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Tag Archives: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

  • NCDEQ warns swimmers to stay out of blue-green water on the Pamlico

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 3, 2021

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  • Million-gallon spill: 4 years later, not much has changed

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 2, 2021

    An aerial photo taken in January 2021 shows a non-operational Lanier Farms in Jones County, and its…


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  • Algal bloom explodes on southside Pamlico

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 1, 2021

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  • Sound Rivers ED weighs in at environmental justice advisory board meeting

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 26, 2021

    Industrial hog facilities are commonplace in North Carolina. Each red dot on the map represents an industrial…


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HELP US CELEBRATE!

This year, Sound Rivers turns 40, and we're celebrating our history and your waterways all year long! Visit our 40th anniversary page  and stroll through our past, present and future — we have plenty of special events and features planned throughout the year. Help us celebrate this milestone of 40 years fighting for swimmable, fishable, drinkable water — we couldn't do it without you!

'A SOUND RIVER' PREMIERES NOV. 30

"A Sound River" — Sound Rivers' 40th-anniversary documentary — will premiere at a live, virtual event at 7 p.m. on Nov. 30. Don't miss this exciting film about Sound Rivers' history and history of activism, as told through the voices of our storytellers: founders and partners, those fighting for clean water and the next generations of environmental advocacy.

RSVP HERE!

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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Contact Sound Rivers

Jill Howell
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper
Matthew Starr
Upper Neuse Riverkeeper
Katy Hunt
Lower Neuse Riverkeeper

Our Locations

New Bern Office | 252 637-7972
Raleigh Office | 919 856-1180
Washington Office | 252 946-7211
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