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Tag Archives: Tar-Pamlico River
  • Join our team! We’re looking for a Communications Director

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 31, 2020

    Job Posting Closed: We are no longer accepting applications We’re hiring for the position of Communications Director. Sound Rivers has a long tradition of clean water advocacy, protecting…


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  • Post-Hurricane Isaias Sampling Results on the Tar-Pam

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 6, 2020

    The storm caused river levels to rise, but well below flood stage on the Tar. The Pamlico hit minor flood stage briefly Monday evening. River levels will continue to…


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  • Action Alert: Public Comment Period Open for ACP and Supply Header Project

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 30, 2020

    On July 5, 2020, after years of communities and environmental advocates organizing, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was cancelled. While we celebrate this historic win against corporate giants that…


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  • Waterkeepers React to Atlantic Coast Pipeline News

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 20, 2020

    Waterkeepers across the region celebrated the news of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s cancellation earlier this month, including your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, Jill Howell. Jill is quoted in this article…


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  • NC Attorney General Funds Sound Rivers Campus Stormwater Program

    Posted by Heather Deck on March 19, 2020

    In a press…


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  • Take Action: Ask Governor Cooper to Fight for Clean Water

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 19, 2020

    Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released devastating rollbacks to water protections in the Clean Water Act. As this opinion piece in the New York Times notes,…


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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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  • EPA Announces rule that attacks clean water protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 23, 2020

    Despite opposition from thousands of North Carolina residents, and strong  comments opposing the weakening changes by NC Attorney General…


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  • Updates on Impacts from Hurricane Dorian

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 6, 2019

    12PM September 6, 2019 Update Hurricane Dorian is finally moving away from the North Carolina coast. Major impacts occurred this morning on Ocracoke from Pamlico Sound side storm surge.  Overall,…


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  • Blounts Creek Community Members Attend NC Court of Appeals Hearing

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 23, 2019

    Senior attorney, Geoff Gisler from SELC and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, Forrest English speak to Blounts Creek community members after…


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  • Stormwater Project to Begin in Greenville

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 5, 2019

    Stormwater Improvement Project Underway at Jaycee Park Greenville, NC, January 4, 2019- Work will begin Monday, January 7, 2018 to begin improvements on a failed stormwater detention pond at Jaycee…


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  • Working for Clean Water – Impact 2018

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2018

    This year has sped by, and as we look toward the end of 2018, we want to thank you for all you do to preserve our region’s waterways! Your…


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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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  • 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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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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