. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Field trips anyone? (Continued from p. 1) Exhibits, films, lectures and field trips at each cen- ter are open to the general public at no charge. Here's a brief run-down of some activities planned for this summer: Roanoke Island The center will offer a field trip and a workshop each week. Scheduled workshops include mounting fish; fish filleting, handling and storing; coastal awareness through photography; and driftwood crafts. Field trips will include a coastal bird walk, sound shore investigation, a stra
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Field trips anyone? (Continued from p. 1) Exhibits, films, lectures and field trips at each cen- ter are open to the general public at no charge. Here's a brief run-down of some activities planned for this summer: Roanoke Island The center will offer a field trip and a workshop each week. Scheduled workshops include mounting fish; fish filleting, handling and storing; coastal awareness through photography; and driftwood crafts. Field trips will include a coastal bird walk, sound shore investigation, a strands walk and a visit to a maritime forest. Weekly seminars on a variety of marine subjects will continue. And the center will offer educational films several times daily. For further information, call 473-3493. Bogue Banks The Bogue Banks center is offering three special moonlight field trips to observe the egg laying and hatching behaviors of the loggerhead sea turtles. Also on schedule are four one-day snorkeling trips to Radio Island and two night snorkeling trips. Weekly field trips include visits to a salt marsh and to the ocean and Bogue Sound for seining. On one trip participants will study naturally occurring plants on the barrier island. Center staff will also lead biweekly trips to nearby rock jetties, where groups can observe life in the inter-tidal areas. Participation on some field trips is limited. Pre- register in person or by calling the center, 726-0121. General interest films on marine life are shown daily and a film series on Thursday nights features sea adventures and sea science. Fort Fisher Summer field trips at the center in Fort Fisher are scheduled from June 20 to August 8. Participants will need their own transportation and children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. On a beach field trip, guides will point out changes in southern New Hanover County over the past 100 years. A trip is planned to Carolina Beach State Park to study a pocosin, a typ
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