. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. •\ * \ /. FEATURES COASTALTIDINCS BIRDS OF A FEATHER It's a hawk. It's a heron. Even an eastern phoebe. Pam Smith joins a Wings Over Water birding event — and learns how the Outer Banks has sparked interest in a North Carolina Birding Trail Initiative 6 VIPS: FRIENDLY FISHING COMPETITION Ann Green takes readers to an Outer Banks fishing tournament that is an annual highlight for visually impaired persons from around the state. Hun- dreds of participants and volunteers fill piers and fishing boats for the o


. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. •\ * \ /. FEATURES COASTALTIDINCS BIRDS OF A FEATHER It's a hawk. It's a heron. Even an eastern phoebe. Pam Smith joins a Wings Over Water birding event — and learns how the Outer Banks has sparked interest in a North Carolina Birding Trail Initiative 6 VIPS: FRIENDLY FISHING COMPETITION Ann Green takes readers to an Outer Banks fishing tournament that is an annual highlight for visually impaired persons from around the state. Hun- dreds of participants and volunteers fill piers and fishing boats for the one-day competition 12 NATURALISTS NOTEBOOK: Forecasting Waterspouts: New Service Aims to Increase Safety Waterspouts may be beautiful — but from a distance. Lilly Loughner explains how boaters and beachgoers along the state's southern coast- line can go online for daily waterspout outlooks, thanks to the National Weather Service 18 PEOPLE & PLACES: Rediscovering New Bern From colonial capital to contemporary city. New Bern's flair has shown through the centuries. Pam Smith checks on how the community has come together — and now provides a model for revitalization projects that highlight history 25 SEA SCIENCE: Sound Sense Marine mammal entanglements in fishing gear is a major concern for many in coastal North Carolina. Kathleen Angione joins two Fishery Resource Grant researchers as they test whether new acoustic alarms can keep bottlenose dolphins away from gill nets 24 LEGAL TIDES: Blowin' in the Wind: Solar Center Studies Potential Energy Source Can the coastal breeze be harnessed as a potential energy source? Ryan Reynolds offers an update on the Coastal Wind Initiative, a project of the Solar Center 27 COASTWATCH 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant Coll


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