Lower Neuse Riverkeeper investigates a pipe discharge.
What is RiverWatch? RiverWatch is a "neighborhood watch" program for the Lower Neuse River Basin. After a training session to learn about the river, pollution threats, and how to recognize them, volunteers will spend 8 hours per month on your assigned river or creek looking for potential pollution problems. You'll report anything you find to Larry Baldwin, the Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, and then help to eliminate the problem. You will also be trained to identify sediment erosion problems on construction sites through the Muddy Water Watch program.
Don't see yourself as a patroller? There are other ways to help. You could track construction permits Analyze reports from other volunteers and enter them into a database Work with the Riverkeepers to review pollution discharge permits There will be other assignments available.
Interested? Contact the New Bern NRF office at (252) 637-7972 to sign up for RiverWatch training or get more information.
