Sandra Harris

Mar 1, 2017

ACCESSIBLE COAST: Discover Innovative N.C. Tourism in ACCESS

Venues across coastal North Carolina enhance visitors’ travel experiences. More than 400 accessible attractions are offered in ACCESS North Carolina, a vacation and travel guide for people with accessibility needs.

Mar 1, 2017

MARINER’S MENU: Tastes from the Past Worth Repeating

For this Spring issue, I dusted off old copies of Coastwatch to search for recipes. Looking back, I found many recipes worth repeating, such as smoked bluefish and Gruyère quiche, pine bark stew, and squid salad.

Dec 20, 2016

MATTHEW’S LEGACY: WATER FALLING AND RISING

Even though the storm’s center never made landfall in North Carolina, the statewide death toll was 28, claiming more than half of the total storm-related fatalities in the United States. Nearly all of the N.C. deaths were attributed to people being swept away in floodwaters while trying to navigate by car or foot, Gov. Pat McCrory explained at news conferences.

Dec 20, 2016

CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES: Including Kids in Solutions

Our research out of North Carolina State University suggests that we may be able to use these differences to build a brighter future. Since 2010, North Carolina Sea Grant has funded three projects to investigate the potential for younger generations to be part of a solution to influence acceptance of — and action on — climate change.

Dec 20, 2016

EDUCATION TO ACTION

What will the North Carolina coast feel — and look — like in fifteen years? Thirty years? A hundred years? As surely as the sand on our beaches shifts over time, so too will our communities, economies and environment. With change inevitable, North Carolina Sea Grant is working with communities to make plans and choices that will sustain our coastal and ocean resources.

Dec 15, 2016

ENGAGING THE FUTURE: SciREN and the Evolution of Science Outreach

Better known as SciREN, the organization’s framework is straightforward: Recruit scientists to create K-12 lesson plans based on their work. Then the magic happens.

Dec 15, 2016

LAST WORD: Fillin’

I put on my thickest socks, And slide each foot into a knee-high galosh One pair among a half-dozen others waiting at the front door.

Dec 15, 2016

Making North Carolina Oysters Safer

Froelich, a biologist who studies pathogens in shellfish, seeks samples from commercial aquaculture operations and under-dock oyster gardens to better understand the human-health risks of infection from Vibrio in oysters.

Dec 15, 2016

MARINER’S MENU: Blue Holiday, Flavor Included

Here we share some recipes from Joyce Taylor, seafood education specialist with North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina State University Seafood Laboratory for more than three decades. The recipes have been adapted for bluefish. These are among more than 150 recipes Taylor developed before she passed away in 2013. North Carolina Sea Grant plans to publish the new recipes in a book.

Dec 15, 2016

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Linking Education to Understanding and Action

North Carolina’s coast and its inhabitants are a resilient lot. These days, and in the months ahead, many inland and coastal communities will be busy recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Matthew.