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Focus on Fran +20 : Improving North Carolina’S Resilience F R O M T H E E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R S T U D E N T S ’ S E E D S • F I S H E R I E S F A C T S • S E A A N G E L S • A M E R I C A N E E L S CoastwatchN O R T H C A R O L I N A S E A G R A N T • A U T U M N • 2 0 1 6 • I S S U E 4 • $ 3 . 7 5 FOCUS ON FRAN +20 : IMPROVING NORTH CAROLINA’S RESILIENCE F R O M T H E E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R NC Sea Grant’s Resilience Efforts Meet Varied Needs The height of our hurricane season seems to a longer time frame, such as changing land-use and be an appropriate time to consider how resilient our weather patterns that continue to affect our coastline North Carolina coastal communities and ecosystems and across our state, including the individuals who are when faced with a significant hazard. Certainly our live and visit here. Coastwatch communities continue to learn lessons from past storms You’ll find numerous examples of coastal to better prepare for, and recover from, future storm resilience incorporated throughout the stories, images events. We anticipate those actions will point to greater and poetry in this issue that will draw you into the levels of resilience — or a community’s ability to recover power, beauty and bounty of our coast. from extreme events. Community, economic and ecosystem resilience Earlier this year, resilience was one of the monthly are intricately linked. North Carolina Sea Grant themes as the National Sea Grant College Program Roger Winstead is committed to ensuring that we are not simply celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2016. The national and reacting to single events that affect the coast. Rather, Susan White state programs highlighted efforts to build resilience we are actively working with communities to among coastal communities nationwide. develop and apply knowledge gained from research, For example, North Carolina Sea Grant contributed pieces to education, technology and innovations to be prepared for change, and a national “story map” on resilience. Learn more at go.ncsu.edu/ also to better position ourselves to be as resilient as possible in the face resiliencemap. On page 4, read about this and other themes during the of change. anniversary celebration. On social media, look out for #SeaGrant50. My thanks go out to our donors who are helping our program itself In North Carolina, the term resilience carries a range of definitions be more resilient by financially supporting the work we do. Check out for our varied partners. Each interpretation depends on the stakeholders who they are on page 4. or audience for a particular collaboration. Examples run a gamut, from I also hope you make the time and take the opportunity to join us technical engineering solutions for infrastructure — such as houses, at any one of the coastal festivals being held this fall in celebration of roads, bridges and living shorelines that can withstand significant energy the many resilient communities — humans, plants and animals alike — forces — to developing workforce training opportunities to strengthen that make the North Carolina coast their home. employment opportunities, and understanding changes in biological I’ll look forward to seeing you by the water, and hearing your components of estuarine systems that sustain numerous animal perspectives on ways to continue to improve coastal resilience there. populations. Or as always, you can email me at [email protected] or follow me at There also is a temporal aspect to take into account when @snwhitenccoast. understanding coastal resilience. Certainly there’s an immediate context, Happy fall y’all. such as after a hurricane. But also we consider building resilience within —Susan White, Executive Director, North Carolina Sea Grant Alleghany Northampton Currituck I N T H I S I S S U E Stokes Rockingham Granville Vance Gates Ashe Surry Caswell Warren Camden Person Hertford Pasquotank Watauga Perquimans Wilkes Yadkin Forsyth 85 95 Guilford Alamance Halifax Chowan PKY Orange Avery Winston-Salem 40 Bertie Contributing Writers:Mitchell Durham Nash Franklin Nags Davie Greensboro Edgecombe Caldwell Alexander Durham Wake Head Jay Barnes Ashley Chafin Yancey Diana Hackenburg Iredell Rocky Mount Martin Madison Chatham Tyrrell McDowell Washington Terri Kirby Hathaway E-Ching Lee Katie Mosher Nichole Riddle Raleigh Dare Buncombe Rowan Davidson Burke Asheboro Wilson Janna Sasser Cynthia Sharpe 40 Emily White EmilyCatawba Woodward Johnston Pitt Asheville 77 85 Randolph Washington Beaufort Hyde Swain Haywood Lincoln Rutherford Lee Greene 26 Cabarrus Graham Cleveland Montgomery Harnett Contributing Photographers: Charlotte Moore Jackson Henderson Polk Gaston Stanly Wayne Lenoir Craven Macon Transylvania Jay Barnes Steve Brumfield Tom Crawford Carolyn Currin Fayetteville Cherokee Mecklenburg New Bern Pamlico Clay Union Richard Davis Kristen Downs Jessica Eveleigh Dave Gately Anson Richmond Sampson Duplin Jones Hoke Cumberland Diana Hackenburg Jane Harrison Jenny Holder Onslow Scotland Jacksonville Morehead City Rob Landwehrmann Vanda Lewis Jeffery Merrell Carteret Robeson Gloria Putnam Kevin Raskoff Rhett Register Kelly Riley Bladen 40 Spencer Rogers Lisa Schiavinato Frank Sherman Pender Rick Sullivan Patricia Thibodeau Jack Thigpen Mike Voiland New Hanover Columbus Susan White Jessica Whitehead Roger Winstead Wilmington Brunswick North Carolina’s diverse coast offers countless interesting subjects. The map indicates story settings in this issue — including Dare, Carteret and Hyde counties; Raleigh; and Topsail Island. CoastwatchF E A T U R E S • COASTAL TIDINGS .............................................................................2 HURRICANE FRAN REVISITED Lessons From a Benchmark Storm Jay Barnes looks at what North Carolina experts learned from Hurricane Fran — and what has changed in hurricane planning and response since 1996. ........................................................................................6 FROM SEEDS TO SHORELINE: Expanding Minds and Restoring Marshes Emily Woodward goes Spartina planting with fifth-graders in a program that has students helping to restore salt marshes. .........................13 ACCOUNTING FOR THE BOUNTY OF THE SEA This pullout offers 2015 data on North Carolina’s commercial and recreational fisheries. ....................................................................... insert • SCOTCH BONNET: An Invasion of Naked Sea Butterflies Terri Kirby Hathaway explains what caused a swarm of naked sea butterflies to appear on the Outer Banks. ....................................................17 • CURRENTS: A Cohesive Strategy Diana Hackenburg introduces a statewide partnership working to protect and restore our local watersheds. .....................................................18 • Sharing Water Moments Sea Grant staff explain what water means to them. .............................................19 • PEOPLE AND PLACES: Story Map Reveals Oyster Treasures Jane Harrison hunts for a new way to share geographic and other data in the digital age. ........................................................................................... 21 • NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: The Quiet Decline of the Humble Eel Janna Sasser talks with Sea Grant researchers about the status of eels in North Carolina’s tidal creeks. .................................................................. 24 • SEA SCIENCE: Sharing Perspectives on Community Adaptations: Whitehead Joins Panel for Sustained National Climate Assessment From Hurricane Hugo recovery in her youth to helping N.C. coastal communities plan for the future, Jessica Whitehead brings her range of experience to a new federal committee. ...................................................... 28 • MARINER’S MENU: A Little of This, A Little of That: Variety is the Spice of Seafood Emily White shares recipes that feature various cooking methods. ........ 32 coastwatch | autumn 2016 | www.ncseagrant.org 1 R I P C U R R E N T S • U NC D E RO W A T AE R S SO U NT D S CA A P E SL • P H Y TT O P L IA N KD T O NI M ON N I T GO R I NS G • M A R I T I M E F O R E S T S NorthCoastwatch Carolina Sea Grant • 2016 • Autumn • Issue 4 Editor Katie Mosher Managing Editor E-Ching Lee N O R T H C A R O L I N A S E A G R A N T • S U M M E R • 2 0 1 5 • I S S U E 3 • $ 3 . 7 5 Contributing Editors Coastwatch Debbi Sykes Braswell SUMMER SHOWCASE: Diana Hackenburg coastal nc state parks Designer Linda Noble Circulation Manager Sandra Harris The North Carolina Sea Grant College Program is a federal/state program that promotes stewardship of coastal and marine resources through research and outreach. It joined the National Sea Grant College Network in 1970 as an institutional program. Six years later, it was designated a Sea Grant College. Today, North Carolina Sea Grant supports research projects, an extension program and a communications staff. Susan White is executive director. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. Cutline for photo. and the state through the University of North Carolina. Coastwatch (ISSN: 1068-784X; USPS Periodical # 010464) is published five times a year (January/February, March/April/May, June/July, August/September/October, November/ Coastwatch Wins APEX Award December) by the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, North Carolina State University, Box 8605, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8605. oastwatch, North Carolina Sea Grant’s by science teacher Katie Neller. Telephone: 919-515-2454. Fax: 919-515-7095. C Subscriptions are $15. magazine, has received an APEX Award for “It makes us very proud to receive this Email: [email protected], Publication Excellence. This honor highlights award again,” notes Katie Mosher, Sea Grant [email protected] exceptional publications. communications director. “The Green award URL: ncseagrant.org The summer 2015 issue of Coastwatch reflects the contribution that the magazine has Periodical Postage paid at Raleigh, N.C. was recognized in the Green Magazines, had across the state, as well as beyond North Journals and Tabloids category.
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