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Join our team! Sound Rivers Seeks Environmental Project Manager
We’re hiring for the position of Environmental Projects Manager. Sound Rivers has a long tradition of clean water advocacy, protecting and preserving the health and viability of…
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Contact Your Representative About ACP
As many Sound Rivers supporters may be aware, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is currently on hold due to seven different federal permits required for construction and operation of…
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Action Alert: Ask NC To Fight For Clean Water
Any day now the EPA will release massive proposed rollbacks to ‘Waters of the United States’ which define where the Clean Water…
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Stormwater Project to Begin in Greenville
Stormwater Improvement Project Underway at Jaycee Park Greenville, NC, January 4, 2019- Work will begin Monday, January 7, 2018 to begin improvements on a failed stormwater detention pond at Jaycee…
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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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Action Alert: Ask NC DEQ To Protect Waterways From Swine Industry Waste
The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking comments from the public on the state’s permit for industrial animal…
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THANK YOU! We met our $5k #GivingTuesday Match!
Thank you so much! Your support helped us raise more than $8,000, exceeding our $5000 goal for #Giving Tuesday on November 27th!…
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Help Us Meet Our Giving Tuesday $5000 Match!
Today only, for Giving Tuesday, our Board of Directors, along with Rod Cantrell of Edward Jones Investing, have…
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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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New Bern Post Florence Cleanup Nets 1 Ton of Trash
On a chilly Saturday morning, twenty-three volunteers braved the cold and wind to begin the cleanup of our local waterways post Hurricane Florence. Young and old came out to…
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