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Volunteers Needed for Parasite Research!
Help Dr. Blakeslee at ECU with her team’s research! From Dr. Blakeslee: We are collecting parasites from the small fish and snails that live in our tidal creeks using the collecting…
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Action Alert: Tell Your Legislators – Sustain Gov. Cooper’s Veto!
Governor Cooper recently vetoed H576, Allow Aerosolization of Leachate. (What we’ve been referring to as the “garbage juice” bill.) This bill would force…
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Public Hearings on State Water Quality Permit
The North Carolina Division of Water Quality announced this month they will be holding two public hearings regarding the 401 Water Quality…
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Landscaping for Water Quality: How to Make a Backyard Rain Garden
Last night Sound Rivers was honored to be a guest at Tryon Palace’s “Palace Pours” event, where we spoke about the Palace’s wonderful wetlands project outside the History Center….
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Sound Rivers’ Summer 2017 “Currents” Is Here!
Our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out now! Read about safe swimming, the invisible world of estuaries, a recap of our…
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New Beginnings, A Letter from the Director
By Harrison Marks, Executive Director Four years ago I was pleased to join Sound Rivers’ predecessor organization, the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation,…
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Proposed Industrial Discharge to Upper Tar River
It’s been a year since your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper announced that Novozymes North America, an industrial corporation located in Franklin County, had applied…
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Sound Rivers To Begin New Grant Project
Earlier this year, Sound Rivers partnered with several organizations on an application for North Carolina 205(j) Water Quality Management Planning Grants. We worked with the Mideast Commission Council of…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Cornelia McGee Anthony
Cornelia McGee- Anthony has been a dedicated volunteer for Sound Rivers in Nash and Edgecombe Counties for 7 years, connecting Keep America…
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Why I Give, with Karen Polk
By Corinne Everett Belch, Director of Development Karen Polk has been a sustaining supporter of Sound Rivers for years. She first became aware…
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Fishing for Facts – 6/29/2017
Fishing for Facts – June 29, 2017 Final days push….bad legislation moving fast. The word on the…
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Coal Ash May Cost Customers
Citizen action is needed to stop a provision that is likely to increase costs and potentially delay clean-up of Duke…
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Safe Water: A Mom’s Quest for Safe Fun On Our Waterways
By Heather Deck, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper I have always enjoyed swimming in lakes, rivers and streams and have done so since my youth during…
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Water Trail Education and Outreach AmeriCorps Coordinator
Sound Rivers is searching for an AmeriCorps* Volunteer! We are accepting applications for a Water Trail Education and Outreach Coordinator. This…
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