News
Riverkeeper introduces kids to the Neuse
Education, Environmental, Sound Rivers, Water Quality
Posted on May 11th, 2023![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MONTESSORI-SCHOOL-DURHAM_SAM_03_ENEWS.jpg)
Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop paid a visit to Montessori School of Durham this week to introduce children in grades four through six to the Neuse River.
After talking about all the things that make the Neuse River special, and all of the water-quality issues it faces, Sam and the students went out to the creek behind the school to take turbidity samples and observe the healthiness of that waterway.
“The students were so interested and curious and were the sweetest group I’ve had the chance to present to in a very long time,” Sam said.
It wasn’t Sam’s only visit to a school this week. On the same day, she also spoke to two groups of eighth graders at Carolina Friends School, also in Durham. Sam was asked to present there by a teacher who is also has a connection to Sam through Camp Celo, a camp in the North Carolina mountains where she spent many childhood summers and which she credits for giving her her start in environmentalism.
Related News
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BOAT-DAY_KATEY-TIERNEY_03_WEB-300x226.jpg)
Riverkeeper monitoring Tar-Pamlico Water Trail
July 25th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WASHINGTON-TRASH-TRAP-CLEANOUT_KATEY_01_WEB-300x190.jpg)
Rain ramps up trash-trap cleanouts
July 25th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RALEIGH-TRASH-TRAP-CLEANOUT_SAM-ELOISE_01_WEB-300x225.jpg)
Riverkeeper, intern take on emergency trash trap cleanout
July 25th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LANDFILL-TURBIDITY-SAMPLING_KATEY-ELOISE_06_WEB-300x225.jpg)
Tar-Pam Riverkeeper investigates Cub Creek turbidity
July 25th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LICK-CREEK-SAMPLING_SAM_05_WEB_02-300x205.jpg)
Heavy rains lead to sky-high turbidity on Lick Creek
July 25th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/KINSTON-FLIGHT_SAM-TIERNEY_03_WEB-300x225.jpg)
Riverkeeper: What goes up, must come down
July 18th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GREENVILLE-TRASH-TRAP-CLEANOUT_KATEY-HEATHER_04_WEB-300x225.jpg)
Greenville’s trash trap gets emergency cleanout
July 18th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MICROBACTERIA-TRAINING_TAYLOR-SAM-KATEY_03_WEB-300x225.jpg)
Sound Rivers gets close up of cyanobacteria
July 18th 2024
![](https://soundrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CAPE-LOOKOUT-POWER-SQUADRON_SAM_01_WEB-300x230.jpg)