If you’re looking for a longer-term volunteer opportunity, we have several available!

Tar-Pamlico Water Trail

Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Katey Zimmerman is looking for some handy volunteers to help make basic repairs to camping platforms on the Tar-Pamlico Water Trail. For more information, email Katey at katey@soundrivers.org.

Swim Guide

Every year, Sound Rivers assembles an army of water warriors to support our Swim Guide program, where we test water samples from more than 50 popular recreational sites across the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico, every week.

Tasks include collecting a water sample from a designated Swim Guide site on Thursday mornings and transport it to our drop-off location, where it will be then taken to our lab to be tested for bacteria. On Friday afternoons, you’ll see the results of your work as we publicly release whether each site met or failed to meet recreational water-quality standards.

While we have all sites covered for summer of 2025, if you’re interested in becoming a Swim Guide volunteer in the future, email Volunteer Coordinator Emily Fritz at emily@soundrivers.org!