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  • New Bern Trash Trout gets first clean-out!

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 13, 2022

    The New Bern Trash Trout got its…


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  • 2022-23 Budget draft nixes swine buyout program

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 7, 2022

    When the North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper released his budget in May, Sound Rivers was excited to see the inclusion of $18 million in funding for the voluntary swine…


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  • RIVERKEEPER: Biogas permit a disappointment

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 7, 2022

    In the 2021 Farm Act, the North Carolina legislature directed North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to develop general permits for anaerobic digesters installed at swine, wet poultry and…


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  • Riverkeepers join national PFAS project

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 7, 2022

    Sound Rivers…


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  • New microscopes help identify bacteria

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 7, 2022

    Waterkeepers Carolina recently provided…


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  • Waterkeepers Carolina conference 2022

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 30, 2022

    Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell joined fellow North Carolina Riverkeepers this week in Charlotte for the Waterkeepers Carolina conference….


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  • Mystery solved: mussels are non-invasive

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 30, 2022

    Recently, a woman who lives on the Neuse reached out to Sound Rivers regarding the appearance of a lot of mussels…


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  • SCOTUS ruling a setback for clean water

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 30, 2022

    Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on an EPA case could ultimately limit the agency’s ability to do its job to address…


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  • Algal bloom season is here

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 24, 2022

    Summer means hot days, backyard barbecues and days spent on the river. For us at Sound Rivers, though, it can mean algal…


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  • Trash Trout gets a second clean-out

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 23, 2022

    Lower Neuse water-quality intern Megan Long (center) and Tar-Pamlico intern Maddie Garrison coordinate with volunteers to audit…


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  • Success: KCI cleanup on the Neuse

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 23, 2022

    Sound Rivers gives a big shout-out to Raleigh-based mitigation firm KCI for organizing a service-day cleanup on the Neuse River last Friday….


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  • Havelock SSOs still on Sound Rivers’ radar

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 23, 2022

    A history of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in Havelock has led Sound Rivers’ Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha…


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  • Construction cause of Durham creek sedimentation

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 23, 2022

    A Durham creek is turning bright orange after rain events, a phenomenon which can likely be attributed to one or more of…


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  • Riverkeepers: A week well-spent in the nation’s capital

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 16, 2022

    Last week, Pamlico-Tar…


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  • Investigation: Poole Road

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 16, 2022

    Last week, our Swim Guide results turned up off-the-chart E. coli results at the Poole Road site in Knightdale. When Sound Rivers…


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Our Mission

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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