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RIVERKEEPER SPOTLIGHT: Under investigation
Over the past several weeks, Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell have teamed up to investigate a major spill…
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New project harvests rainwater for high school greenhouse
Sound Rivers’ Program Director…
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SAVE THE DATE: Oyster Roast returns!
After a hiatus of two years, Sound Rivers’ annual Oyster Roast is back in action! Save NOV. 12 in your calendar because…
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Splash for Trash nets big donation
Rotary member John Person handed Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell a donation of $1,600 at this week’s Rotary meeting…
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Thank you, interns (Megan, Maia and Maddie)!
On Maddie’s last day, Sound Rivers’ Washington staff took a break to visit Scoops for a few…
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Big crowd turns out for environmental justice film
A film about industrial hog facilities’ impact on eastern North Carolinians’ health and wellbeing drew a large crowd last Saturday. Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill…
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Sound Rivers joins SELC in opposing NC’s Rules Review Commission
Sound Rivers joined with the Southern Environmental Law Center and nine other environmental nonprofits to file an amicus brief supporting North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s challenge to the newly…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Mira and Meredith Loughlin
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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PSA: What’s Behind Those Algal Blooms …
Want to know why the river/creek/pond, etc. sometimes turns bright green? Ever wondered why there are so many dead fish on the river? Find out in this short feature…
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Taking the trash out at Falls Lake
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!
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
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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Jack’s Creek Trash Trout nets a lot of trash
Trash Trout-ers were at it again this…
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RIVERKEEPER OR ROCK STAR? You decide…
Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop met with members of the Youth Conservation Corps group at Walnut Creek wetlands center this week to…
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Camp Greenfeet chips in for Trash Trout clean-out!
Sound Rivers’ Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop and Staff Scientist Katy Hunt took the campers of Camp Greenfeet on an educational tour of…
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