NOAA Education Director Louisa Koch meets with representatives of the state's marine education network. Top row, L to R: Anne Taylor, Environmental Education 

 Fund; Liz Baird, N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS); Marty Wiggins, N.C. Office of Environmental Education; Ann Hughes, Apex High School. Bottom row, 

 L to R: Terri Kirby Hathaway, North Carolina Sea Grant; Mike Jackson, Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy; Sarah Kuszaj, Southeast Raleigh High School; Katie Mosher, 

 Sea Grant. As part of the event, members of the "Girls in Science" program at NCMNS measure water quality indicators. The ribbon cutting symbolizes the 

 completion of Phase II. L to R: Charles Leffler, NC State vice chancellor for finance and business; Barbara Doll, Sea Grant; Larry Neilsen, NC State provost; Louisa Koch, 

 NOAA. L to R: Barbara Doll, Rachel Furst, Allison Clark, Caroline Towns, and Lynn Eakes check nitrogen levels in the creek. A rock channel connects floodplain 

 wetlands to the creek. Larry Eaton of the N.C. Division of Water Quality collects aquatic insects - indicators of an improved habitat. Lisa Schell of the N.C. Clean 

 Water Management Trust Fund, one of several funding partners, photographs the stream as Leffler and Nielsen look on. When all phases are complete, the Rocky 

 Branch project will include 6,000 feet of campus greenway path connecting Pullen Park and the City of Raleigh Greenway System. Girls in Science participants, from 

 back to front: Fourth row: Liz Baird (NCMNS), Louisa Koch (NOAA), MT Palmer (NCMNS), Lynn Eakes (NCMNS), Sam Mozley (Meredith College). Third row: Kayla 

 Mikolajewski, Cristy Schmidt, Rachel Furst, Amy Hoogenboom, Morgan Smith, Kendall Wolford, Barbara Doll (Sea Grant), Stephanie Jeffries (NCMNS). Second row: 

 Allison Clark, Beth Venezia, Caroline Towns. First row: Zinat Zimba, Kalyani Joshi. Amy Hoogenboom checks for aquatic insects on a rock from the creek bed. 

 The dedication and site tour drew representatives of campus offices and other agencies who have been partners on the project. 



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