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Meeting scheduled to garner public feedback on draft of (N.C.) estuary plan
Story Date: 12/7/2011
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Source:PRESS RELEASE, 12/6/11
The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program has scheduled another meeting in Carteret County for people to provide feedback on the program’s draft management plan for the estuary.
The meeting is scheduled for the NOAA Laboratory, 101 Pivers Island Road in Beaufort from 4-6 p.m. Dec. 19. This is the eighth public meeting on this plan and the second meeting in Carteret County.
The proposed plan would guide the management of the East Coast’s second largest estuary between 2012 and 2022. Protection and management of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary is important, as the estuary supports one of the nation’s richest varieties of terrestrial and aquatic life. Rivers from 85 counties in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia drain into the estuary.
The draft management plan can be found online at www.apnep.org. Comments can be submitted through an online form or by email to jim.hawhee@ncdenr.gov. The open comment period will extend through Jan. 17, 2012.
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