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Archives: Volunteers
  • Citizen science program needs your help observing the weather! 

    Posted by Heather Deck on March 9, 2023

    Have you ever wondered how much rain fell during a recent thunderstorm? How about snowfall during a winter storm? If…


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  • Neighborhood Ecology Corps takes on Raleigh Trash Trout

    Posted by Heather Deck on March 1, 2023

    Middle school students making up the Neighborhood Ecology Corps took to Little Rock Creek this week clean out the local…


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  • Clean-out, then clean up for Jack’s Creek

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 16, 2023

    A small army of…


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  • TAR RIVER, RESCUED

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 15, 2022

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell joined 40 volunteers last Saturday to remove more than 800 pounds of trash in and along the banks…


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  • Volunteer Spotlight: Mira and Meredith Loughlin

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 11, 2022

    We can’t do what we do without our wonderful volunteers! Meet Mira and Meredith Loughlin, who live in Washington and have been Swim Guide sampling for four years (making…


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  • Taking the trash out at Falls Lake

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 4, 2022

    When it comes to citizens taking matters into their own hands, we applaud a group of Falls Lake fans who took the…


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  • SPLASH FOR TRASH: another success!

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 4, 2022

    Greenville (noon) Rotary’s annual Splash for Trash, a clean-up of the Tar River, was another success this year. Sound Rivers’ Executive Director Heather Deck and water-quality intern Maddie Garrison…


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  • Volunteer Spotlight: Caroline Phelan

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 4, 2022

    Meet Caroline, a Sound Rivers’ volunteer who lives in Cary! Find out why she loves the Neuse River and volunteers for Swim Guide every summer. Thank you for being…


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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Trash Trout volunteers needed!

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 24, 2022

    Jack Smith Creek in New Bern will be one of two sites where Trash Trouts will be…


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  • Pamlico Clean-up a huge success

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 21, 2021

    Pamlico Paddle 2021 launched with a clean-up of the areas surrounding Havens Garden in Washington on Oct. 17. Kayakers took to Runyon Creek to pull garbage out…


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  • Thank you to our Swim Guide volunteers!

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 9, 2021

    We want to give a huge “THANK YOU!“ to the sponsors and many…


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