A Citizen's Guide to Coastal Water Resource Management
This Guide was designed to help people better understand and better utilize coastal and marine resources. It discusses the regulatory process and the potential for citizens' involvement, water quality standards, the NC Coastal Area Management Act, dredge and fill permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, sediment and erosion control, and several other State and Federal environmental laws. The Guide also discusses several "non-regulatory" ways for citizens to become involved in protecting water resources.

A Guide to Estuaries

In this small handbook, the estuarine environment is described, with specific descriptions of the A/P estuarine system. Estuarine organisms are introduced according to the ecological niche they occupy. Water quality is described and discussed. Appendices offer further reading suggestions; describe actions to be taken to become involved in preserving the estuarine environment; list local rare, threatened, and endangered species; and provide lists of scientific and common names of organisms cited in the text.

Can Albemarle and Pamlico Be Saved?
This five-page magazine article introduces the A/P Study and describes its goals, some of its early findings, and its plans for the future.

Community Education and Outreach
The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation (PTRF) engages in outreach to students, civic clubs, visitors of the NC aquaria, and the general public. PTRF has conducted special educational programs in local schools, participated in public education at local festivals, given presentations for civic clubs, participated on radio talk shows, and published informative columns in local newspapers.

Estuarine and Environmental
The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County School Board developed a model modular guide to 14 activities regarding estuarine and environmental health designed for grades K- 6, utilizing non-traditional, no-textbook approach. The program utilizes common and readily available materials; encourages field trips; encourages hands-on learning activities for the children; and encourages community-level activities to raise environmental awareness. 150 teachers will be trained, and roughly 3,900 students will benefit from this highly innovative program.

Fact Sheets of the Albemarle Region
The Albemarle Environmental Association produced a series of five fact sheets on the biology, geology, ecology, culture, and history surrounding the Roanoke, Chowan, Perquimans, and Pasquotank Rivers. The fact sheets have been distributed to schools, libraries, and the general public.

Fact Sheets, Public Education, APES Annual Meeting
10 fact sheets have been researched, written, and distributed widely. The sheets will each discuss and clearly explain one significant scientific study funded by APES.

Posters and Bumper Stickers
Three educational posters depicting the resources of the sounds, and two informative and provocative bumper stickers promoting stewardship of those resources, were produced to increase public interest in the activities of the A/P study. These products were distributed free of charge to schools and the general public.

Public Education in the Albemarle Region
Educational programs (featuring a slide presentation and a hands-on demonstration of the citizens' water quality monitoring techniques) were presented to civic clubs and public school groups. The Albemarle Environmental Association targeted nine counties in the Albemarle region. Presentations were given to local government officials regarding results of recent A/P Study findings and initial Geographic Information System-generated maps. Accompanying news notes were periodically sent to participating officials.

Teacher Environmental Education Program
A slide show was developed for public school teachers. Workshops were held in Elizabeth City, Edenton, Plymouth, and Manteo, NC, to give teachers an understanding of the aquatic environment and its management, and to provide the teachers an opportunity to develop creative ways of integrating those concepts into their curricula. Participating teachers were asked to submit lesson plans and completed projects to the workshop instructor.

Video Tape and Slide Show
A 30-minute, dual-projector, dissolve-slide program focused on the watersheds of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds was produced. The path of water was traced from the mountains, through the streams, to the sounds. A 30-minute video followed a similar format, but also addressed issues of pollution, fisheries, and waterfowl migrations, and included some interviews.

Where the Rivers Meet the Sea & Radio and TV Broadcasts
The 67-page booklet "Where the Rivers Meet the Sea" introduces the reader to the physical and cultural aspects of the A/P region. It discusses the uses made of the system, the hydrology of the system, the stresses the system is exposed to, the degradation caused by some of those stresses, and some of the steps citizens can take to remediate the degradation. A five-part series about the Sounds was aired on National Public Radio in Chapel Hill and on the coast, and eight public service announcements were aired on radio stations within the A/P Study area. Four television public service announcements were produced and aired in the A/P Study area. Development and Implementation of Teacher Training Materials 44,866 Completed. A two-week and one-weekend teacher training workshop was conducted during the summer of 1990 for 15 eastern North Carolina teachers. Information was presented in classroom and laboratory exercises, through guest lectures, and on field trips. Topic included: the water cycle, ground water hydrology, stream and floodplain morphology and evolution, topography, map reading, water quality testing, local geomorphology, nonpoint source pollution, and the role of humans in the natural environment.