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4021
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Steven G. Olson is the new outreach director for the North Carolina Sea Grant program as of November, 1998. He will supervise the Sea Grant's communication staff, educational programs, and extension grants. Other positions he has held include Director of the National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute.
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4022
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Many people drive over the Intracoastal Waterway on their way to the beach and never give their water route a second thought. What they are ignoring is a dredged navigation channel of 3,000 miles where travelers find historic and cultural sites, explorable rivers, sounds, creeks, and man-made canals.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 1999, p6-13, il Periodical Website
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4023
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Harkers Island is a place known for boatbuilding and boatbuilders. The Lewis, Guthrie, Willis, and Gillikin families are well-known in the trade. One of the most famous builders is Julian Guthrie, 84, who has numerous awards, including the first Living Treasure of North Carolina Award from UNC-Wilmington in 1988 and the N.C. Arts Council Folk Heritage Award in 1993.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 1999, p14-18, il, por Periodical Website
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4024
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Boatbuilding is expanding, with over seventy-five builders in operation. They construct a variety of vessels, from small skiffs to luxury yachts. Among them are Grady-White Boats (Greenville) and Fountain Powerboats (Washington). Hatteras Yachts (New Bern), the state's largest manufacturer, employs over 850 and builds yachts valued at between $1 and $7 million.
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4025
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The bay scallop is found in only two Southeastern states -North Carolina and Florida-because it lives in seagrass beds. To protect its habitat, found mostly in Bogue and Core sounds, the state since the 1970s has closed these beds to mechanical harvesting. In 1997, 63,800 pounds were harvested, the largest harvest on the East Coast.
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5777
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People who have never learned how to use tools and how to convert a scale drawing into a full-size pattern can learn through courses taught in Beaufort by the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center. The author shares her experience in learning these skills through application in building and launching a nine-foot craft, the WATER LILY.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 1999, p20-23, il Periodical Website
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5778
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There are 4,000 miles of estuarine shoreline in the state. Over the past twenty years, homesites, construction, and farming have increased along it, prompting concern about water quality, wildlife habitats, and erosion. The Division of Coastal Management is reviewing building regulations of the past decades to determine if revising them would alleviate these problems.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 1999, p24-27, il Periodical Website