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The Farm Bill
The Farm Bill: bad for the environment, bad for you The Farm Bill (SB315) includes provisions that add to the cloak of secrecy around an industry that has polluted our…
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Blounts Creek Community Members Attend NC Court of Appeals Hearing
Senior attorney, Geoff Gisler from SELC and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, Forrest English speak to Blounts Creek community members after…
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Volunteering for Change
by Christina Marshen On September 19, 2005, I was driving home from work and got hit by a drunk driver. I start my story there not to induce…
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Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Visits Hog Farm
Last week, your Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr was invited by Tom Butler to visit his industrial animal operation, Butler Farms. Tom and Matthew…
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Working for Clean Water – Impact 2018
This year has sped by, and as we look toward the end of 2018, we want to thank you for all you do to preserve our region’s waterways! Your…
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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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Proposed changes to Clean Water Act will gut protections
This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposal to dramatically cut back protections to wetlands and waterways that we all…
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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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Nuisance Trials Shine Light on Pollution and Technology
Katy Langley: “Nuisance Trials Against Smithfield Foods Shine Light on Pollution & Technology” Flooded hog waste pit and…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers This summer Sound Rivers launched, Swim Guide, a new water quality monitoring program where…
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Emerging Contaminants in Your Water
Your Riverkeepers have been monitoring the emerging contaminants situation on your rivers for some time now; you may recognize “GenX” from the news – it appeared in…
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Swim Guide by the Numbers
Swim Guide: By the Numbers Starting Memorial Day Weekend, Sound Rivers sampled popular recreation sites each week to bring recreational water…
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Fishing for Facts 10-2018
Fishing for Facts – October, 2018 Protecting the Clean Water Act Clean Water is a way of life in the South,…
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Hurricane Florence by the Numbers
Snapshot of Environmental & Community Impacts of Hurricane Florence • $17 billion in estimated damages • 750,000 evacuated • 35.93 inches of rain in Elizabethtown-…
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