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Protecting, preserving, and restoring the floodplain
by Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper We still have a more than a month left in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, but, as it winds down, we need…
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Landfill Concerns Prompt Riverkeeper Investigation
A few weeks ago, concerned residents of Kittrell, North Carolina…
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Post-Hurricane Isaias Sampling Results on the Tar-Pam
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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Waterkeepers React to Atlantic Coast Pipeline News
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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Water Spotlight: The Lower Tar-Pamlico River
By Forrest English The Albemarle-Pamlico estuary is the second largest estuarine complex in the lower 48 states. It also holds another interesting distinction as…
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Guest Blog: Our Tar River Getaway
26 May 2018 By Peggy Schaeffer and Diane Bryson Someone gave me a fridge magnet…
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Greenville Kids River Fest This Saturday!
Spring is here! And that means it’s time for Sound Rivers’ annual Kids River Fest in Greenville at River Park North. Come enjoy…
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Earth Day Weekend River Cleanups Successful!
Over Earth Day Weekend, hundreds of volunteers pulled over 2 tons of trash from across both the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River Basins! Bank of America employees worked with Sound Rivers…
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Sound Rivers to Join Legal Challenge over FERC Pipeline Decision
Sound Rivers is joining with…
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Upper Tar River Facts and Figures
The Tar-Pamlico River has two ecologically distinct regions within the same river, the “Upper Tar” and “Lower Tar-
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Sound Rivers takes legal action against FERC on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Groups Take Legal Action Against FERC on Atlantic Coast Pipeline Press Release, 11/13/17 Sound Rivers joined a coalition of affected landowners and conservation groups this week and filed a request for rehearing,…
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Public Hearings on State Water Quality Permit
The North Carolina Division of Water Quality announced this month they will be holding two public hearings regarding the 401 Water Quality…
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Proposed Industrial Discharge to Upper Tar River
It’s been a year since your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper announced that Novozymes North America, an industrial corporation located in Franklin County, had applied…
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