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Protecting, preserving, and restoring the floodplain
by Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper We still have a more than a month left in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, but, as it winds down, we need…
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Paddle for Clean Water: A truly epic adventure
by Heather Deck, Executive Director It was a beautiful spring day in April 2005 when I found myself on the banks of the Tar River in Granville County. I had…
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Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Facebook Live 7-8-20: Sound Rivers & Environmental Justice
Jill Howell, your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, went Live on Facebook this week to talk about Environmental Justice and what Sound Rivers is doing to…
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Meet Your Summer Swim Guide Interns!
Cait, Amelia, and Nicole will be helping coordinate the 2020 Swim Guide Program, and they wanted to say a socially-distanced hello via video! They will be bringing you the…
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Celebrate 50 Years of Earth Day With Sound Rivers
Today, April 22nd, marks 50 years of the annual Earth Day celebration, a day which is always near and dear to us…
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More Stay-At-Home Content from Clay!
Sound Rivers’ Environmental Projects Coordinator, Clay Barber, contributed educational content to an animal education website, Fanimal.online, several years ago, and thought this content (and the whole site!) might be…
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Now Hiring Summer Interns
Sound Rivers is seeking a full-time intern who will work with a Riverkeeper coordinating volunteers, and collecting and analyzing water quality samples for the summer of 2020. This experience…
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A Riverkeeper’s Dedication: Protecting the Environment In and Out of the River
By S. Wayne Miles, P.E., Stormwater Program Manager for the City of Raleigh Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper with Sound Rivers,…
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Winter Edition of Currents Newsletter
Sound Rivers’ quarterly newsletter Currents is out now! If you’re currently on our mailing list, you should be receiving yours in…
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Checking in on Jaycee Park, an innovative stormwater solution
Clay Barber, our new Environmental Projects Coordinator, went out with your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper this week to check on our Jaycee Park wetland’s current condition after it’s had…
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Sound Rivers’ Campus Stormwater Program Goes to Craven Summit
by Katy Hunt, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Sound Rivers recently led a Stormwater workshop for Craven County teachers at the 2019 Craven…
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Craven County Campus Stormwater Project Approved for Phase 2
For the past two years, Sound Rivers has been partnering with Craven County Schools and the Epiphany School on an innovative Campus Stormwater Project. This grant funded…
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Hurricane Florence Exposes Problems with Wastewater Infrastructure
By Forrest English Aerial image of the City of Grifton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant surrounded by flood waters (Photo:…
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Spotlight- The Lower Neuse River
By Katy Hunt, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Image of an old postcard of the Neuse River near…
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Staff Report: Sound Rivers Shines Light on Sewage Spill Epidemic
Over 844 million gallons of untreated sewage was…
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