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Sea Oats, Plymouth Flooding, River Herring Featured in Coastwatch


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E-Ching Lee, 919/515-9098, eching_lee@ncsu.edu

Posted April 11, 2012

Dunes are iconic to North Carolina beaches. Their signature species is a grass that mimics oats. In the Spring 2012 issue of Coastwatch magazine, join Sharon Settlage as she explores the sea oats that embellish the dunes and the science behind them.
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In Plymouth, city leaders praise the river that runs through their town, but rising sea level and heavy rains bring troubles. Travel with Michelle Covi to meet the town's leaders and learn their approaches to solutions.

There was a time when herring was so abundant in a creek that it looked like you could walk on them. What happened to the fish? Why can't they recover? Get answers to these questions and more as Jerry Allegood ponders ear bones, plankton and the memory of fish fries.

For the 2012-2014 funding cycle, North Carolina Sea Grant selected 12 new research projects, including studies on oysters, flounder, developing ocean literacy and water runoff. Learn more about these projects as E-Ching Lee summarizes what researchers will be doing.

In a short work of children's fiction, Megan Sharp invites kids of all ages to join Molly as she spends a morning with her Grandpa discovering coastal ecosystems around Ocean Isle Beach.

Boating is not for the unprepared and safe boating saves lives. Join Pam Smith as she checks in with the U.S. Coast Guard and others for apt advice to North Carolina boaters ― like tying the anchor line to the boat before throwing it overboard.

Coastwatch is the flagship publication of North Carolina Sea Grant. Current and past Coastwatch stories can be viewed online at www.ncseagrant.org by following the link to Coastwatch articles. To request a sample copy of Coastwatch, write to Coastwatch, North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State University, Box 8605, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605; call 919/515-9101; or send an email to sandra_harris@ncsu.edu.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: The text of stories that appear in Coastwatch may be reprinted with the following credit: Reprinted from Coastwatch, a publication of North Carolina Sea Grant. For a complimentary copy, call 919/515-9101 or send an email to sandra_harris@ncsu.edu.

For reprint requests regarding photos in Coastwatch, contact E-Ching Lee, 919/515-9098, or eching_lee@ncsu.edu.

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