{"id":13813,"date":"2021-09-22T12:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=13813"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:51:42","slug":"coastwatch-features-an-exclusive-sneak-peek-inside-bland-simpsons-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch-features-an-exclusive-sneak-peek-inside-bland-simpsons-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"<i> Coastwatch <\/i> Features an Exclusive Sneak Peek Inside Bland Simpson\u2019s New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new issue of North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/\"><em>Coastwatch<\/em><\/a> magazine includes an exclusive first look inside <em>North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky<\/em>, the latest work from Bland Simpson.\u00a0The state\u2019s oft-honored voice of the coast pays tribute to North Carolina\u2019s environs and residents in a blend of personal and collective history as only he can tell it, including <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/this-wet-and-water-loving-land\/\">the tale of a Harkers Islander and his heroic D-Day rescues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FALL-2021-Coastwatch-cover.png\" data-fullsize=\"1094x1416\" data-zoom=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13820 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FALL-2021-Coastwatch-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FALL-2021-Coastwatch-cover.png 1094w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FALL-2021-Coastwatch-cover-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FALL-2021-Coastwatch-cover-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FALL-2021-Coastwatch-cover-768x994.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>In our cover story, <em>Coastwatch<\/em> science editor Julie Leibach, who recently received her fifth honor in three years for feature writing, explores new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/model-behavior\/\">rip current forecasting<\/a> and how researchers are working to safeguard beachgoers.<\/p>\n<p>Coastal geologist Antonio B. Rodriguez at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Institute of Marine Sciences then explains how sediment samples hundreds of years old reveal the landward migration of salt marshes in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/digging-up-a-stormy-past\/\">Digging Up a Stormy Past<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cNew Links in the Sea-to-Table Chain,\u201d longtime <em>Coastwatch<\/em> writer Susan West provides a behind-the-scenes look at <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/new-links-in-the-sea-to-table-chain\/\">how the North Carolina Local Food Council responded when the pandemic shook the commercial fishing industry<\/a>\u00a0in the first half of 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/naturalists-notebook\/\">Do water snakes get thirsty?<\/a> Sea Grant science communicator Lauren D. Pharr explains what happened when a research team entered swampy terrain to hand-capture snakes and\u00a0measure the reptiles\u2019 sensitivity to dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/sea-science\/\">The Ever-Expanding Brains of Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks<\/a>,\u201d UNC-Wilmington marine biologist Kara E. Yopak describes some of her latest research and what it tells us about these sharks\u2019 motor control and sense of smell as they mature.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a seaweed invasion on our state\u2019s intertidal mudflats, but Coastal Research Fellow Aaron Ramus explains <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/currents\/\">why <em>Gracilaria<\/em> might not be a manevolent invader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the pandemic continues to affect K-12 learning models, several thousand North Carolina teachers, students, and families already have accessed the free <em>Watershed Wisdom<\/em> lesson Plan. Christy Perrin, sustainable waters and communities coordinator for North Carolina Sea Grant and the N.C. Water Resources Research Institute, offers a sampling of the content for this issue\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/coastwatch-classroom\/\"><em>Coastwatch<\/em> Classroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/hook-line-science\/\"><em>Hook, Line &amp; Science<\/em><\/a> draws on the talents of three student guest authors to look at the side effects of protecting oyster reefs, the effectiveness of self-releasing hooks, and the mysterious wanderings of southern flounder.<\/p>\n<p>And, as\u00a0always, this issue of <em>Coastwatch<\/em> includes new seasonal recipes that Vanda Lewis has plucked from North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s popular online seafood guide, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/fall-2021\/mariners-menu\/\"><em>Mariner\u2019s Menu<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>200,000 people read\u00a0<em>Coastwatch<\/em>\u00a0annually online and in print.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/\"><em>ncCoastwatch.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In print:\u00a0<\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/subscribe\/\">go.ncsu.edu\/Subscribe-Now<\/a><\/em>. New subscriptions will start with the Winter 2021 issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permissions:\u00a0<\/strong>Some content that appears in\u00a0<em>Coastwatch\u00a0<\/em>is available to\u00a0republish<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Email\u00a0<em><a href=\"mailto:dmshaw@ncsu.edu\">dmshaw@ncsu.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/about\/recent-awards\/\">Recent Awards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new issue of North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s award-winning Coastwatch magazine includes an exclusive first look inside North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky, the latest work from Bland Simpson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1447,1392],"tags":[436,1457,18],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-13813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastal-communities","category-coastwatch","tag-mariners-menu","tag-nc-coast-bland-simpson-watershed-wisdom-coastwatch-magazine","tag-research"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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