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Summer 2018

Summer 2018

Thriving in Sun, Salt and Sand

Excerpts from Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas: A New Guide for Plant Identification and Use in the Coastal Landscape Copyright © 2018 by North Carolina State University. Used by permission…

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More From Summer 2018

image: aerial of Surf City beach.

Letter from the Executive Director

Seems we’re all constantly in motion — hopefully forward. That’s a great thing as long as we can continue to learn from our current and past efforts, investments, successes and challenges. This summer, the Sea Grant team has been doing just that — reflecting on the past four years of our program. That includes looking internally at our business practices and partnerships, as well as more broadly at our productivity and accountability to reach our research, extension and educational goals and performance targets.
A pier overlooking the ocean

The Long View

In fact, climate adaptation is official business in Nags Head. In 2015, the town launched a new project called FOCUS Nags Head, an effort to overhaul its land use policies and ordinances. Last summer, the town completed the project’s first phase: a comprehensive plan that explicitly addresses climate change and sea level rise.

Q&A with Paul E. Hosier: From the Adirondacks to the Carolinas

Coastal plant ecologist Paul E. Hosier is the author of Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas: A New Guide for Plant Identification and Use in the Coastal Landscape. This new edition of a classic resource is published by the University of North Carolina Press, in partnership with North Carolina Sea Grant.

Research Responds to Key Challenges

Hurricane recovery, science literacy, oyster reefs and aquaculture — these are among the topics of interest spanning 10 new North Carolina Sea Grant 2018 to 2020 core research projects. Research teams will apply often novel approaches to address coastal issues creatively and efficiently.

RISING: Perspectives of Change on the North Carolina Coast

What are the experiences and adaptation strategies of people living on the front lines of coastal change? How might the stories of residents, business owners, commercial fishermen, farmers and community leaders offer insight into the manifold threats facing coastal communities? Can they transcend political discourse and offer a new perspective — one that captures the natural, cultural and economic consequences of change? How do their experiences affect perceptions of the future?
coastal shoreline

Capital Achivements: Knauss Finalists Named

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant Office has named four North Carolina graduate students from three different universities as finalists for the 2019 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

Naturalist’s Notebook: Returning to Shore

Theirs was a long journey. Leatherback sea turtles undertake migrations of up to 3,700 miles from their feeding grounds to where they breed and nest. In total, they can travel up to 10,000 miles a year.

Mariner’s Menu: Summer’s Spread

Summer’s Spread: Snapper with Tropical Fruit Salad, Seafood Stuffed Avocado, Grilled Scallop Kabobs, Carolina Shrimp Boil

Advancing Community Collaborations

Three new partnerships are growing, thanks to funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program, or CCRG. Topics include flood risks and emerging contaminants, as well as new tourism opportunities that capitalize on dark skies.