Winter 2016

Table of Contents

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
2016: Innovative Initiatives Will Excite and Engage

Susan White, executive director of North Carolina Sea Grant, describes what is ahead for the program in the next few months.

Little Rivers and Waterway Tales:
A Carolinian’s Eastern Streams

Take a tour of favorite streams and rivers with Bland and Ann Cary Simpson.

• Plying Waterways with Words, Images
  Lundie Spence shares her thoughts on — and inspiration from — Little Rivers
 and Waterway Tales.

String Of Sentries:
Sentinels Form a Network of Eyes on the Coast

Learn more about NOAA’s Sentinel Site Program and its partnerships.

• North Carolina: A Wealth of Resources
  Get an update on North Carolina’s project from Jennifer Dorton of North Carolina Sea Grant.
• Chesapeake Bay: National Icon
  Check in with Sarah Wilkins from Maryland Sea Grant.
• Northern Gulf of Mexico: Vulnerable to Change
  Take a trip with Renee Collini of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
• Hawai‘i: Ecological and Cultural Diversity
  Visit Maya Walton of Hawaii Sea Grant’s involvement with sentinel sites.
• San Francisco: Urban Centers and Natural Areas at Risk
  Tour the bays of San Francisco with Maya Hayden of California Sea Grant.

Focus on the Flow:
Watershed Research Begins at Tributaries

Janna Sasser introduces a stream restoration project led by Sea Grant and NC State watershed scientists.

SEA SCIENCE:
Graduate Students Receive Fellowships


E-Ching Lee checks in with the Sea Grant’s newest graduate fellows.

PEOPLE AND PLACES:
Planning for Change

Learn how Nags Head is planning for the future.

MARINER’S MENU:
No Leftovers, Guaranteed

Vanda Lewis presents recipes that will leave your guests with full stomachs and empty plates.

CURRENTS:
It’s All in the Delivery


This meeting will help graduate students communicate results.

LAST LOOK:
Nor’easter: Storm with No Name


Feel the wrath of a nor’easter in a poem by Cynthia Sharpe.