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What's up on land? What's going on in the sanctuary? This is the place to find out. Between the news stories on our Home page, and the Calendar of Events we'll do our best to keep you current! Need more info? We're just an email away.

Learn about last summer’s expedition to the USS Monitor, the establishment of the largest marine conservation area in the world and almost 100 other resource protection, science and education accomplishments in the just released 2006 State of the Sanctuaries Report.

Feature Stories

2007 Monitor Conservation Work at The Mariners' Museum
Sanctuary staff, conservators from The Mariners' Museum and interns from East Carolina University have been busy conserving the artifacts recovered from the Monitor. New artifacts have been discovered, the guns have been rolled and technology has been used to document and study pieces of the historic ship.

The 2nd annual Mid-Atlantic ROV Competition
On Saturday April 21, 2007, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and Nauticus hosted the 2nd annual Mid-Atlantic Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) competition at the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia.

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