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By Diana Hackenburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 18, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note:<\/strong> This post first appeared on the National Sea Grant website<\/a> in celebration of the program’s 50th anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, there\u2019s usually more than just simple addition at work.<\/p>\n

\"NC

NC State University researchers received funding from both North Carolina Sea Grant and WRRI to create a mesocosm to study nitrogen reduction in restored wetlands. Photo Rhett Register.<\/p><\/div>\n

Organizations frequently attempt to create synergy through mergers, but most of these endeavors fall short. A positive relationship manifests most often from common interests and values, as well as complementary talents \u2014 criteria met by the partnership forged between North Carolina Sea Grant<\/a> and the Water Resources Research Institute<\/a> of the University of North Carolina system, also known as WRRI.<\/p>\n

The NC WRRI, housed alongside Sea Grant at NC State University, is one of 54 institutes organized as the National Institutes for Water Resources and funded by the United States Geological Survey. Both programs are federal-state partnerships \u2014 Sea Grant is housed within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration \u2014 and inter-institutional centers of the UNC system.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made a lot of sense, as both programs are charged with addressing natural resource issues through university science and public outreach,\u201d remembers Mike Voiland, former North Carolina Sea Grant director and the first joint director of the two programs.<\/p>\n

When Voiland joined North Carolina Sea Grant in 2006, no plans existed to join together the programs. A few years into the job, Voiland recalls, \u201cthey were searching for a new WRRI director, so I proposed the idea of doing both jobs on a trial basis. After eight months, having a single director for both programs seemed the right thing to do, and was made official.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFiscal realities were one driver, but this also created special opportunities to address saltwater and freshwater issues, as well as coastal and upland resource problems,\u201d Voiland explains.<\/p>\n

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A partnership between North Carolina\u2019s Sea Grant and Water Resources Research Institute programs supports watershed-scale research. Photo Courtesy Roger Winstead\/NC State University.<\/p><\/div>\n

Interest in bringing together these two programs isn\u2019t confined to North Carolina. Wisconsin started the movement in 1999 by housing its Sea Grant and Water Resources programs together in the University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center. Five states now boast partnerships, and others are investigating new ways to collaborate.<\/p>\n

A push at the federal level for NOAA and USGS to work more closely together led to a 2015 meeting, hosted by North Carolina Sea Grant and WRRI with leadership from both agencies and the five joint state programs. They discussed benefits of working together, as well as potential challenges. That meeting prompted a session and panel discussion at the Universities Council on Water Resources\/National Institutes for Water Resources annual conference in June 2016.<\/p>\n

Typically, WRRI works from North Carolina\u2019s mountains to its estuaries, whereas Sea Grant\u2019s influence spreads eastward from Raleigh to the ocean. \u201cYou combine these programs\u2019 areas of expertise together and create opportunities to efficiently address important landscape-scale questions from the mountains to the sea,\u201d says Susan White, director of North Carolina\u2019s WRRI and Sea Grant programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur joint efforts require researchers address the mission and goals of both organizations,\u201d notes Sea Grant and WRRI Deputy Director John Fear, who also oversees the two research programs, including a joint graduate fellowship<\/a>. \u201cWe had 28 fellowship applicants this year. Some were new to both programs, which shows the proposal was of interest and disseminated to a broad group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shared staff positions also promote cross-cutting research and outreach, like the N.C. Watershed Stewardship Network<\/a>, coastal-focused sessions at the annual WRRI conference and a policy analysis of numeric criteria for managing nutrient pollution in state waters.<\/p>\n

What began in North Carolina as a unification of leadership has grown into a thriving relationship \u2014 recently taken to the next level when staff co-located in a new office. \u201cWorking side-by-side,\u201d White explains, \u201callows us to better leverage talents and resources to move forward in addressing the state\u2019s most urgent and long-term resources issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Issues that will require teamwork, creativity \u2014 and a boost of synergy \u2014 to overcome.<\/p>\n

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We are all connected to \u2014 and by \u2014 water. Celebrate that connection and support Sea Grant’s water resources work by sharing your favorite waterway moment this month. Tell us: What is your favorite water memory or moment in a local waterway? Share your moment online with #SeaGrantWater<\/strong> and it will be added to a growing collection of stories from coast to coast.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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