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New site located for Nash Community College rain garden
Kris Bass Engineering Project Engineer Simon Gregg (left) and Backwater Environmental President Robert Osborne (right) look over…
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Watershed restoration planned for Washington’s Jack’s Creek
A nine-element watershed restoration plan for Washington’s Jack’s Creek moved forward this week with a site visit from partners in its restoration….
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Pitt County residents push back against cryptocurrency mining facility
The potential for a cryptocurrency datamining or processing facility in Greenville is causing Pitt County residents to push back. The Greenville ENC Alliance…
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Sound Rivers welcomes return of former intern
Will Shingleton is sampling with Sound Rivers again! The former water-quality intern returns as a field technician, helping your Riverkeepers monitor the…
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ICYMI: Tell Me About It Tuesdays with Dr. Rachel Noble
Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, Tell Me About It Tuesdays, returns in the new year with “North Carolina’s Complicated Relationship with Stormwater.” Dr. Rachel Noble talks about increased coastal development,…
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New year starts with new rain garden projects
The engineering team takes a look at the site where a rain garden will be built on the…
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Notice of Violation issued for Middlesex construction site
A construction site in Middlesex has been singled out by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy, Mineral and Land…
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Proposed development a concern for Nash County residents
Concerns about a proposed residential development near the Tar River had one Nash County group reaching out to Sound Rivers recently. Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper…
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Lower Neuse Riverkeeper: Contentnea Creek CAFO a threat
Contentnea Creek (in the lower portion of the photo) is just yards away from one of the…
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Aurora sampling points to raw sewage
Murky water in a hole adjacent to a ditch and an overwhelming smell were clear signs of…
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Sound Rivers weighs in on DEQ biogas permit hearing
On Tuesday night, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality held a virtual public meeting to hear from the public on the anaerobic digester general permits, since the agency has…
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DWR investigation finds no algal toxins at Falls Lake
An investigation into a potential harmful algal bloom on Falls Lake turned up…
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NC governor protects local government options to address climate change
Veto of H 220 Also Supports Government Transparency From Sierra Club RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed H 220, “Choice of Energy Service,” which would prevent local governments…
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Riverkeeper spotlight: investigating Aurora spill report
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell has been out in the field investigating a report of a sewage spill in Aurora, very close to South Creek, over Thanksgiving. “I went out to…
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Port Terminal kayak launch in progress!
Construction has started on a new boat ramp and kayak launch on the Tar River at Port Terminal in Greenville. The kayak launch…
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