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Mystery solved: mussels are non-invasive
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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Success: KCI cleanup on the Neuse
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
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
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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Investigation: Poole Road
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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ACTION ALERT: Tell legislators to fund Swine Buyout Program
An industrial swine facility and its lagoon full of hog waste are shown flooded in the aftermath…
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New Bern canal gets Trash-Trout-ed
(Left to right) Mike Sagaser, Christina Marshen, Carl Crozier, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell, Program Director Clay Barber,…
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We’re looking for Falls Lake, Lower Neuse Swim Guide volunteers!
We’ve got a few spots left to fill in our Swim Guide volunteer roster! Swim Guide is still going strong in its fifth…
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Cooper proposes $18 million for swine buyout program
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed…
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Riverkeeper Spotlight: County board says no to proposed subdivision near open hog lagoon
A aerial view shows where the new development was proposed, uphill from the hog-waste lagoon in the…
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We’re Seeking Swim Guide Volunteers!
We’re in the fifth year of Swim Guide, our weekly recreational water-quality testing program that lets everyone know where it’s safe to…
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Trash Trout approved for New Bern
**update! The location has been changed to Jack Smith Creek. New Bern’s Board of Aldermen approved the installation of a Sound Rivers’ Trash…
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Avian flu still in the aerial spotlight
Last week, Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop took to the skies with News & Observer reporter Adam Wagoner to do some aerial surveillance…
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Host your own “A Sound River” screening
Did you miss Sound Rivers’ 40th-anniversary documentary when it premiered Nov. 30, 2021? We had an estimated 500 people attend the virtual premiere, and if you weren’t one of…
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RIVERKEEPER SPOTLIGHT: Avian Flu
Mounds of what appears to composting could be seen at one poultry facility struck by avian flu in the Lower…
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