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  • Port Terminal kayak launch nears completion

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 20, 2022

    The Port Terminal boating access renovation is near completion, which means a new kayak launch will soon be available to paddlers in…


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  • Oakwood School 4th graders get Swim Guide education

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 20, 2022

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell introduced some fourth graders to Swim Guide and how to find out if your water is yucky. Jill was…


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  • New site located for Nash Community College rain garden

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 20, 2022

    Kris Bass Engineering Project Engineer Simon Gregg (left) and Backwater Environmental President Robert Osborne (right) look over…


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  • Watershed restoration planned for Washington’s Jack’s Creek

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 20, 2022

    A nine-element watershed restoration plan for Washington’s Jack’s Creek moved forward this week with a site visit from partners in its restoration….


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  • Pitt County residents push back against cryptocurrency mining facility

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 20, 2022

    The potential for a cryptocurrency datamining or processing facility in Greenville is causing Pitt County residents to push back. The Greenville ENC Alliance…


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  • Sound Rivers welcomes return of former intern

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 13, 2022

    Will Shingleton is sampling with Sound Rivers again! The former water-quality intern returns as a field technician, helping your Riverkeepers monitor the…


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  • ICYMI: Tell Me About It Tuesdays with Dr. Rachel Noble

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 12, 2022

    Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, Tell Me About It Tuesdays, returns in the new year with “North Carolina’s Complicated Relationship with Stormwater.” Dr. Rachel Noble talks about increased coastal development,…


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  • New year starts with new rain garden projects

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 6, 2022

    The engineering team takes a look at the site where a rain garden will be built on the…


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  • Notice of Violation issued for Middlesex construction site

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 6, 2022

    A construction site in Middlesex has been singled out by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy, Mineral and Land…


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  • Proposed development a concern for Nash County residents

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 23, 2021

    Concerns about a proposed residential development near the Tar River had one Nash County group reaching out to Sound Rivers recently. Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper…


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  • Lower Neuse Riverkeeper: Contentnea Creek CAFO a threat

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 23, 2021

    Contentnea Creek (in the lower portion of the photo) is just yards away from one of the…


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  • Aurora sampling points to raw sewage

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 23, 2021

    Murky water in a hole adjacent to a ditch and an overwhelming smell were clear signs of…


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  • Sound Rivers weighs in on DEQ biogas permit hearing

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 16, 2021

    On Tuesday night, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality held a virtual public meeting to hear from the public on the anaerobic digester general permits, since the agency has…


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  • Watch the Pamlico Paddle Recap!

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 16, 2021

    Ride along with Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell and Sound Rivers’ Environmental Projects Coordinator Clay Barber as they recap this year’s Pamlico Paddle, a five-day, 70-plus mile kayaking adventure from…


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  • DWR investigation finds no algal toxins at Falls Lake

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 14, 2021

    An investigation into a potential harmful algal bloom on Falls Lake turned up…


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