Hi folks, I don't know anything about this project other than what is contained in this message but thought I'd forward it on to interested parties. Cheers, Jackie ----- End Included Message ----- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:50:13 -0400 From: Jack Thigpen <jthigpen_at_pinn.net> Organization: NC Sea Grant Hi, I am a NC Sea Grant researcher involved with a coastal paddling project. Please read the following message and, if you feel it appropriate, post it to PaddleWise members. If you have any questions please email or call me collect. Thanks, Jack ----------------------------------------------------------- NC COASTAL PLAIN PADDLE TRAILS INITIATIVE Dear Paddler; We are asking for your help on the NC Coastal Plain Paddle Trails Initiative (NCCPPTI) THE PROJECT -- NC Sea Grant, NC Division of Parks and Recreation, and the Partnership for the Sounds with funding from Confluence are working together with coastal communities in to enhance the development of a paddle trail network in the coastal plain rivers and estuarine waters of North Carolina. The driving force for this project is to increase paddling opportunities and the awareness of nature-based ecotourism as a viable economic option for rural coastal plain counties. THE SURVEY – In order to better understand what paddlers want and need we are partnering with NC State University to conduct a mail survey. This study will determine what attracts paddlers to eastern North Carolina, determine what infrastructure is desired by the users to make their trail outings more enjoyable and measure their economic impacts on the coastal plains. HOW YOU CAN HELP – If you have paddled (kayak or canoe) in the NC coastal plains area (east of Interstate 95) please respond with your name and address to jthigpen_at_pinn.net. You will be placed in a database from which a randomly selected sample will be chosen to participate in a mail survey project. This list will only be used for this project, will be kept confidential and results will be used in an aggregated or summarized form only. FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT Dr. Jack Thigpen Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist NC Sea Grant PO Box 699 Manteo, NC 27954 jthigpen_at_pinn.net 252/441-3663 ----- End Included Message ----- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 16:12:37 PDT
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