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Tar River Clean-up, Rocky Mount
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
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
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 …
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!
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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2022-23 Budget draft nixes swine buyout program
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
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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Cooper proposes $18 million for swine buyout program
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed…
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We’re Seeking Swim Guide Volunteers!
We’re in the fifth year of Swim Guide, our weekly recreational water-quality testing program that lets everyone know where it’s safe to…
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Memorial clean-up a resounding success
The Tar River in Oxford was saved from a dumpster-full of trash, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and organizers of…
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Marshall Floyd Memorial Cleanup
REGISTER HERE! Calling all cleanup volunteers! The Granville County Environmental Affairs Committee and Sound Rivers are partnering for a Tar River cleanup in memory of Marshall Floyd, a longtime…
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Earth Day cleanup yields lots of volunteers — and lots of trash
Sound Rivers’ Field Technician Will Shingleton steers the kayak down the Tar River, pre-trash pickup, during the…
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