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2014 NC law prevents transparency in water-quality investigation
An IDEXX tray maxes out with E. coli numbers in a water sample taken from a stream…
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2021 Swim Guide interns on the job!
Sound Rivers’ Swim Guide program is gearing up for its launch Memorial Day weekend with our interns arriving at our Washington, New Bern and Raleigh offices. After an intense…
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Riverkeeper: extremely elevated levels of E. Coli found in Lenoir Co. stream
The IDEXX tray showing the E. coli results of >2419.6 MPN from the sample taken at a…
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NC Senator: biogas provision “Lipstick on a pig”
Yesterday, Senate Bill 605 – North Carolina Farm Act of 2021 passed the N.C. Senate. We don’t see this as good news because the Farm Act includes a bad biogas…
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ICYMI: Tell Me About It Tuesdays, Sea Level Rise – watch it here!
If you missed the latest live installment of Tell Me About It Tuesdays, don’t worry! You can watch it here! Sound Rivers’ monthly virtual science series continued on May…
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Upper Neuse Riverkeeper in the Swim Guide spotlight
“… There’s hope, and not only hope, there’s also a path forward. A clean river is not something that is…
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ACTION ALERT: Support clean-water funding in North Carolina
North Carolina legislators have a chance to improve our state’s water quality. We’re asking you to take action to ask…
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Sound Rivers staff take kids on an educational journey
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell and Sound Rivers Environmental Projects Coordinator Clay Barber at Wednesday’s presentation at North Carolina…
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Blounts Creek case moving forward
Last week, Sound Rivers’ attorneys with Southern Environmental Law Center learned the request by the mining company Martin Marietta for the North Carolina Supreme Court to review the lower…
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ICYMI: Watch the Climate Change Roundtable here!
Sound Rivers’ Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell joined North Carolina Rep. Julie von Haefen, Rep. Zack Hawkins and Rep. Ricky Hurtado, along with presenters NC Sierra Club, Environment NC and…
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Earth Day Cleanup nets half a ton of trash
Some of the organizers for the Earth Day cleanup celebrate their trash haul. Sound Rivers’ Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill…
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Sound Rivers joins Earth Day press conference introducing new legislation
Rep. Julie von Haefen (HD 36) joined Rep. Graig Meyer (HD 50) to introduce environmental legislation on…
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Publix celebrates Earth Day with Sound Rivers
Publix in New Bern partnered with Sound Rivers’ Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Katy Hunt to clean up Lawson Park as their way of celebrating of Earth Day. Six Publix employees…
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Sound Rivers teaming up to clean up the Tar — and you can too!
Sound Rivers is teaming up with partners and the public to clear trash from…
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