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PEOPLE AND PLACES: Bring Your Own Knives: Shucking at the Varnamtown Oyster Roast

Rebecca Nagy

blue stormy ocean waves with white foam

Feb 23, 2016

Beyond The Beach: African-American History in Coastal Carolina

North Carolina’s coastal region is not just a destination for fishing, bird watching and enjoying sunny beaches. It is a region of history. Eastern North Carolina has many sites that reflect the richness of African-American life over the years...
A colorful sunset on the beach at Jockey's Ridge.

Jun 1, 2015

STATE TREASURES: NC Parks Approach Century Mark

Legislation that ultimately led to the creation of North Carolina’s state parks system was passed just over a century ago.
coastal shoreline

Dec 3, 2014

CAPITAL CAREERS: Knauss Fellows: Where are they now?

Some people know the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship as an opportunity for individual graduate students to work in coastal and ocean policy. But the network of fellows also serves as an extensive collection of professionals, stretching across disciplines and decades.
Vuxton stands in dewatered lock and dam.

Dec 2, 2014

Life in the Army Corps

During her time as a Knauss fellow in 2012, Vuxton worked in the Engineer Research and Development Center, supporting the Corps’ navigation, coastal and environmental research and development initiatives. During her travel to Corps district offices, she visited some of the agency’s structures and facilities, including locks, dams, seawalls, jetties and ships from Portland, Oregon, to Baltimore. She also participated in conferences in Argentina and Tampa.

Dec 2, 2014

Road to the White House

Now a private consultant, Maher sees a consistent thread through her career — starting with experiences and opportunities in 2004. That year she worked for U.S. Rep. Sam Farr of California when she participated in the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, offered by the National Sea Grant College Program.

Dec 2, 2014

Weaving a Web of Connections

“My typical day may include attending a Congressional meeting or hearing, receiving and responding to questions from Congressional staff; attending meetings with our program offices, and writing testimony, briefing papers, or other documents; and responding to numerous emails,” she says.
Seafood salad in a bowl

Dec 1, 2014

MARINER’S MENU: A World of New Flavors

Liz Biro's online story included several recipes from Mariner's Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas. We chose to offer a few recipes that Joyce Taylor and the Nutrition Leaders had developed in more recent years for publication on the Mariner's Menu blog — www.marinersmenu.org — and ultimately for a new seafood book being developed by North Carolina Sea Grant for the University of North Carolina Press.

Dec 1, 2014

MARINER’S MENU: Our Coast’s Food: The Seafood Bible

f you asked her about her early days as a seafood education specialist for North Carolina Sea Grant, Joyce Taylor probably would have told the crabs story.
red wolf

Dec 1, 2014

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America’s Other Wolf

We stand in a pool of weak, wobbly light cast from people's flashlights and head lamps. The forest darkness encircles us. A few minutes later, we hear Kim's call pierce the night air.
Image: Oysters and silverware scattered on a table with lemon slices, bread, and cocktail sauce.

Dec 1, 2014

PEOPLE AND PLACES: Bring Your Own Knives: Shucking at the Varnamtown Oyster Roast

Every first Saturday in November, hundreds of people gather in the Brunswick County Town of Varnamtown for an afternoon of shuckin’ and socializin’. They shuck bushel after bushel of freshly…