. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. but I don't think anywhere with the frequency that we have ; Lawrence and others are working to showcase North Carolina's spectacu- lar untapped shipwreck graveyard while striving to keep it unspoiled. The potentially destructive mix of technology and tourism has fueled fears the few ''ship strippers" will pluck away the remains of important vessels. "They'll all be found eventually," he says. "Ships can't run and ; The challenge, however, is to balance regulation wi
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. but I don't think anywhere with the frequency that we have ; Lawrence and others are working to showcase North Carolina's spectacu- lar untapped shipwreck graveyard while striving to keep it unspoiled. The potentially destructive mix of technology and tourism has fueled fears the few ''ship strippers" will pluck away the remains of important vessels. "They'll all be found eventually," he says. "Ships can't run and ; The challenge, however, is to balance regulation with education to save the invaluable aquatic time Richard Lawrence (bottom right) and staff of the Underwater Archaeology Unit remove steam machinery from the late 19th century steamer Wright on the Cape Fear River. The restored machinery is now on display at the Cape Fear Museum. debate about how to protect shipwrecks. Scientists worry that tourists, armed with modern exploration devices, will destroy invaluable sources of historical data. Even if scientists locate lost shipwrecks before hard-core treasure hunters do, museums and universities don't have the resources to remove the remains of every lost vessel. John Halsey. a Michigan archae- ologist who has headed efforts to preserve wrecks in the Great Lakes, laments the past destruction of wrecks, sometimes unintentional. Most divers respect regulation, and many have spearheaded efforts to protect shipwrecks. Halsey says. But he "People think. 'If I don't take it, somebody else will,"' Halsey says. "That's the most pernicious thing we have to deal with. But we can't take up everything that might be stolen. We don't have the money, and we don't have ; The answer, he says, is simple: Leave it where it is. Shipwreck protection has become a big issue in Michigan, where 40 percent of the state's territory is actually bottomlands. At Fort Fisher, Lawrence is working on a project to study sev
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