nature Archives - Sound Rivers

Clean Air and Water Advocates Launch Pipeline Monitoring Effort

Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 1, 2018

Group Will Watch Atlantic Coast Pipeline Construction for Environmental Protection Violations Contact: Doug Jackson, Sierra Club, 202.495.3045, doug.jackson@sierraclub.org Forrest English, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, 252.946.7211, pamtarrk@soundrivers.org Christine Ellis, Executive Director, Winyah Rivers,…

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Sound Rivers Continues Legal Battle to Protect Blounts Creek

Posted by Heather Deck on February 14, 2018

Sound Rivers and Blounts Creek community members are back to the courts to defend a recent legal win. In late December, a state court vacated a state permit…

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Upper Tar River Facts and Figures

Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2017

The Tar-Pamlico River has two ecologically distinct regions within the same river, the “Upper Tar” and “Lower Tar-

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Water Spotlight- The Upper Tar River

Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2017

By Matt Butler, We live in a bigger and better world, but when it comes to the streams and tributaries of the upper Tar River, small…

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The Rise of “Zombie Crabs”

Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on February 16, 2017

By Chris Moore, ECU, Dept. of Biology

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Petition filed to protect Blounts Creek

Posted by Heather Deck on January 3, 2017

On December 28th, attorneys from the Southern Environmental Law Center filed an appeal of a lower

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Water Trail suffers only minor flood damage

Posted by Heather Deck on December 12, 2016

The Tar-Pamlico Water Trail survived…

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Exploring River Parks

Posted by Heather Deck on October 6, 2016

By Liz Houde Now that the weather is getting cooler, we hope you’ll get out on trips to explore the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds. There is so much to see…

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Construction to Begin on Greenville Tar River Camping Platforms

Posted by Heather Deck on August 31, 2016

Sound Rivers is excited to announce that construction will begin on the first of three camping platforms in Greenville in…

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Loose on the Neuse 2016

Posted by Heather Deck on July 29, 2016

On Saturday, July…

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Youth Kayaking Program in Full Swing

Posted by Heather Deck on July 19, 2016

Members of the Boys and Girls Club in Tarboro kayaked on the Tar…

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Clean Water Supports River Gems

Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

By Breanna Crowell, Stanback Intern Much like how we as humans have certain requirements for where we live, plant and animal species often need their homes to meet a variety…

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Kids River Fest Entertains 1200

Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

Families flocked to River Park North in Greenville on May 14th for Sound Rivers’ second annual Kids’ River Fest. The sun was

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Havelock Bypass to Impact Croatan Forest

Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

In December of 2015, the NC DOT finalized an environmental impact statement for the proposed Havelock Bypass for Route 70. Lower…

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Celebrate NC State Parks

Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

State Parks Celebrate Centennial By Liz Houde If…

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