| Date |
Class Topic |
Laboratory Topic |
| Thursday,
23 August |
Introduction to Coastal Management
(Hosier) Field Trip Orientation (Cleary) |
Introduction to Coastal Management: Figure Eight
Island |
| Tuesday,
28 August |
Coastal
Classification (Cleary) Geology
References US Army
Corp link (Hurricane Fran) |
Coastal
Geology Terms Glossary |
| Thursday,
30 August |
Impact
of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Environments (Cleary) |
Introduction to Coastal Processes and Communities:
Wrightsville Beach |
| Tuesday,
4 September |
Coastal
Storms: Hurricanes and Nor'easters (Cleary) |
Beach
Renourishment in the US |
| Thursday,
6 September |
Shoreline
Erosion (Cleary) |
Carolina Beach
and Fort Fisher shoreline changes
|
| Tuesday,
11 September |
Overview of Topsail Island, NC (Cleary) |
|
| Thursday,
13 September |
Class
field trip to Topsail Beach (Class and lab) |
Topsail
Island Field
trip |
| Tuesday,
18 September |
Beach
Renourishment: Resources and Environmental Problems (Cleary) |
|
| Thursday,
20 September |
Coastal Communities and Processes I:
Beaches, dunes and forests
(Hosier) |
Figure Eight
Island, CAMA permit application
|
| Tuesday,
25 September |
Coastal Communities and Processes II:
Tidal Marshes and Submerged
Aquatic Plants |
|
| Thursday,
27 September |
Coastal
wetland plants (Hosier) Characterization
of Wetlands (Hosier) |
Wetlands Identification
Field trip to Upland and Wetland Sites |
| Tuesday,
2 October |
EXAMINATION I
Examination Value =
180 points |
|
| Thursday,
4 October |
Federal
and State Coastal
Management; see the following links: Coastal
Zone Management Act (1972) and North Carolina Coastal
Area Management Act (1974) (Hosier) The CAMA planning process
(web), Planning Process
(presentation) (Hosier) |
Tools
and Techniques for Managing Coastal Development (Hosier) Critical
Coastal Management Issues (Hosier) Elements
of a Coastal Land Use Plan |
| Tuesday,
9 October |
The role of the NC
Coastal Resources Commission, Courtney Hackney, Member, Coastal
Resources Commission |
|
| Fall
Break, 10-14 October |
|
|
| Tuesday,
16 October |
Ground water
(Rick
Shiver, Regional Supervisor, Division
of Water Quality, DENR) (class notes
[actually from last semester]) |
|
| Thursday,
18 October |
Impact
of Off-road Vehicles on the Coastal Environment
(Hosier) |
Vignette I
Presentation |
| Tuesday,
23 October |
Fisheries
Management and Fisheries Stock Enhancement, Wade Watanabe, CMS and Chris
Dumas,
CSB, UNCW |
|
| Thursday,
25 October |
Patterns
and Processes in Human Coastal Development (Hosier) |
Coastal
Resources Commission meeting, Coastline Convention Center, Wilmington, NC |
| Tuesday,
30 October |
Coastal
Erosion (Cleary) |
|
| Thursday,
1 November |
New Hanover County tidal creek water quality,
Dr. Michael Mallin, CMS |
|
| Tuesday,
6 November |
Shellfish Sanitation
and Recreational
Coastal Water Testing (Wayne Mobley, Shellfish Sanitation
Program) (class notes) |
|
| Thursday,
8 November |
Marine Fisheries (Joe Clem, former member, NC
Marine Fisheries Commission) and Robert Sutherland, member, NC Marine
Fisheries Commission (class
notes) |
Vignette II
Presentation |
| Tuesday,
13 November |
EXAMINATION II Examination Value = 180 points |
|
| Thursday,
15 November |
National Estuarine Research Reserve
Program (John Taggart, NERR) (class
notes) |
Vignette
III Presentation |
| Tuesday,
20 November |
Coastal Consultant Role of the Consultant in Wetland
Delineation (Bud Needham, Needham, Jernigan and Assoc.) |
|
| Thanksgiving
Break, 21-25 November |
|
|
| Tuesday,
27 November |
Coastal Engineering
(Spencer Rogers, NC Sea Grant Extension Program) |
|
| Thursday,
29 November |
Use of
Sea Oats and other plants (David Nash, Brunswick County Extension
Program) |
Group Report
I III, and IV, pizza
because it is a long day |
| Tuesday,
4 December |
Mangrove
Ecology and Shrimp Farming/aquaculture
(Hosier) |
|
| Thursday,
6 December |
Bill
Adams, US
Army Corps of Engineering |
Group
Reports II and V |
| Tuesday,
11 December |
Course wrap-up;
discussion of recent newspaper articles; SPOT analysis of course;
considerations for future course activities |
|
Friday,
14 December
(11:30 am-2:30 pm) |
FINAL EXAMINATION
Total Value = 280 points |
|
