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Archives: Education
  • Foundation opens summer intern applications

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 12, 2021

    The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation is offering 35 paid internships at North Carolina nonprofits for the summer of 2021, and Sound Rivers is one of the participating nonprofits. Formed by…


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  • ReLeaf Washington adds trees to campus wetland

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 10, 2020

    ReLeaf Washington, in partnership with Beaufort County Community College, planted six trees on the college’s campus on Dec. 8. The project complements a newly constructed wetland developed by Sound…


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  • Protecting, preserving, and restoring the floodplain

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 19, 2020

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 9, 2020

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 8, 2020

    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!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 20, 2020

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 21, 2020

    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!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 9, 2020

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 13, 2020

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 30, 2019

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on December 26, 2019

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 29, 2019

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 22, 2019

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 18, 2019

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2018

    By Forrest English Aerial image of the City of Grifton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant surrounded by flood waters (Photo:…


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To monitor and protect the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River watersheds covering nearly one quarter of North Carolina, and to preserve the health and beauty of the river basin through environmental justice.

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Contact Sound Rivers

Jill Howell
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper
Matthew Starr
Upper Neuse Riverkeeper
Katy Hunt
Lower Neuse Riverkeeper

Our Locations

New Bern Office | 252 637-7972
Raleigh Office | 919 856-1180
Washington Office | 252 946-7211
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