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Come on out to the Neuse River Spring Cleanup on April 10, 2010. Jess will be coordinating most of this year’s cleanup with the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation, and I’ll be one of the site managers for the Milburnie Dam Section. Visit the Neuse River Spring Cleanup page for up-to-minute details and update. Make sure to register [...]
2003 Neuse River Fish Kill Some bad news coming in from the Neuse River over the last few days. Larry Baldwin, the Riverkeeper for the lower Neuse River, and the NC Division of Water Quality are reporting at least 3.5 million fish have died in the Neuse since last Thursday due low oxygen [...] I wrote this article for the Greensboro News and Record a few years ago about a day trip on the Haw River. The Haw’s had a tremendous impact on the of history in this area, and I’d love to go down the whole thing sometime. I paddled the three mile stretch of the Haw [...] The “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico continues to grow each year and excessive nutrients are sent downstream. It’s been estimated to cover over 8,500 square miles, or roughly the size of New Jersey. Here are some links with more info about the cause and effects of eutrophication in the Gulf. US EPA site on [...]
This is a huge issue for many reasons. Non-native Asian carp are moving upstream, and have now been found in Lake Pepin. Authorities don’t think this was part of a breeding population, but the implications are massive if they are not brought under [...] Things are really heating up for the Cape Fear River Expedition. I will be paddling 200 miles down the Cape Fear River, beginning November 1 from Jordan Lake in central North Carolina. Along the way I will be taking water quality samples and reporting results from the river. Podcasting in real time is also on [...] The Cape Fear River is formed by the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers in southeastern Lee County. The Cape Fear Basin (watershed) is the largest North Carolina, containing over 9,000 square miles. The watershed is under tremendous development pressure, with over 100 acres of forest and cropland lost each day. As North Carolina’s population [...] I’m kind of a numbers dork, and while I’m paddling for ten hours a day, I have nothing to do besides figure out all manner of minutia concerning the trip. Here’s [...] Cape Fear River Podcasts – Preparations – October 31 2006 Here’s a podcast from Oct 31, 2006. I was preparing to go down paddle the Cape Fear River and going through the last-minute details. Enjoy. -John |
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