

 Duke Marine Lab, North Carolina State 

 University's Center for Marine Science 

 and Technology and Carteret Community 

 College. 



Deadline for applications is April 1 . 

 For more information, contact Margaret 

 Olsen, olsen@uga.edu, 912/230-1 149. 



-A.G. 



Clark Appointed to Climate 

 Change Commission 



Walter Clark, 

 coastal law and policy 

 specialist for North Carolina 

 Sea Grant, has been named 

 to North Carolina's first 

 legislative commission on 

 global climate change. 



The commission will 

 study issues related to global 

 warming and the carbon 

 economy. Based on this 

 examination of scientific 

 and economic research, 

 the commission will also decide whether the 

 state should establish a reduction goal for 

 global warming pollutants. If the commission 

 members deem it necessary, they will develop 

 a recommended goal for pollutant reduction. 



As a native North Carolinian and a 

 professional working on coastal topics, Clark 

 says he is concerned about the environment 



Walter Clark 



and economics in the Tar 

 Heel state. 



"Recommendations 

 from the commission 

 could have long-term 

 ramifications for North 

 Carolina's future," 

 says Clark. "Any 

 recommendations should 

 be grounded in a full 

 understanding of the long- 

 term costs and benefits to 

 the state's energy supply, air 

 quality and natural beauty." 



The 34-member panel includes nine 

 people appointed by the President Pro Tempore 

 of the Senate and nine appointed by the 

 Speaker of the House. Representatives from 

 several state environmental agencies, academic 

 institutions, and regional energy companies 

 also will serve on the commission. 



-K.A. 



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