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Riverkeeper Spotlight: Care of Creation
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell paid a visit to St. James Episcopal Church in Belhaven last week as part of the church’s Care…
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Women’s History Month Spotlight: Vivian Lucas
Vivian Lucas (left), Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell (center) and Rev. Elly Mendez Angulo (right), Franklinton Center at…
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Sound Rivers’ wades in with Publix clean-up
Sound Rivers’ field technician Will Shingleton hosted New Bern Publix employees for a riverside clean-up this week. Ten volunteers signed up for…
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Riverkeeper, field technician take to the skies
Sound Rivers’ field technician Will Shingleton got a lesson in aerial surveillance of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) this week with Pamlico-Tar…
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Port Terminal kayak launch now open for launching!
A new kayak launch is now available to ease paddlers’ way into the Tar River. The ADA-accessible kayak launch at the Port Terminal…
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ACTION ALERT: Biogas draft permit needs to protect people, environment
The biogas plans proposed in North Carolina do not fix the existing waste management problems and will make them worse by cementing in place an outdated, harmful system. It’s…
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“Is It Safe to Swim?” 2021 report
Your Riverkeepers work hard to make sure it is safe to swim in our state’s waters. Every summer, we work with Riverkeepers across the state to evaluate E. coli…
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EMC pushing for statewide water-quality standard
North Carolina is finally changing the way it tests for fecal bacteria contamination in recreational waters. Last week, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission pressed the North Carolina Division of…
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Finding the Blue Way
Environmental Projects Coordinator Clay Barber got out on the water this week as part of the Blue Economy Corridor project research. Organized by…
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ICYMI: Watch “The Blue Economy Corridor” with Dr. Emily Yeager
If you missed the latest episode of Tell Me About It Tuesdays, Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, you can watch it here! East Carolina University’s Dr. Emily Yeager talks…
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Lab RATS get a water-quality education
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell visited the North Carolina Museum of…
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DEQ issues notice of violation to trawler owner in Oriental
Crews aboard the Gaston Bell were spotted this week grinding paint from the vessel in open water…
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Paint chips covering Oriental Harbor prompt investigation
Sound Rivers and multiple state agencies are investigating what…
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Trash Trout volunteers needed!
Jack Smith Creek in New Bern will be one of two sites where Trash Trouts will be…
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