Key note speakers: Carl Safina and Mike Sutton. (click for bios)

Saturday, September 28
Sunday, September 29
Monday, September 30

 

 

NC Environmental Education Certification Workshops

 

Sea Turtle Trek EELE
Hammock's Beach State Park
10:30 - 5:30

Project Learning Tree
Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium
10:30 - 5:30

Project WET
Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium
10:30 - 5:30

6:00 - 7:30 a.m.
Sunrise Birding:
Tips and Tricks for Watching Birds
(Weather permitting)
   
8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Annual meeting and awards presentation. Sharp Hall.

 

 

 

Canoe Exploration of
Hoop Pole Creek
with the
North Carolina Coastal Federation

Hike through beautiful maritime forest and canoe some of the last intact salt marsh on Bogue Sound. Learn about native flora and fauna, an oyster restoration project, and water quality testing techniques.

Sponsored by the North Carolina Coastal Federation

9:30-10:15
Concurrent Sessions # 1
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10:30-11:15
Concurrent Sessions #2
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11:30-12:15
Concurrent Sessions #3

click for descriptions

 
12:30 p.m.
Lunch and Field Trip Preparation

Afternoon Field Trips
1:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Shoreline Restoration and
Historic Beaufort
Tracy Skrabal, North Carolina Coastal Federation

Shackleford Island
Deb Hall, North Carolina Coastal Federation
Jeannie Krauss, NC Maritime Museum

Beach Renourishment at
Pine Knolls Shores
Mike Orbach, Director, Duke University Marine Laboratory

Ferry-MON Project
Joe Ramos, Duke University Marine Laboratory

Nature Drawing and Journaling
Lucia Marcus, Artist and Educator, Duke School, Durham, NC

Trek through the Croatan
National Forest
Jeff Hall, Director, Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs EE Center

3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Registration
6:00 p.m.
Dinner
6:30 p.m.
Dinner

Special Presentation:
7:30 p.m.

moderator: Mike Orbach
Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences

Carl Safina
Director, Living Oceans Program
National Audubon Society

Michael Sutton
Director, Sustainable Fisheries Program
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Silent and Live Auction

Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium

On Saturday night we will be offering a Reading Table. We will have copies of Greening School Grounds from Green Teacher, Songs for a Blue Ocean by Carl Safina, Tideland Treasures, and others!