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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Cotton Patch Landing, Kinston Boating Access Area, Hwy 50 Boat Ramp

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 15, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!…


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  • Action Alert: Update NC’s Pollution Spill Notification System to Keep People and Waterways Safe

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 15, 2020

    Raw human waste entering our communities and streams is a big concern, both for water quality and public health. Over 844 million…


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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Blounts Bay, River Bend, Milburnie Park Canoe Launch

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 9, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!…


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  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Facebook Live 7-8-20: Sound Rivers & Environmental Justice

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 8, 2020

    Jill Howell, your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, went Live on Facebook this week to talk about Environmental Justice and what Sound Rivers is doing to…


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  • Huge Win: Dominion and Duke Energy Cancel Atlantic Coast Pipeline

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 7, 2020

    Sunday, July 5th, 2020, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced they would cancel the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, and we at Sound Rivers are overjoyed at this wonderful news that…


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  • Flooding of Blounts Creek with Martin Marietta’s Mine Wastewater before N.C. Supreme Court

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 2, 2020

    Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Release: July 2, 2020 Contacts: Kathleen Sullivan, SELC, 919-945-7106 or ksullivan@selcnc.org Flooding of Blounts Creek with Martin Marietta’s Mine Wastewater before N.C. Supreme…


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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Cypress Landing, Core Creek Landing, Falls of Neuse Canoe Launch

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 1, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!…


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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Mason’s Landing, Cow Pen Landing, Upper Barton Creek

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 25, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!


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  • Action Alert: Public Comment Period Open for ACP Permit

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 25, 2020

    On October 13, 2020 Duke Energy and Dominion Energy’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) certificate authorizing construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) will expire. Issued three years earlier,…


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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Yankee Hall Road, Hickory Hill Boat Ramp, Glenburnie Park

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 17, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!…


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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Port Terminal, Trent Woods, Ledge Rock Boat Ramp

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 11, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!


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  • Hurricane Season Officially Here

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 11, 2020

    As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about, Hurricane Season has officially arrived. For the fifth year in a row, we…


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  • Action Alert: Tell Gov. Cooper to Veto SB315

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 6, 2020

    Update: Governor Cooper has signed the Farm Act into law – stay tuned for more ways to take action for your waterways. Senate Bill 315, the “Farm Act of 2019”…


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  • Swim Guide Sites Highlight: Rolling View Boat Ramp, Town Common, Lawson Creek Park

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 4, 2020

    We’re spotlighting our Swim Guide sites this summer, so you can get more info on the places we sample, and maybe find a new place to explore!…


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  • We are being called to renew and intensify our work to combat environmental and social injustice. 

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 4, 2020

    The protests and unrest in recent days have made clear to us at Sound Rivers that we must reflect more deeply on our work and our communities. Our…


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