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Tag Archives: Sound Rivers
  • Riverkeeper, environmental projects coordinator to take part in grand opening of new Greenville museum

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    The…


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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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  • 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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  • 40th-anniversary documentary spotlight: Bobby Jones

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 26, 2021

    Bobby Jones, founder of Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition, talks about how what we expect from our elected officials does not coincide with what we…


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  • Volunteer Spotlight: Mac Lord

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 18, 2021

    Mac Lord is a junior, double majoring in engineering and political science at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. This summer was his first experience volunteering with Sound Rivers’ Swim Guide….


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  • Former Neuse Riverkeeper: the importance of ENC waterways

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 18, 2021

    Rick Dove — former Neuse Riverkeeper and North Carolina’s first Riverkeeper — talks about the importance of eastern North Carolina’s waterways in the clip from footage taken during the…


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  • Fish kill reported on Pamlico’s south side

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 16, 2021

    It’s that time of year: after heavy rain, followed by last week’s still, hot weather, the conditions are ripe for fish…


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  • Splash for Trash river cleanup

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 31, 2021

    We’re partnering again with the Greenville Noon Rotary Club for the 3rd-annual “Splash for Trash.” This Tar River cleanup is a community service project created by Greenville Rotary to…


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  • Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Katy Hunt talks DNA testing of waters

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 24, 2021

    Sound Rivers’ Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Katy Hunt weighed in on DNA testing and how it could change the pollution-sourcing game in…


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  • Riverkeepers weigh in on Triennial Review, water-quality standards

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 22, 2021

    The Clean Water Act requires states to review their water quality standards and classifications every three years and make any necessary modifications to ensure the protection of our waters….


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  • Call for 40th-Anniversary Art: Win $500 for your digital design!

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 21, 2021

    Help us celebrate our 40th anniversary year with a unique digital design commemorating our waterways! Three semi-finalists will receive $100, and a finalist will receive $500 for the design…


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  • Splash for Trash cleanup set for July 31

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 20, 2021

    Sound Rivers is partnering again with the Greenville Noon Rotary Club for the 3rd-annual “Splash for Trash.” This Tar River cleanup is…


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  • Intern spotlight: Nathalie Uriarte-Ayala takes STEM campers sampling

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 15, 2021

    Sound Rivers’ Lower Neuse water-quality intern Nathalie Uriarte-Ayala paid a special visit to A Time For Science this week to teach young STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) campers…


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  • Second kayak launch officially opens in Washington

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 28, 2021

    The City of Washington and Sound Rivers celebrated the official launch of Washington’s newest kayak launch with a ribbon cutting Friday. The Mason’s Landing kayak launch on Tranters Creek was…


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  • Mason’s Landing kayak launch ribbon cutting

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 25, 2021

    Come on out for the City of Washington and Sound Rivers’ ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially launch Washington’s newest kayak launch! The Mason’s Landing kayak launch on…


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'A SOUND RIVER' PREMIERES

Sound River" — Sound Rivers' 40th-anniversary documentary — premiered at a live, virtual event on Nov. 30. This exciting short film about Sound Rivers' history and history of activism, as told through the voices of our founders and partners, those fighting for clean water and the next generations of environmental advocacy, will be available soon for group screenings. Find out more 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
Samantha Krop
Neuse Riverkeeper

Our Locations

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