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Soundings BlogA fresh take on the Albemarle-Pamlico region's salty affairs Protecting North Carolina's Coastal Habitats with Jimmy JohnsonBy: Kelsey Ellis, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Published July 13, 2017 The 2016 CHPP's priority habitat issues. Clockwise from top left: living shorelines, oyster restoration, developing metrics, and sedimentation. “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, is that how it goes?” chuckles Jimmy Johnson, the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership’s (APNEP’s) Coastal Habitats Coordinator. He’s referring to North Carolina’s Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, called the CHPP (pronounced like the “chip” in a chocolate chip cookie) for short. Since its adoption in 2004, the goal of the CHPP has been “the long term enhancement of coastal fisheries associated with coastal habitats” – a.k.a, protecting coastal habitats to protect North Carolina’s commercial and recreational fisheries, estimated to be valued in the billions of dollars. Its success has spurred other states to look into similar plans. “We were the first state in the nation to do anything like this,” Jimmy says. “I know that a lot of other states have been very interested - some states have tried to do something similar.”
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