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Support the Bill to Assess the Poultry Industry’s Impact in NC!
The largest and fastest-growing source of nutrient pollution in our waterways is the poultry industry, according to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. But the industry…
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Volunteering for Change
by Christina Marshen On September 19, 2005, I was driving home from work and got hit by a drunk driver. I start my story there not to induce…
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Take Action: North Carolina Rolling Back Nutrient Rules To Benefit Polluters
The Pamlico and Neuse estuaries have a problem. For decades, an excess of nutrient pollution has been dumped into our…
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Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Visits Hog Farm
Last week, your Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr was invited by Tom Butler to visit his industrial animal operation, Butler Farms. Tom and Matthew…
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EPA Seeks To Undermine Clean Water – Demand They Reconsider
The EPA has released a massive proposed rollback to rules which define where the Clean Water Act applies; a law that has been protecting our right to swim, drink,…
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Tiny Tornado takes the Peppermill Trophy at 2019 Taste!
The 16th Annual Taste of Coastal Carolina was a great success on March 12th! The community came together to enjoy local…
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Now Hiring Summer Water Quality Interns
Sound Rivers is seeking multiple full-time interns, who will work with a Riverkeeper coordinating volunteers, and collecting and analyzing water quality samples…
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Action Alert: Still Time To Ask NC DEQ To Protect Waterways From Swine Industry Waste
This might sound familiar, because we asked you to make your voice heard on the NC Swine Permitting Process in December – but there is now another opportunity to…
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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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Action Alert: 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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