Donate a tree This week we’re taking the Plastic Swear Jar Challenge Designate a jar as your “Plastic Swear Jar”. Decorate it if you’d like! Join the Coastal Connection Challenge and share a picture of your Plastic Swear Jar. For one week, put a dollar (or coin, or button, or Read more…
Attorney General Josh Stein Takes Legal Action to Protect North Carolina’s Clean Water “Coastal Carolina Riverwatch applauds the decision by AG Josh Stein to challenge the proposed WOTUS Rules. As the parent organization for the Crystal Coast Waterkeeper and White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance, we have a huge stake in the Read more…
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch proudly serves on the Carteret Food and Health Council. We know that improving food systems and supporting our community in times of need leads to a better, more sustainable future for all. Read more about CFHC’s efforts and hear what CCRW Program Coordinator, Rebecca has to say. Read more…
Earth Day looks a lot different this year. Public events, cleanups, and gatherings have been canceled. Now more than ever, we must unite in new ways to protect our planet and each other. Join us this Earth Week to learn more about issues we focus on and what you can Read more…
“We have learned that the destruction from an incident like Deepwater Horizon on the environment is severe and long-lasting. We have also learned that Big Oil and Big Government have no regard and take no responsibility for the destruction that took place, and continues to take place to this day,” Read more…
Now is the time to support local fisheries Obviously, there is a lot of talk right now about the COVID-19 issue and how it impacts the economy. And we are all doing our best, based upon our own resources. During the time when we are trying to adjust to Read more…
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch and volunteers plant 200 tree seedlings! On Arbor Day, March 20th, 200 Loblolly Pine seedlings were given to us by our one of our partners, Plastic Ocean Project. Many public planting events, including ours, were canceled due to COVID-19. This left the seedlings with nowhere to be planted. Read more…
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. March 22nd is World Water Day! This year especially, we are remembering Read more…
“Solutions to the plastic waste problem are often described in terms of what consumers can do to help. But federal legislation, set to be introduced by two Democrats in Congress on Tuesday, would shift responsibility to the industries producing the plastic encircling the globe.” Read More: Federal Bill Seeks to Read more…
Your Crystal Coast Waterkeeper/White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance Advocacy Director- Larry Baldwin, CCRW Board Member- Elsie Herring, and CCRW Advisor- Rick Dove traveled to federal appeals court for the latest development in NC hog nuisance lawsuits. Remarks from Judges were promising, sending a powerful message to the hog industry that reckless Read more…
