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An environmental program is celebrating its 25th birthday with a new name and changes that will enable better management of a key coastal estuary in Virginia and North Carolina.

The amount of seagrass in the state’s estuaries has decreased more than 16% over a 14-year period, according to a new study. 

The APNEP Engagement and Stewardship grants are funding four projects in North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.
Yasamin Sharifi selected as recipient of the NC Sea Grant-APNEP 2022 joint fellowship.
North Carolina Sea Grant and APNEP are accepting applications for the 2022 Graduate Fellowship in Estuarine Research.

Regional partners, led by the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP), have publish

Joshua Himmelstein selected as recipient of the NC Sea Grant-APNEP 2021 joint fellowship.

The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) announced grant awards today for two projects that will advance environmental engagement and stewardship in the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine region, which encompasses part of eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. 

NC State University and Duke University have published an APNEP-funded report that estimates the market and nonmarket economic losses from declines in submerged aquatic vegetation in the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary.  Focusing on the losses to commercial and recreational fisheries, residential property values, and carbon sequestration, the team conservatively estimates aggregate losses of $1,290 per acre over the next decade.