Topics Related to APNEP Projects

APNEP Funded Engagement & Stewardship Projects: N.C. Wildlife Federation

North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) is the leader behind one of North Carolina’s newest environmental stewardship and restoration projects set to begin this fall. Partially funded by APNEP’s Engagement and Stewardship Grant, "Experiencing the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary: Fostering Watershed Stewardship" plans to engage multiple communities in native species plantings and a wetland restoration project in hopes to elevate collective environmental knowledge and appreciation among community members while reviving ecologically rich habitats.

X Marks the Seagrass

Mapping North Carolina's underwater meadows from 11,000 feet in the air

"If we can't document how things used to be and how they're changing, we're flying blind." This assertion from Dr.

Invasive Whatchamacallits?

APNEP's Summer Intern Searches for Ways to Spread the Word about North Carolina's Aquatic Invasive Species

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Partners Work Together to Protect North Carolina's Underwater Meadows

Most of us are familiar with North Carolina’s grassy meadows, fields, and lawns, but did you know that our state’s coastal rivers and sounds harbor underwater meadows of their own?

Shad in the Classroom Reaches Students (and Fish) from Stream to Sound

Standing by the sandy bank of the Neuse River just east of Raleigh, a 5th-grader holds out her small plastic cup, and at first glance it looks like there's nothing inside it but water.

Sound Science Guiding Conservation of the Albemarle-Pamlico Region

North Carolina’s Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP) has been exploring the natural areas of the Albemarle-Pamlico region throughout most of its 40-year history.

Protecting North Carolina's Coastal Habitats with Jimmy Johnson

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, is that how it goes?” chuckles Jimmy Johnson, the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership’s (APNEP’s) Coastal Habitats Coordinator.

Teaching Teachers to ExPLORE NC

Teachers waded through the shallow water of Bogue Sound, laughing and shouting as they searched the estuary’s sandy bottom for signs of life. Behind them, gnarled maritime forest backed shoreline-fringing salt marshes.

Going with the Ebb and Flow: Researchers Seek a Sustainable Future for Coastal Plain Waterways

The ebb and flow of water guides the rhythms of the natural world. Rivers and creeks swell with spring rainfall, life blooming along their banks. Small streams become inhospitable channels of rock and sand during the hot months of summer.

North Carolina: First in Dam Removal Part I

With the demolition of Raleigh’s Milburnie Dam in November 2017, the Neuse River now flows freely from Falls Lake to Pamlico Sound for the first time in over a hundred years.