** Kick off Earth Week right! Join Coastal Carolina Riverwatch and Hammocks Beach State Park for a litter cleanup on April 18th 10 am-1 pm. Call HBSP to register: 910-326-4881. You can participate on foot or by paddle. Bring your own paddle craft or go to paddlenc.com to rent a Read more…
Water is under extreme threat from a growing population, increasing agriculture and industry demands, and worsening climate change impacts. Coastal Carolina Riverwatch and Waterkeepers Carolina highlight World Water Day – March 22, 2021 – to honor, celebrate and protect water. We are working to share the stories, thoughts, and feelings Read more…
*|* We are excited to be embarking on this program with commercial, recreational, for-hire, and subsistence fishing communities. NC fisheries are so important to our local economy and coastal heritage. Therefore, water quality improvements are a high priority. Read the full program announcement on our website. Click Here We are Read more…
Check out this great blog post written by Waterkeepers Carolina partners: Jefferson Currie II, Lumber Riverkeeper – Winyah Rivers Alliance Jillian Howell, MEM, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper – Sound Rivers, Inc. Kristan Pitts, Diversity Communications Specialist – Yadkin Riverkeeper Read HERE.
Read about CCRW’s involvement in a two-year microplastic study on the New River. Story from WITN TV
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Join us for the latest installment in our Advocacy Series. Larry Baldwin, Crystal Coast Waterkeeper, and guest Rett Newton, Mayor of Beaufort, NC, discuss municipal involvement in waterway protection. Watch Here Coastal Carolina Riverwatch is participating in a new microplastic study. The study “Improving Human and Ecosystem Health Read more…
Fed up with Perdue Farms failure to respond to safety concerns, an NC poultry grower, Rudy Howell, reached out to Larry Baldwin (Crystal Coast Waterkeeper). In an effort to share his story, Howell invited Larry and several other advocates to visit his chicken barns numerous times. In response to this Read more…
** *||* Join us for the latest installment in our Advocacy Series. Larry Baldwin, Crystal Coast Waterkeeper, and guest Jeff Currie, Lumber Riverkeeper, discuss the environmental and social impacts of swine biogas. Watch Here Take action on biogas: The NC Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comment concerning permits Read more…
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Coastal Carolina Riverwatch is home to both Crystal Coast Waterkeeper and White Oak New-Riverkeeper Alliance programs. We serve a total area of 320 miles of rivers and streams, 140,104 acres of estuaries, and 129 miles of coastline. We are so thankful for Read more…
The United States Court of Appeals affirmed that a Smithfield Foods subsidiary is liable for damages to neighbors of a hog farm it controlled. “This is a huge victory for the impacted communities who have been forced to endure the odor, flies, and contaminated water that these hog factories brought Read more…
