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Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop was in New Bern this week and stopped by West Craven Middle School to check on one of the rain gardens installed a year ago through Sound Rivers’ Campus Stormwater Program. The rain garden, as seen in the photos below, is thriving. Take a look at the difference a year makes: the first photo was taken in December 2022 as Program Director Clay Barber and Backwater Environmental planted native species in the newly constructed rain garden. The second photo is of a rain garden that is doing its job: collecting runoff and allowing the water to filter through the soil slowly, removing excess nutrients and other pollution.