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Tag Archives: Tar River
  • Water Spotlight: The Lower Tar-Pamlico River

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 12, 2018

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 11, 2018

    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!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 30, 2018

    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!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 30, 2018

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 14, 2018

    Sound Rivers is joining with…


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  • Upper Tar River Facts and Figures

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2017

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 14, 2017

    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

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 18, 2017

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 12, 2017

    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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  • Historic Flooding Leaving Large Human Health and Environmental Impact

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 21, 2016


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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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