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Host your own “A Sound River” screening
Did you miss Sound Rivers’ 40th-anniversary documentary when it premiered Nov. 30, 2021? We had an estimated 500 people attend the virtual premiere, and if you weren’t one of…
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Riverkeeper Spotlight: County board says no to proposed subdivision near open hog lagoon
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
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!
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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Tell Me About It Tuesdays’ latest episode is here!
Did you miss this week’s episode of Tell Me About It Tuesdays? You can watch it here! Listen in as Dr. Stephen Moysey, director of East Carolina University’s Water…
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Sound Rivers bids a fond farewell to Will Shingleton
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
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
New Bern’s Board of Aldermen approved the installation of a Sound Rivers’ Trash Trout on Lawson Creek. Sound Rivers Executive Director Heather Deck…
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Memorial clean-up a resounding success
The Tar River in Oxford was saved from a dumpster-full of trash, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and organizers of…
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Avian flu still in the aerial spotlight
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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Jack’s Creek litter trap good for creek, and research
Sound Rivers staff and volunteers completed installation of the Jack’s Creek Trash Trout on Wednesday with the…
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Nash CC rain gardens gets native species
Environmental Projects Coordinator Clay Barber was back at Nash Community College this week, overseeing the planting of native species in the campus’…
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Earth Day cleanup yields lots of volunteers — and lots of trash
Sound Rivers’ Field Technician Will Shingleton steers the kayak down the Tar River, pre-trash pickup, during the…
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It’s Take-Back Day! Drop off your drugs at an event near you!
It’s take-back time again! Law enforcement across the state is hosting drug take-back events this weekend, including in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds. Headed up by…
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