On September 28, 2020, it will have been 22 years since 81 miles of the Lumber River in North Carolina was added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Previously, in 1989, all 115 miles of the Lumber River was added to the North Carolina Natural and Scenic River System and the Lumber River […]
Winyah Rivers Alliance joined with conservation partners including South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP), Coastal Conservation League (CCL), and South Carolina Wildlife Federation (SCWF) in opposition to a proposed limestone mining operation in the Earle Community in Williamsburg County. In 2017, RDA, LLC applied to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) […]
From your Lumber Riverkeeper: I’m worried. In recent years, we’ve seen more storms, more extreme rainfall totals, and more floods than in previous generations. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew brought a 1,000-year flood to Lumberton. A mere two years later, Hurricane Florence hit us with another 1,000-year storm. The last few years have traced the outlines […]
On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance and its Lumber Riverkeeper, on August 11, 2020, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) notified Active Energy Renewable Power (AERP) that its unpermitted discharges of industrial stormwater pollution to the Lumber River must stop. This pollution comes from the company’s ongoing sawmill and timber operations. If AERP does not […]
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