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APNEP Funded Engagement & Stewardship Projects: Shad in the Classroom

In 2024-2025, Shad in the Classroom will involve 2,500 students from 31 classes, with over 300 students coming from Title I schools. Around 1,000 of these students will release the fry into the Neuse River and all will learn directly from experts about the immense value of the American Shad.

Forest Wetland Loss on the Coastal Plain

Ghost forests will only become more obvious to those living on the coast as temperatures and sea level rises, droughts become more frequent, and groundwater becomes saltier. Providing coastal communities with scientific background to the issues they are facing can create more informed awareness of environment changes.

Saltwater Intrusion & Sea Level Rise

A research coordination network (RCN) has been focused on understanding saltwater intrusion and sea-level rise (SWISLR) as a whole. The primary goal of the SWISLR network is to build a connective intellectual network where new research and ideas can be supported and disseminated easily.

Power to the People: Part II

How a group of citizen scientists is working to preserve healthy waters and strengthen communities in northeastern North Carolina

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Taking Nature's Pulse

How the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Selects Ecosystem Indicators for the Southeast

A mission and a vision

The South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) is a partnership of federal, st

From Dust Came Soil Conservation

Republished with author's permission from The First Furrow blog on October 16th, 2017

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.

Community Knowledge Informs Coastal Resilience Efforts in NC DCM's RENA Process

In 2016, NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) commenced a five-year project to create a comprehensive resilience-building gui

Stewards of the Southern Watersheds

The border between North Carolina and Virginia - a line that runs from east to west – seems logical when viewed on a map. But this straight line also divides five river basins, three of which – the Pasquotank, Roanoke, and Chowan - flow into Albemarle Sound.

Living Storm Protections: Part I

How Did Hurricane Florence and Tropical Storm Michael Impact Living Shorelines?

Living shorelines are a suite of shoreline stabilization techniques that use live components such as marsh plants or oyster reefs, either independently or in combination with hard structures like rock sills.