Soundings Blog

APNEP publishes stories about the science, history, culture, and people of the Albemarle-Pamlico region on our Soundings Blog. We welcome guest submissions on topics of relevance to our region that align with our Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan. If you are interested, please contact us for more information.

STEM Policy Fellow, Riley Ragain, holding up seagrass while standing in waist deep water.

APNEP Hosts First STEM Policy Fellow

Falls Lake dam

Where Water Waits: The Human and Ecological Impacts of Dams

Hans Paerl with a very green water sample

Dr. Hans Paerl Honored with the Order of the Longleaf Pine Award

SAV horizon

SAVing The Wetlands, One Wild Celery at a Time

February 17, 2026

Group using gardening tools outdoors

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

Group of eight in a wooded, shallow creek

APNEP Funded Engagement & Stewardship Projects: Shad in the Classroom

Group of 8 from NCSU posing in front of wetland

Forest Wetland Loss on the Coastal Plain

Downeast post office exterior

Saltwater Intrusion & Sea Level Rise

January 22, 2024

Living shoreline example

All Natural (Part I): Natural & Nature-Based Features

August 21, 2023

Waterway cutting through a lush field

FY2022 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant Program RFP

pine tree

10 Ways You Can Protect Our Estuary

aerial view of the Outer Banks

X Marks the Seagrass

SAV meeting

Making the Connection between Underwater Grasses and Water Quality

citizen scientists monitoring in a boat

Power to the People: Part II

January 23, 2020

man taking water sample

Power to the People: Part I

December 9, 2019

A to Z

A to Z in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary

September 17, 2019