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Tag Archives: Tar River
  • Fourth cistern project completed at Nash

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 15, 2022

    Sound Rivers Program Director Clay Barber…


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  • Swim Guide goes year-round!

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 28, 2022

    Sound Rivers is taking water-quality testing year-round. SEE CURRENT RESULTS HERE For five years, we’ve provided the public service that lets people know where it’s safe to swim in local…


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  • Riverkeeper Reports: On the Tar-Pamlico

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 27, 2022

    Outreach is part of Sound Rivers’ mission, and…


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  • Riverkeeper Report: Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper talks similarities of Neuse and Tar-Pam

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 13, 2022

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell is no stranger to epic kayaking adventures. In 2020, she and Sound Rivers’ Program Director Clay Barber…


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  • ICYMI: Tell Me About It Tuesdays, the Science Behind Swim Guide

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 13, 2022

    Did you miss this week’s episode of Tell Me About It Tuesdays? No problem! You can catch up with Program Director Clay Barber giving a behind-the-scenes look at Swim…


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  • BCCC wetland gets a ‘spa day’

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 29, 2022

    Sound Rivers Program Director Clay Barber joined Beaufort County Community College’s Environmental Alliance club to spruce up one of the school’s constructed…


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  • TAR RIVER, RESCUED

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 15, 2022

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell joined 40 volunteers last Saturday to remove more than 800 pounds of trash in and along the banks…


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  • Tar River Clean-up, Rocky Mount

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 10, 2022

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell is teaming up with the local Sierra Club Chapter, Rotary Club, N.C. Wesleyan University Rotaract Club, and Keep America Beautiful to clean up the Tar…


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  • Splash for Trash nets big donation

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 18, 2022

    Rotary member John Person handed Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell a donation of $1,600 at this week’s Rotary meeting…


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  • Volunteer Spotlight: Mira and Meredith Loughlin

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 11, 2022

    We can’t do what we do without our wonderful volunteers! Meet Mira and Meredith Loughlin, who live in Washington and have been Swim Guide sampling for four years (making…


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  • PSA: What’s Behind Those Algal Blooms …

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 11, 2022

    Want to know why the river/creek/pond, etc. sometimes turns bright green? Ever wondered why there are so many dead fish on the river? Find out in this short feature…


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  • SPLASH FOR TRASH: another success!

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 4, 2022

    Greenville (noon) Rotary’s annual Splash for Trash, a clean-up of the Tar River, was another success this year. Sound Rivers’ Executive Director Heather Deck and water-quality intern Maddie Garrison…


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  • Volunteer Spotlight: Mike Sagaser

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 21, 2022

    Have…


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  • 2022-23 Budget draft nixes swine buyout program

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 7, 2022

    When the North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper released his budget in May, Sound Rivers was excited to see the inclusion of $18 million in funding for the voluntary swine…


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  • RIVERKEEPER: Biogas permit a disappointment

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 7, 2022

    In the 2021 Farm Act, the North Carolina legislature directed North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to develop general permits for anaerobic digesters installed at swine, wet poultry and…


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