Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_12 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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A Forest for the New Millennium Around the Network: New Marine Mammal Guide Whal es. Dolphins. Seals. Loggerhead turtles. These sea creatures have long fascinated kids of all ages. Now Rhode Island Sea Grant has a new Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to help you identify 45 species. The guidebook, written by Kate Wynne and Malia Schwartz, has full-color illustrations and photos, as well as distribution maps. Single copies of the guidebook are $25. Make your check or money order payable to Rhode Island Sea Grant/URI and mail it to Rhode Island Sea Grant, Communications Office, URI Bay Campus, Narragansett, Rl 02882. Discounts are available on larger quantities. - K.M. HOLIDAY 1999 If a tree falls in the forest with no one to hear, does it make a sound? The Zen riddle may be unanswerable, but as Pocosin Arts knows, trees being felled in the forest can definitely make an impact. For centuries, the Atlantic white cedar — a juniper valued for its straight, lightweight and resilient wood — was heavily harvested for use in shingles, house trim, channel markers and boats. Now the globally endangered cedar's plight is being heard. On the first day of spring, schoolchildren will be planting 7,000 Atlantic white cedars on a 7-acre tract of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge south of Columbia in Tyrrell County. A unique clay marker will be planted with each tree to share this moment in history with future genera- tions. The resulting woodland will be a demonstration forest for environmental education. The planting of the millennium forest is a fulfillment of the vision of Pocosin Arts, a nonprofit organization "connecting culture to the environment through the arts." A pocosin is an upland south- eastern swamp where Atlantic white cedar forests once filled an important role, stabilizing streamflows, purifying water and providing habitats for birds and other wildlife. But the project — 7000 Juniper - is more than an attempt to save an endangered plant species. It is an integration of art and science to improve quality of life. The yearlong project will focus on wetland ecology and its protection. Pocosin Arts also plans to have an environmental art exhibit at the East Carolina University School of Art, photographic and bird-watching excursions into juniper woods, a demonstration of shad- boat construction, and a decoy exhibit and carving workshop. The project offers an opportunity to consider "how we might restore the environment," says Feather Phillips, executive director of Pocosin Arts. The project also encourages us "to think about using art to express this time in our culture's life — where we've been and where we're going," she says. Weyerhaeuser Corporation will donate seedlings. Artists will design the forest space, balancing densely planted trees with open space to create an environmentally functional ecosystem with contemplative areas. Supporters can buy bronze memorial plaques to honor individuals or groups. For more information about 7000 Juniper, call Phillips at 252/796-2787 or e-mail pocosinarts@hotmail.com. - C.H.V.
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