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NCAEP Meetings & Events
» Meetings
Each year NCAEP holds four dinner meetings in Raleigh. Topics range throughout the diverse interests of our membership including natural resources, stream and wetland restoration, NEPA/SEPA, stormwater issues, regulatory updates, environmental ethics, and a variety of other topics. Many of our speakers' past presentations are available on the Past Meetings link. Most of our dinner meetings provide 1 Professional Development Hour of credit for those needing to keep up with certifications. In 2006, we also held our first dinner meeting in Charlotte (which we are planning on continuing on an annual basis) and are looking forward to doing the same in Wilmington in 2007.
» Workshops
This July the NCAEP sponsored a two day rare plant workshop in the Mountains. The trip to Ashe County and Grandfather Mountain to view several federally listed species was a great opportunity for 25 individuals to learn more about the rare species of that region. In 2005 NCAEP sponsored three such workshops. The first workshop included visits to Holly Shelter Game Land, Sandy Run Nature Conservancy Preserve, the Green Swamp Nature Conservancy Preserve and the Oak Island Greenhouse Facility in southeastern NC. The second workshop was to the NC Botanical Garden and Durham and Granville County Natural Areas. The last workshop of 2005 was to the Uwharrie National Forest and the Sandhills Game Lands. These workshops were wonderful opportunities to learn more about North Carolina's federally- and state-listed threatened and endangered plant species. Space is limited on these trips, and NCAEP members are given advanced notice to register due to our sponsorship of the events. We have already begun to plan more workshops for 2007 with USFWS and NCNHP.
In addition, NCAEP has co-sponsored numerous workshops and conferences that pertain to our members' professional interests. In 2006, we sponsored three "Planning for Growth" workshops held by NCDENR, and continued our annual sponsorships of the NC Water Resources Research Institute annual conference as well as others.
 » Social Gatherings
NCAEP continues to have social gatherings for the members to network, generate and share their wealth of knowledge, and just have a good time. As always, NCAEP invites members to come early to the dinner meetings for the Social Hour prior to dinner and the speaking engagement. This year NCAEP held our fourth Annual Pig Pickin' on May 16th at Lake Montague in Cary. What a great event to catch up with old friends! NCAEP is also continuing the relatively new tradition of a Holiday Social planned for January 2007.
» Grants & Scholarships
In 2005, NCAEP raised nearly $11,000 that the NC Natural Heritage Program used for a matching grant to update the state's rare species database. In 2006, NCAEP helped to organize volunteers for a festival in downtown Raleigh, which garnered $8,000 for NCAEP to help us start a scholarship fund for college students studying in the environmental field in NC.
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