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25301
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Former director of the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation Rob Perks reflects on the years he spent as director. He reflects on everything from what he accomplished while director to his reasons for leaving and even what the experience taught him.
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25302
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Former director of the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation Jim Stephenson reflects on his years as director of the PTRF. He covers everything from what he did with the PTRF to why he left and what the experience taught him.
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25303
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Heather Jacobs describes the differences in New Orleans from the first time she went there; to the second time she visited the city and what North Carolina can learn from the city’s experience.
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25304
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Heather Jacobs defines stormwater and how a seemingly harmless word can mean big problems for North Carolina. However, she also describes solutions to prevent these potential problems.
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25305
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David Emmerling describes his hopes and dreams for the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation including an expansion of the Riverkeeper program and the addition of a Riverforce program.
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25306
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Bill Hunneke describes ways that Pamlico-Tar River Foundation members can help give the foundation a bigger presences in their communities.
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25307
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The director of the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation participated in an event to brainstorm ways to respond to the expected growth of the state’s population.
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25308
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The Red Drum is a saltwater fish found in various places of the Atlantic, but North Carolina boasts the biggest ones. There are several ways to prepare for a fishing trip aimed at catching them so fishermen throughout the state should be ready should they feel the urge to catch them.
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7919
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The North Carolina General Assembly passed the Clean Smokestacks Act almost four years ago to clean up soot and smog-forming pollution from coal-fired power plants. While the act requires power plants to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from 245,000 tons in 1998 to 56,000 tons by 2009, it does not say what to do about mercury pollution from those plants. Most of the mercury pollution from these plants falls into nearby water bodies, where, in North Carolina, it is quickly converted to its most toxic form. Suttles discusses what needs to be done to reduce this form of pollution which makes some state fish inedible and threatens developing brains and central nervous systems of young children.
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8371
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PSC Phosphate, Inc., has applied to the Army Corps of Engineers for a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit to impact and fill wetlands and waters of the state for the purpose of continuing their mining operations along South Creek in eastern Beaufort County. A similar grant that allowed the company to impact over 1,200 acres of wetlands in 1997 resulted in the largest permitted destruction of wetlands in the history of the state. If the new permit is granted, the Pamlico River basin would lose 2,500 acres of high-quality wetlands.
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8372
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In August 2005, the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation and Clean Water for North Carolina, representing downstream residents, challenged a state issued Special Order of Consent (SOC) for the city of Oxford's wastewater treatment plant. This was the first appeal ever of this kind in the state. The two groups argued that the SOC failed to meet North Carolina's own regulations for dealing with chronic polluters. Jacobs discusses the background of the case, its settlement, present conditions in Oxford, and plans for the future.
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8378
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Since the 1980s, Oxford, located in Granville County, has had trouble managing a compliant wastewater treatment facility. In 2000, the city was fined $100,000, the largest water quality fine in North Carolina to date, and required to enter into a consent judgment order to bring the facility back into compliance, which should have occurred by April 2002. Since 2001, the plant has violated its discharge permit more than seventy times. The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation and Clean Water for North Carolina, representing downstream residents, challenged a state issued Special Order of Consent (SOC) Oxford's wastewater treatment plant. This was the first appeal ever of this kind in the state. The two groups argued that the SOC failed to meet North Carolina's own regulations for dealing with chronic polluters.
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25284
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Pamlico-Tar River Foundation Executive Director Mary Alsentzer details why the PTRF desires to reclassify two sections of the Tar River as Outstanding Resource Waters.
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25285
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Sam Toler recounts the final leg of his journey down Swift Creek. From the wildlife observed, to the only encounter with other people on the river during the entirety of the journey, Toler creates a visual of what Swift Creek is like.
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25286
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Grady McCallie explains what issues will be up for debate in the next legislative session of the North Carolina General Assembly.
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