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    • AIWA March 2022 Newsletter

      Cruisers Net is proud to be a member of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association whose lobbying work is crucial to keeping the Waterway navigable and safe. Your membership dollars directly support their vital work. Please join and encourage your boating neighbors to do likewise, regardless of their homeport.

       

      March 2022 AIWA Newsletter
       
      Waterway Spotlight: Florida Intracoastal Waterway and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Jacksonville District
      Provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District. Please click for larger size.
      As mentioned in February’s newsletter, we received very good news in the amount of federal funding for the AIWW and NJIWW in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan for the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act of 2022.

      This month we want to highlight the efforts recently completed, and underway in the Florida stretch of the waterway by the Jacksonville District with federal funding and contributed funds from the Florida Inland Navigation District, an AIWA Sponsor and founding member. We were provided the IWW: Jacksonville to Miami storyboard by the Jacksonville District and it summarizes a number of actions they have underway including the current FY22 ongoing projects:

      • Construction of Dredge Material Management Area (DMMA) 023 in Martin County
      • IWW Palm Valley North Reach Operations & Maintenance Dredging in St. Johns County
      • IWW Palm Valley South Reach Operations & Maintenance Dredging in St. Johns County
      • IWW Jupiter/Crossroads Closeout Activities in Palm Beach and Martin County

      We are thrilled to see the strong federal and non-federal support for the 350+-mile segment of the waterway in Florida, and look forward to increased infrastructure investments to maintain Marine Highway 95.

      IIJA Work Plan amounts for the AIWW:

      FL – AIWW (funding for all five states) – $5 million. This funding is not specifically tied to a FL project but could be used across multiple areas for dredging and surveys.
      GA – $0
      SC – $12.65 million for upland placement area maintenance
      NC – $4.552 million for dredging and surveys
      VA – $0
      Total – $22.02 million which is roughly equal to one complete appropriations year for the AIWW.

      IIJA Work Plan amounts for the NJIWW  $14.35 million. This is a tremendous increase as they typically receive less than $1.5 million; this funding will go to a variety of rehabilitation projects in addition to dredging.

       

      State of the Union Tonight and Federal Funding Updates

      Tonight, March 1st, we will be eagerly awaiting President Biden’s first State of the Union address and any early comments he might offer about infrastructure investments.

      Why is this important? 
      President Biden will be releasing the President’s budget by mid-March for Fiscal Year 2023, and we expect he will offer a preview of what might be included in the budget, in addition to updating the nation on previous appropriations in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. For those who are planning to watch tonight’s address, we offer you the Punchbowl News’ Punch List for a little SOTU entertainment (!).


      Regarding current FY22 Appropriations, Congress will be very active in the coming days. The current Continuing Resolution funding the federal government expires on March 11th. Congress has three options: pass an additional Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government open at the same funding levels as FY21, pass FY22 Appropriations Bills to fund federal agencies with new funding allocations, or the federal government will close. The table below shows the current FY22 funding allocations in the Senate & House bills and we are hopeful that Congress will pass the new FY22 funding and additional work can then commence on the waterway.

       
       
      Boating Season is on the Horizon!🌅
      As we see signs of early spring along the southeast coastline of the AIWW, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight our Marina Members! Our Association’s Marina members are critical to the value of the waterway, and we thank each of them for their ongoing support. 

      Bradley Creek Marina, NC
      Cricket Cove Marina, SC
      Safe Harbor Charleston Marina, SC
      Downtown Marina of Beaufort, SC
      Dudley’s Marina, NC
      Hinckley Yacht Services, GA
      Hogan’s Marina, GA
      Isle of Palms Marina, SC
      Lake Park Harbor Marina, FL
      Leland Oil Company Marina
      Marineland Marina, FL
      Mobius Marine
      Morningstar Marinas/Golden Isles, GA
      Osprey Marina, SC
      River Forest Marina, NC
      Shearwater Marine FL – Ft Pierce & Stuart
      TopSide Marinas, TX
      Windmill Harbour Marina, SC
      Zimmerman Marine (multi-state)
      If you are a boater on the waterway, we ask you to support our Marina members as they support the ongoing maintenance of the AIWW. If you are a dock manager and do not see your marina listed, we would love to have you join our efforts! 

       
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      Our friends at Coastal News Today, home of the American Shoreline Podcast Network, supports the success of shoreline professionals and empowers an informed coastal citizenry—illuminating divergent viewpoints among coastal interests and advancing the understanding of new practices, partnerships, and opportunities. Listen in to the ASPN! 

       
       
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      Copyright © 2022. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association. All rights reserved.

      The AIWA is a national non-profit organization with the mission of securing funding and support for the maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. We are the only organization dedicated to ensuring the future of the AIWW and proudly represent all stakeholders of the waterway. 

      Contact:
      5A Market
      Beaufort, SC 29906  
      (843) 379-1151 ⚓️ atlanticintracoastal.org

       

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    • Information on Starfish – Look, Don’t Touch

      Thanks to Winston Fowler for sharing this information from a Facebook page, Responsible Tourism.
       
      What happens when we lift a starfish out of water for an impromptu photo session? 
       
      All over the body of starfish are papules called dermal gills. Carbon dioxide gases are exchanged for oxygen between the coelomic liquid of the starfish and the water. Essentially, it’s how they breathe, like having hundreds of tiny noses all over your body. 
       
      As fresh air is toxic to starfish and they can’t hold their breath for very long, each time they’re lifted out of the water for a photo op, they are drowning and suffering from a build up of carbon dioxide. It’s the equivalent of someone filling your lungs with water for a little while and then emptying them again. It’s not a good day out. When this is done repeatedly, it’s a flip of the coin as to whether the poor creature can die from drowning or the stress of being semi-drowned so many times. 
       
      Wildlife are not our playthings. Just because a creature is slow enough to be caught by human hands, that doesn’t give us the right to do so, and the social media attention gained certainly does not justify the harm caused to the critter. 
       
      This is an act we’re all guilty of at some point. What was happening to that animal in the moment didn’t cross our minds. But now we know better, so we must do better. 
       
      Look
       
      Don’t touch 
       

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    • New Sunrise Yoga Program Coming to Charleston County Parks in April

      Cooper River Marina

      Charleston County Parks, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, is proud to announce a new yoga program beginning in April.

       

       

      New Sunrise Yoga program coming to Charleston County Parks in April

       

       

       

       

      Click Here To View the South Carolina Cruisers Net Marina Directory Listing For Cooper River Marina

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Cooper River Marina

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    • A Portrait of Pamlico River as Underground Railroad


      Whether you want to revisit the past or satisfy your curiosities, discover the arts or explore your true nature, you can do it from the heart of the Inner Banks - Washington, North Carolina. 800 546 0

      Pamlico River enters the northwest shore of Pamlico Sound and is home to Washington City Docks, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR.

       

      Leesa Jones is dressed as an enslaved person of the 19th century as she tells the story of the Underground Railroad and Washington at the museum where she is executive director. Photo: Kip Tabb

       

      Click here for For some, Pamlico River was part of underground railroad by Kip Tabb
      CoastalReview.org

       

      Click Here To View the North Carolina Cruisers Net Marina Directory Listing For the Washington City Docks

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of the Washington City Docks

       

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    • Shared Photo

      Ship off Cape Fear by Winston Fowler

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    • Exploring the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway by Martin Fuller


      Set in beautiful Camden Count, NC, the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center provides free dockage for cruisers' on the Dismal Swamp AICW Alternate Route

      A different perspective of the ICW by friends from across the pond, this report covers the ICW from Albemarle Sound to Virginia, including the Dismal Swamp Canal where the Welcome Center, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, keeps watch over cruisers.

      Exploring the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
      Yachting Monthly, Katy Stickland

      Click Here To View the North Carolina Cruisers Net Marina Directory Listing For the Camden TDA/Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center

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    • Whistling Past the Hatteras Graveyard by Peter Swanson

      I don’t have a problem going “outside” when transiting the East Coast. But there is one section I won’t do outside—the Outer Banks. See Grounded Vessel Afloat Again, Ocracoke Island, NC. Our thanks to Peter Swanson for sharing his knowledge.

       

      A week after Vivens Aqua went aground, two buddy-boating recreational fishing vessels—Bite Me and Reel Lucky—suffered the same fate on another Outer Banks beach. Their owners had become disoriented in fog.

       

      Whistling Past the Hatteras Graveyard
      from Loose Cannon by Peter Swanson

      Comments from Cruisers (1)

      1. Mike Wright -  February 18, 2022 - 12:42 pm

        BOTH VESSELS HAVE RADAR MOUNTED.

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    • Ocean Literacy Resources Available from NOAA Ocean Service Education!

      These materials present an extensive framework to share the vision of an ocean-literate society and the range of knowledge required to be considered ocean literate.

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      Ocean Literacy and NGSS Alignment Resources are Now Available from NOAA Ocean Service Education!  

      NOAA Ocean Service Education is excited to announce the availability of the Ocean Literacy GuideThe Handbook for Increasing Ocean Literacy, the Ocean Literacy Scope and Sequence for Grades K–12, and the Alignment of Ocean Literacy to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These materials present an extensive framework to share the vision of an ocean-literate society and the range of knowledge required to be considered ocean literate.

      These materials were developed by the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) with Support from NOAA, the North American Association for Environmental Education, the Lawrence Hall of Sciencethe College of Exploration, and innumerable scientists and educators.

      You can access all of these resources as well as the Climate Literacy Essential Principles in English and in Spanish on the Ocean Service Education Literacy Resource Page. We strongly recommend you visit the NMEA Ocean Literacy Page for additional resources and more information about Ocean Literacy efforts.

      ocean literacy 

      The Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts presents a vision of an ocean-literate society. Along with the Handbook for Increasing Ocean Literacy, Ocean Literacy Scope and Sequence, the Alignment of Ocean Literacy to the Next Generation Science Standards, it outlines a framework for achieving Ocean Literacy. These documents are practical, research-based resources to influence learning
      and teaching about the ocean through our schools, museums, aquariums, science centers, parks, and other informal learning spaces. Understanding the ocean is essential to comprehending and protecting this planet on which we live.

      handbook

      The Handbook for Increasing Ocean Literacy is a resource for everyone to help teach, learn, and communicate about the ocean. While originally intended for classroom teachers and informal educators for the development of educational materials, programs, exhibits, and activities, these resources can be used by anyone, anywhere, who seeks to increase
      ocean literacy. 

      scope and sequence 

      The Ocean Literacy Scope and Sequence is an instructional tool that provides guidance to educators to help their students’ achieve a full understanding about the ocean in ever more complex ways across years of thoughtful, coherent science instruction. The content is provided as conceptual flow diagrams for each of the seven Ocean Literacy Essential Principles in four grade bands: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12.

      Ocean Literacy NGSS Alignment 

      The Alignment of Ocean Literacy to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) details the correlations between the NGSS – specifically the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) and Performance Expectations (PE), and the concepts included in the Ocean Literacy Guide and Ocean Literacy Scope & Sequence. This alignment focuses attention on places in the NGSS where Ocean Literacy is essential to understanding the DCI, but the connection may not be obvious. 

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    • NOAA Predicts a Foot of Sea Level Rise Along U.S. Coastlines by 2050

      The U.S. government has released its latest forecast for sea level rise through 2150, updating a report last revised in 2017.

      Tidal flooding in Miami, 2016 (B137 / CC BY SA 4.0)

      NOAA Predicts a Foot of Sea Level Rise Along U.S. Coastlines by 2050
      Maritime Executive

      Comments from Cruisers (4)

      1. Larry Smth -  March 16, 2022 - 4:17 pm

        David, you're right… just BS.

        This is Mother Nature and she's been doing this since the beginning of time. Some years wet, some dry. That's life.

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      2. Eddie -  March 5, 2022 - 7:06 am

        The oceans are rising faster than scientists predicted. If you live along the coast, any coast, now would be a good time to think about moving inland to higher ground.

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      3. Perry -  March 4, 2022 - 12:33 pm

        Yep it happens everything we have a nor’easter and a tropical storm and hurricanes. Expect we will have some rising tides this year as well.

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      4. David Burnhamd -  February 18, 2022 - 5:41 pm

        The tide rises and falls every day…knock off the bullshirt. Nothing that comes from the government can be believed with any certainty.

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    • Slow Ride through the Okeechobee

      Our thanks to Captain Chris of Captain Chris Yacht Services for sharing his excellent article on the Okeechobee Waterway. The OWW has been closed since January but is scheduled to reopen at the end of March, see OWW Closure.

      Slow Ride through the Okeechobee
      Captain Chris Yacht Services

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    • NC Coast’s People: Last Daughter of Davis Ridge by David Cecelski

      Few coastal visitors know that the secluded hammock of Davis Ridge was once home to an extraordinary community founded by liberated slaves.

      Mullet fishing camp at Shackleford Banks, near Beaufort, circa 1875-80. From George Brown Goode, ed., The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, (Washington, D.C.: Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1884-87), sec. 5, vol. 2.

      Our coast’s people: Last daughter of Davis Ridge
      CoastalReview.org

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    • Wine Down Wednesday is Back in March! Charleston County Parks and Recreation, Charleston, SC

      Cooper River Marina

      Wine Down Wednesday series returns for Spring 2022. Wine, live music and food trucks at Old Towne Creek County Park. Charleston County Parks is A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR!

      [WEST ASHLEY] – Charleston County Parks is excited to bring back a spring full of Wine Down Wednesdays at Old Towne Creek County Park! Take a much-needed “hump day” break and enjoy Wine Down Wednesday on March 16, March 30, April 13 and April 27 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

      Wine Down Wednesday is a family friendly event where guests can enjoy live music while exploring this unique county park off Old Towne Road in West Ashley. Admission fees also cover wine and a commemorative wine glass. At each event, two food trucks will also be on site with items available for purchase. 

      The Spring 2022 Wine Down Wednesday music and food lineup is:

      Admission for Wine Down Wednesday is $20 per person in advance, and $25 the day of the event.

      Guests are encouraged to bring their own chairs, tables and blankets. Dogs are welcome, but must remain on a leash at all times. If an event is canceled by Charleston County Parks, a refund will be provided. Outside alcohol is prohibited. Outside food is allowed.

      Old Towne Creek County Park is located in West Ashley off Old Towne Road and is open for special events only. Wine Down Wednesday is a great opportunity for the public to be able to explore and enjoy this site. Old Towne Creek features 67 acres of beautiful open fields complemented by groves of live oak trees. The park will undergo construction later in 2022.

      For more information on Wine Down Wednesday, or to register for this event, visit CharlestonCountyParks.com. This event is brought to you by your Charleston County Parks. 

      Owned by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) and only open currently for special events, Old Towne Creek County Park is located at 1400 Old Towne Road, Charleston, SC 29407. The mission of CCPRC is to improve the quality of life in Charleston County by offering a diverse system of park facilities, programs and services. The large park system features over 11,000 acres of property and includes six regional parks, a skate park, three beach parks, four seasonally-lifeguarded beach areas, three dog parks, two landmark fishing piers, three waterparks, 19 boat landings, a climbing wall, a challenge course, an interpretive center, a historic plantation site, an equestrian center, cottages, a campground, a marina, as well as wedding, meeting and event facilities. The park system also offers a wide variety of recreational services – festivals, camps, classes, programs, and more. For more information on CCPRC, call 843-795-4386, or visit CharlestonCountyParks.com.

      Images courtesy Charleston County Parks. High-resolution photos available upon request

      Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission / 861 Riverland Drive / Charleston, SC 29412 / (843) 795-4386

       

       
       
      Sarah Reynolds​
       Public Information Coordinator
       Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission
       
      861 Riverland DrCharlestonSC 29412
       
      Primary: 843-762-8089
       
      sreynolds@CCPRC.com|CharlestonCountyParks.com

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    • LNM: USCG Navigation Center – Website Update

      U.S. COAST GUARD NAVIGATION CENTER – WEBSITE UPDATE

      The U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center is going to transition the Navigation Center website to a new, enhanced version in the first quarter of 2022. As part of this transition, URLs will be updated across the site including URLs linked to PDFs. Therefore, once the transition is complete, legacy site URLS will no longer function, including bookmarked URLs and URLs used in automatic downloading of data and/or products. Outdated URLs will automatically redirect to the home page of the site, and from there you will be able to easily navigate to your preferred page. Below are a few of the “old”/new URL pairs listed for your convenience. Please note that the new URLs will not be active until we launch the new website. Of course, once it is launched, the new URLs will be available for re-bookmarking. As a reminder, these are top level URLs that may contain additional links that you use.
      This notice will be updated when the final launch date is determined and another notice will be issued to notify you when the site goes live.
      Questions/concerns may be directed to the NAVCENWebTEAM@uscg.mil.
      Local Notices to Mariners (LNMs)
      Current URLs: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lnmMain
      Replacement: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/local-notices-to-mariners-by-cg-district
      Light Lists Annual Publication
      Current URLs: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightLists
      Replacement: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/light-list-annual-publication
      Light List – Weekly
      Current URLs: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightListWeeklyUpdates
      Replacement: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/weekly-light-lists
      Light List – Corrections
      Current URLs: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightListCorrections
      Replacement: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/light-list-summary-of-corrections

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    • Hammock Beach Marina added to Oasis Portfolio, AICW MM 802, Palm Coast, FL


      A nice article about this beautiful marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, nestled directly on the Intracoastal Waterway in northeast Florida, in the community of Palm Coast.

      Hammock Beach Marina added to Oasis Portfolio to Start New Year | News | wfmz.com
      WFMZ

      Click Here To View This Facility’s Full Listing of Services on the Eastern Florida Marina Directory

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Marina at Hammock Beach

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