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Archives: Environmental
  • Sound Rivers celebrates Pride

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 9, 2022

    Fifty-three years ago, New York City police chose a hot summer’s night to raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich…


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  • New Bern canal gets Trash-Trout-ed

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 2, 2022

    (Left to right) Mike Sagaser, Christina Marshen, Carl Crozier, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell, Program Director Clay Barber,…


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  • Jack’s Creek Trash Trout gets first clean-out

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 26, 2022

    The Trash Trout installed on…


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  • We’re looking for Falls Lake, Lower Neuse Swim Guide volunteers!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 26, 2022

    We’ve got a few spots left to fill in our Swim Guide volunteer roster! Swim Guide is still going strong in its fifth…


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  • Cooper proposes $18 million for swine buyout program

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 26, 2022

    North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed…


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  • Riverkeeper Spotlight: County board says no to proposed subdivision near open hog lagoon

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 19, 2022

    A aerial view shows where the new development was proposed, uphill from the hog-waste lagoon in the…


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  • Sound Rivers welcomes 2022 summer interns

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 19, 2022

    We’re giving a warm welcome to this summer’s water-quality interns — Maddie, Megan and Maia — who arrived this week and dove right in to Sound Rivers’ Swim Guide…


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  • We’re Seeking Swim Guide Volunteers!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 19, 2022

    We’re in the fifth year of Swim Guide, our weekly recreational water-quality testing program that lets everyone know where it’s safe to…


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  • COMING SOON! We’re launching a 5th season of Swim Guide!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 12, 2022

    Preparation for a fifth…


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  • Sound Rivers bids a fond farewell to Will Shingleton

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 12, 2022

    Sound Rivers’ field technician Will Shingleton moves on this week to a career in environmental health. The spring 2022 East Carolina University…


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  • Americorps position with Sound Rivers now open

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 12, 2022

    Sound Rivers has an Americorps position open! Americorps is hiring a stormwater education coordinator to work with Sound Rivers from Sept. 1, 2022…


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  • Trash Trout approved for New Bern

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 12, 2022

    **update! The location has been changed to Jack Smith Creek. New Bern’s Board of Aldermen approved the installation of a Sound Rivers’ Trash…


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  • Swine Floodplain Buyout Program PSA

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 9, 2022

    Why is funding the Swine Floodplain Buyout Program so important? Watch this short PSA starring Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell to find out!


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  • Avian flu still in the aerial spotlight

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 5, 2022

    Last week, Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop took to the skies with News & Observer reporter Adam Wagoner to do some aerial surveillance…


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