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  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper: Legislators must seal the deal on flood prevention, mitigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    This week in 2018, a category 1…


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  • Hurricane Florence- After the Flood

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 17, 2018

    Hurricane Florence- After the Flood On September 13th, 2018 storm surge from Hurricane Florence began to affect the Eastern North Carolina region – pushing the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers above…


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  • NC General Assembly Protects Corporate Polluters Over People

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 28, 2018

    On Wednesday, June 27th, the NC General Assembly quickly voted to override the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 711, the Farm Act; voting to protect the interest of corporations…


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  • WNCT 9 on Your Side Talks to Lower Neuse Riverkeeper About CAFOS

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 23, 2018

    Your Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley, was interviewed by WNCT about the hog waste produced by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Eastern North Carolina. CAFOs produce large amounts…


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  • Sound Rivers’ Summer 2017 “Currents” Is Here!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 12, 2017

    Our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out now! Read about safe swimming, the invisible world of estuaries, a recap of our…


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  • Sound Rivers’ Spring 2017 “Currents” Is Here!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 12, 2017

    Our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out in the mail this week! Read about fishing smart and eating smart, our partnership…


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  • Industrial Animal Operations Remain in the Spotlight

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 10, 2017

    Numerous poultry operations were flooded in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Sound Rivers supports a buyout program…


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  • State Gives Rose Acre Farm Permit Pass

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

    DEQ Flips Switch, Gives in to Industry Demands Rose Acre Farms is a massive egg laying…


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  • Animal Map Improves Transparency – Public Right to Know

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

    New Animal Waste Map Improves Transparency In a big win for transparency, NC Riverkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance and the Environmental Working Group


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  • Rose Acre Farms Operating without Permit

    Posted by Heather Deck on March 22, 2016

    Rose Acre Farms Operating Without a Permit A long-standing dispute between Rose Acre Farms and NC regulators just got more interesting…


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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!

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"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.

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