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  • Fish kills reported this week

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 16, 2018

    Fish kills were reported in both the Neuse and…


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  • Clean Air and Water Advocates Launch Pipeline Monitoring Effort

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 1, 2018

    Group Will Watch Atlantic Coast Pipeline Construction for Environmental Protection Violations Contact: Doug Jackson, Sierra Club, 202.495.3045, doug.jackson@sierraclub.org Forrest English, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, 252.946.7211, pamtarrk@soundrivers.org Christine Ellis, Executive Director, Winyah Rivers,…


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  • Read Lower Neuse Riverkeeper’s op-ed on industrial agriculture

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 16, 2018

    Your Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley, wrote an op-ed for the New Bern Sun Journal in reponse to Rep. John Bell’s misinformed op-ed supporting industrial agriculture. Katy says, “This…


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  • Action Alert: Urge NC To Update Clean Water Protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 12, 2018

    Our streams, lakes, rivers, and sounds are a major part of what makes North Carolina a special place to live, and right…


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  • Water Spotlight: The Lower Tar-Pamlico River

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 12, 2018

    By Forrest English The Albemarle-Pamlico estuary is the second largest estuarine complex in the lower 48 states. It also holds another interesting distinction as…


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  • Summer 2018 Edition of “Currents” Out Now!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 28, 2018

    The Summer 2018 edition of Sound Rivers’ quarterly newsletter, Currents, is headed out to members now! Want to read it early? You can…


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  • NC General Assembly Protects Corporate Polluters Over People

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 28, 2018

    On Wednesday, June 27th, the NC General Assembly quickly voted to override the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 711, the Farm Act; voting to protect the interest of corporations…


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  • Action Alert: Sustain Governor Cooper’s Veto

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 26, 2018

    On Monday Governor Cooper vetoed a bill (Senate Bill 711) that would give industrial hog…


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  • Groups file new legal claims on 540

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 26, 2018

    Press Release: June 25, 2018 Conservation Groups File New Claims against NCDOT, FHWA, NMFS over Deficient Reviews of $2.2 Billion 540 Toll Road


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  • Fishing for Facts

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 14, 2018

    Fishing for Facts – June 14, 2018 Lawmakers pass NC Budget That Does Little for Water Resources Protection; Delays…


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  • Guest Blog: Our Tar River Getaway

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 11, 2018

    26 May 2018 By Peggy Schaeffer  and Diane Bryson  Someone gave me a fridge magnet…


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  • Awardees recognized for work to protect rivers at annual meeting

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 5, 2018

    Efforts to protect the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico Rivers by volunteers, businesses and public officials were recognized on Thursday, May 31 at Sound Rivers annual meeting in New Bern. The…


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  • Widespread fraud uncovered in hog industry

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 5, 2018

    Waste Samples Falsified in Attempt to Dump more Pollution Than Law Allows Map of swine facilities in North Carolina,…


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  • Thank You New Bern West Marine!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 23, 2018

    A huge…


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  • WNCT 9 on Your Side Talks to Lower Neuse Riverkeeper About CAFOS

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 23, 2018

    Your Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley, was interviewed by WNCT about the hog waste produced by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Eastern North Carolina. CAFOs produce large amounts…


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To monitor and protect the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River watersheds covering nearly one quarter of North Carolina, and to preserve the health and beauty of the river basin through environmental justice.

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