Press Releases
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System (pg.6) and Updates from Around the Coast - North Carolina (pg. 35)
Reporters are invited to Wednesday’s 2017 Albemarle-Pamlico Ecosystem Symposium: Eyes on the Horizon where experts will lead a discussion on issues impacting the rivers and estuaries of the Albemarle-Pamlico region.North Carolina and Virginia’s Albemarle-Pamlico region has one of the nation’s largest estuaries, which are bodies of water where rivers meet the sea. Protecting this estuarine complex, with its 3,000 square miles of open water, is crucial for regional industries such as forestry, agriculture, commercial and recreational fishing, tourism, mining and energy development.
Mollie Yacano selected as recipient of the NC Sea Grant-APNEP 2017 joint fellowship.
APNEP is celebrating 30 years of identification, protection, and restoration of the Albemarle-Pamlico watershed through scientific research and outreach.
North Carolina Sea Grant and APNEP are accepting applications for the 2017 Graduate Fellowship in Estuarine Research.
The EPA will award APNEP $343,883 through a federal grant to implement the CCMP.
The policy board for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, or APNEP, has named its new leadership team for the next two years.Kirk Havens, the vice-chairman of the board since 2015, assumed the chairmanship at the board’s recent meeting. Holly White, the principal planner for Nags Head, was elected to fill Havens’ position as vice chairperson.Also, board members welcomed the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Mary Penny Kelley as DEQ Secretary Michael Regan’s appointee. Kelley is the department’s senior advisor for Policy and Innovation.
APNEP Fellow Liz Brown-Pickren conducted fishing a survey in Tyrrell County, which highlighted concerns and lack of information about contamination.
More than 40 volunteers worked to restore native habitat in Dismal Swamp State Park in Camden County by planting 3,000 Atlantic white cedar seedlings during a three-day project in late April and early May.
Natural resources in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound region provide greater and more diverse economic benefits than previously thought, according to a new report.The report estimated economic benefits exceeding $475 million for commercial sectors that depend directly on natural resources, including agriculture, forestry and commercial fishing. In addition, these sectors directly employ approximately 36,000 workers in the region, generating more than $672 million in wages each year.