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 […]
Still want to help keep our rivers clean while keeping yourself safe? Join us for Solo Cleanup September! Rather than large group cleanups, we are encouraging you to do your own solo, family, or socially distanced cleanups. We will provide you with supplies and you can clean up whenever you like! Roadsides, ditches, swamps, creeks, […]
Winyah Rivers Alliance will be live on Facebook on Thursday, August 13th at 12:00 pm. Join us Live on Facebook>> Watch our video below: Interested in the future of Rocky Point Community Forest and conservation and recreation efforts on the Black River? Complete our Survey here>> Want to know more about Rocky Point Community Forest […]
Congratulations to the winning photographers from our 2020 Winyah Rivers Alliance Photography Contest! And to all the photographers who entered! Check out this video: Special thanks to our judges and sponsors, The Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation, 803 Labs Inc., and Tidelands Photography Club! SAVE THE DATE – 2021 WINYAH RIVERS PHOTO CONTEST Opens in January […]
On Monday, August 3rd, Hurricane Isaias threatened our communities and our waterways. Before Isaias’ arrival, Waterkeeper Alliance issued a press release, Hog and Poultry Waste Threat in NC Has Gotten Worse Since Hurricane Florence>>. Our Lumber Riverkeeper, Jefferson Currie II, and Waccamaw Riverkeeper, Cara Schildtknecht, are actively monitoring their respective watersheds, along with all of […]
The Waccamaw Riverkeeper is excited to announce that our first-ever Swim Guide results came back ALL GREEN! On July 8th, we sampled three sites on the Waccamaw River in North Carolina for E. coli bacteria and all three sites met the EPA’s recreational water quality criteria. We will continue monitoring at Lake Waccamaw Dam, Babson’s […]
The 5th of July was an important day for our Lumber Riverkeeper and the communities in Robeson County, NC…that was the day that Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they were canceling their plans for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The ACP, a natural gas (methane) pipeline, was planned to stretch from West Virginia, through […]
As Waterkeepers, we advocate to protect everyone’s right to access clean water. Water, air, wildlife, public lands are part of our collective commons…publicly owned resources that need to be protected for the benefit of all. We believe that: access to clean water is a basic human right all people have a voice in decisions that […]
An application for an air quality permit for AERP’s Black Wood Pellet facility will be discussed at a public hearing hosted by the NC Department of Air Quality on Monday, June 22nd beginning at 6 pm. The Robeson County Coalition for Clean and Green Energy (https://robcocoalition.org>>) is hosting information sessions on Thursday, June 18th at […]
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