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Tag Archives: Public Health
  • ICYMI: Tell Me About It Tuesdays with Dr. Rachel Noble

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 12, 2022

    Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, Tell Me About It Tuesdays, returns in the new year with “North Carolina’s Complicated Relationship with Stormwater.” Dr. Rachel Noble talks about increased coastal development,…


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  • Tell Me About It Tuesday: North Carolina’s Complicated Relationship with Stormwater

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 11, 2022

    Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, Tell Me About It Tuesdays, returns in the new year with “North Carolina’s Complicated Relationship with Stormwater.” Tune in at 7 p.m. on Jan….


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  • 9,000-gallon sewage spill in the Town of Smithfield

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 17, 2021

    SMITHFIELD – Johnston County Public Utilities reported a 9,000-gallon sewage spill in the Town of Smithfield, according to the Johnston County Report. The spill occurred Tuesday in the…


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  • Sound Rivers joins lawsuit over loss of clean water protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 18, 2020

    Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration today for eliminating longstanding Clean Water Act protections for the nation’s waters, including approximately half of all…


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  • Now Hiring Summer Interns

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 13, 2020

    Sound Rivers is seeking a full-time intern who will work with a Riverkeeper coordinating volunteers, and collecting and analyzing water quality samples for the summer of 2020. This experience…


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  • NC Settlement Results in Largest Coal Ash Cleanup in America

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 3, 2020

    Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Matthew Starr, takes a water sample near the HF Lee facility in Goldsboro following Hurricane…


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  • Hurricane Florence Exposes Problems with Wastewater Infrastructure

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2018

    By Forrest English Aerial image of the City of Grifton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant surrounded by flood waters (Photo:…


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  • Spotlight- The Lower Neuse River

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2018

    By Katy Hunt, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Image of an old postcard of the Neuse River near…


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  • Proposed changes to Clean Water Act will gut protections

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on December 13, 2018

    This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  released a proposal to dramatically cut back protections to wetlands and waterways that we all…


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  • Devil We Know Film Screening

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 12, 2018

    Join us for a FREE screening of The Devil We Know on Tuesday December 11th at 7:00pm at The…


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  • Volunteer Spotlight: Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 1, 2018

    Volunteer Spotlight: Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers This summer Sound Rivers launched, Swim Guide, a new water quality monitoring program where…


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  • Fishing for Facts 10-2018

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 1, 2018

    Fishing for Facts – October, 2018 Protecting the Clean Water Act Clean Water is a way of life in the South,…


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  • Hurricane Florence by the Numbers

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 1, 2018

    Snapshot of Environmental & Community Impacts of Hurricane Florence • $17 billion in estimated damages • 750,000 evacuated • 35.93 inches of rain in Elizabethtown-…


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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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  • Resources for Eastern NC Residents Post-Florence

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 5, 2018

    If you are concerned about environmental contamination, please see the resources below. Information is provided…


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