{"id":15091,"date":"2021-06-22T10:23:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=15091"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:22:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:22:27","slug":"letter-from-the-executive-director-summer-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/letter-from-the-executive-director-summer-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
We certainly are looking forward to summer fun outside with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our team also will be reinvigorating North Carolina Sea Grant programming with partners across the state after more than a year of pandemic restrictions. We have missed in-person interactions \u2014 and are eager, with ongoing safety measures, to expand our outreach and research with coastal communities, stakeholders, and academic institutions. All this, while keeping an eye on the predicted active Atlantic hurricane season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a busy time, yet one that brings energy and enthusiasm to support NC Sea Grant\u2019s mission to bring science-based information with real-world solutions, enhancing the sustainable use and conservation of ocean and coastal resources to benefit communities, the economy, and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n