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  • Sound Rivers celebrates the 2019 Volunteers of the Year

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 23, 2020

    Every year, Sound Rivers recognizes quite a few partners in clean water, as a thank you for their efforts and dedication to our mission.


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  • Grant funds new vision for Jack’s Creek

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 17, 2020

    A partnership between the City of Washington, Mid-East Commission and Sound Rivers will map out future plans for Jack’s Creek, tackling both stormwater mapping, water quality and restoration of…


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  • Artist, supporter wins Sound Rivers award at annual fine arts show

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 10, 2020

    Congratulations to Lynn Hines, winner of the Sound Rivers award at Arts of the Pamlico’s 56th-annual Fine Arts Show. Lynn and husband…


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  • ReLeaf Washington adds trees to campus wetland

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 10, 2020

    ReLeaf Washington, in partnership with Beaufort County Community College, planted six trees on the college’s campus on Dec. 8. The project complements a newly constructed wetland developed by Sound…


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  • Did you miss this week’s Tell Me About It Tuesday? Watch here!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on December 9, 2020

    Learn more about “forever chemicals” with your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper and Dr. Jamie DeWitt of ECU!  


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  • Grant seals Sound Rivers, Wayne Community College stormwater partnership

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 8, 2020

    Ponding during heavy rains and untreated stormwater runoff will get a fix at Wayne Community College in 2021, thanks to a partnership with Sound Rivers and a $196,700 award…


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  • NC dodged a record hurricane season, but it better get ready for more storms

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 8, 2020

    The following op-ed piece was written by Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr and was printed in the Raleigh News & Observer on Dec. 3, 2020. The end of November also…


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  • #GivingTuesday doubles donations to Sound Rivers

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 30, 2020

    After Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday comes a day that truly celebrates the season of giving, and several generous Sound Rivers’ donors are leading the way. On…


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  • NC Attorney General makes bid to have Clean Water Act rollbacks dismissed

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 24, 2020

    North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed a motion Tuesday for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed earlier this year challenging the rollback of key parts of the federal…


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  • A first win in Franklin County

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 23, 2020

    The company petitioning to turn a sand mine on the banks of the Tar River into an asphalt and cement plant has pulled its application to rezone the land. Wade…


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  • Tar and Neuse rivers hit major flood stage … again

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on November 19, 2020

    In what seems like a regular occurrence, both the Tar and Neuse rivers hit major flood stage last week from a non-hurricane-related rain event. The intense rainfall…


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  • Update on Franklin County Rezoning Application

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on November 19, 2020

    There is currently a rezoning application before the Franklin County Board of Commissioners that would allow the construction of an asphalt and concrete plant, rock quarry, and mulch yard…


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  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Speaks for the River at Hearing in Kittrell

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on November 19, 2020

    Last Thursday, the hearing before the Vance County Board of Adjustment picked back up. The initial hearing on a conditional use permit for a LCID landfill in Kittrell was…


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  • Looking Back at the Tour de Tar

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on November 18, 2020

    Jill and Clay may be back on dry land, but they are still reminiscing about their epic adventure in October, when they paddled the length of the Tar River…


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  • Did you miss the Tell Me About It Tuesday on Regenerative Agriculture? Watch the presentation!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on November 18, 2020

    Your Upper Neuse Riverkeeper hosted a Tell Me About It Tuesday on Regenerative Agriculture on November 10th, with special guest Dr. Lori Unruh Snyder. Check out her presentation below,…


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