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  • Cistern project in the works at Nash Community College

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 24, 2021

    This week saw forward momentum for Nash Community College’s stormwater management projects, with help from Sound Rivers’ Environmental Projects Coordinator Clay Barber. Sound Rivers continues to create partnerships with outside…


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  • Mason’s Landing ribbon-cutting set for Friday!

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 21, 2021

    Hey! What are doing Friday? Come on out for the City of Washington and Sound Rivers’ ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially launch Washington’s newest…


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  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper guides media on kayak cypress swamp tour

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 3, 2021

    Your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell spent last Thursday as river guide in an old-growth cypress swamp in Courtland, Virginia, for CNN reporters covering Dogwood Alliance’s work opposing the wood…


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  • Mason’s Landing kayak launch opens on Tranters Creek

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 3, 2021

    The second of three kayak launches being…


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  • Riverkeeper, intern talk Swim Guide with WITN

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 28, 2021

    Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Katy Hunt explains how the florescence found in an IDEXX tray points to the…


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  • Swim Guide launch this week!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 27, 2021

    Swim Guide returns with Memorial Day weekend and summer days ahead! Sound Rivers is launching a fourth year of the public service alerting…


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  • About Swim Guide: all you need to know for safe swimming this summer!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 27, 2021

    No one should ever have to swim in unsafe waters. But how can you tell if your local stream, river or lake is safe?  Swim Guide…


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  • Adopt a Swim Guide site this summer!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 27, 2021

    Do you love the Summer Swim Guide Program that keeps you in the know about the quality of the water you’re swimming,…


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  • 2014 NC law prevents transparency in water-quality investigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 20, 2021

    An IDEXX tray maxes out with E. coli numbers in a water sample taken from a stream…


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  • 2021 Swim Guide interns on the job!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 20, 2021

    Sound Rivers’ Swim Guide program is gearing up for its launch Memorial Day weekend with our interns arriving at our Washington, New Bern and Raleigh offices. After an intense…


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  • Algal bloom season is here

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 17, 2021

    We are heading into…


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  • Riverkeeper: extremely elevated levels of E. Coli found in Lenoir Co. stream

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 13, 2021

    The IDEXX tray showing the E. coli results of >2419.6 MPN from the sample taken at a…


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  • ICYMI: Tell Me About It Tuesdays, Sea Level Rise – watch it here!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 13, 2021

    If you missed the latest live installment of Tell Me About It Tuesdays, don’t worry! You can watch it here! Sound Rivers’ monthly virtual science series continued on May…


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  • Upper Neuse Riverkeeper in the Swim Guide spotlight

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 8, 2021

    “… There’s hope, and not only hope, there’s also a path forward. A clean river is not something that is…


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Learn more about events and happenings in our 40th year by following the links below!
40 STORIES FOR 40 YEARS

 

 

'A SOUND RIVER' DOCUMENTARY

 

 

A SOUND RIVER SLIDE SHOW

 

 

OUR HISTORY, A 1981 - 2021 TIMELINE

 

 

'A SOUND RIVER' PREMIERES

"A 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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Jill Howell
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper
Samantha Krop
Neuse Riverkeeper

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