Cape Fear River Watch

1st Saturday Seminar - Bird Atlasing in NC
2023-02-04 08:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Speaker: John Carpenter
Topic: Bird Atlasing in NC
The NC Bird Atlas, now in its third year, is a project that maps bird distribution and abundance through bird observations. Come out to learn about the NC Bird Atlas, its function, and how you can get involved. Learn about priority blocks and where you can find additional resources on atlasing. Great if you are new to birding, or an experienced birder who wants to contribute to the Atlas.
About the speaker: John Carpenter has worked as a Wildlife Biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission for the past 13 years. He received a M.S. in Plant and Soil Science from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Note: Pre-registration not required. In-person only. Coffee and pancakes at 8am, presentation begins at 9am. The recording will be available online the following week.

December/January Book Club
2023-01-28 10:30 - 11:30 | Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Our next book selection is a true lock and dam story about Americans who live near the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri River titled, Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature On America’s Waterways by Tyler J. Kelley.! Copies will be available at Pomegranate Books for a 15% discount!

America’s infrastructure is old and underfunded. While our economy, society, and climate have changed, our levees, locks, and dams have not. Yet to fix what’s wrong will require more than money. It will require an act of imagination. Holding Back the River brings us into the lives of the Americans who grapple with our mighty rivers and, through their stories, suggests solutions to some of the century’s greatest challenges.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 10:30AM outside at Pomegranate Books (Weather Permitting).

CFRW Book Club members receive a 15% discount at Pomegranate Books (910) 452-1107.

No January Paddle!
2023-01-21 08:00 - 12:00 | 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
We host our Third Saturday Paddle series March – November, weather dependent. See you back in March!

2nd Saturday Cleanup: 3rd - 17th St Railroad Tracks
2023-01-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Railroad Tracks 3rd-17th, 811 Martin St, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
We will once again be partnering with Keep New Hanover Beautiful to host our monthly Second Saturday Cleanup on January 14th from 9-11am. We are going to focus our efforts on the Greenfield Lake Watershed by cleaning up the railroad tracks that run from 3rd to 17th St. The railroad tracks, the roadway, and the storm drains will all need to be cleaned.

The address (811 Martin St.) will lead you to the Good Shepherd Center. Please don’t park in their parking lot – rather, park on either 8th St or Martin St. Look for the CFRW cleanup signs!

There is potential for some of our houseless community members to be in the area of our cleanup. Please be respectful of their space and belongings. If you see something that may be someone’s personal belongings, please leave it be.

We will provide pickers, bags, safety vests, gloves, and a good time. We will need some volunteers to clean up the interior of the ditch. So if you have your waders or tall rubber boots, bring them! As always remember to dress appropriately, bring sunscreen, and water. We hope to see you out there!

Please register here.

1st Saturday Seminar - Magnificent Rescue: Protecting Biodiversity at Ecosystem Scale
2023-01-07 08:00 - 10:30 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Speaker: Andy Wood
Topic: Magnificent Rescue: Protecting Biodiversity at Ecosystem Scale
Cape Fear River swamps and other wetland habitats are imperiled by river dredging, the wood pellet industry, and an expanding ocean. This engaging program explores the environmental challenges our species must meet head-on for the sake of future generations—ecologically, economically, and politically—with attention to protecting the living nuts and bolts holding-together our Starship life-support system.
About the speaker:Andy Wood is a biologist and conservation educator. His career includes 12 years as Education Curator with the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher and 11 years as State Education Director with the National Audubon Society. As director of Coastal Plain Conservation Group, Andy is focused on preventing unfettered habitat loss and extinction of southeast North Carolina plants and wildlife. Andy is otherwise an environmental consultant with his wife Sandy’s company, Habitats Gardens, LLC.
Note: Pre-registration not required. In-person only. Coffee and pancakes at 8am, presentation begins at 9am. The recording will be available online within the next couple of weeks.

No December Paddle!
2022-12-17 08:00 - 12:00 | 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States

NO Dec 2nd Saturday Cleanup
2022-12-10 09:00 - 11:00 | 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
We will not be hosting a 2nd Saturday Cleanup in December. Please join us in January!

GenX Exposure Study Community Meeting on Latest Results
2022-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Cape Fear Community College’s Union Station, 502 N Front St, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
NC State GenX Exposure Study researchers will give an overview of the 2020-2021 PFAS blood findings and answer any of your questions.
Learn more about the study here.

1st Saturday Seminar - From Mountains to Sea: An Adventure in Plant Communities
2022-12-03 08:00 - 10:30 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Speaker: Amy Renfranz
Topic: From Mountains to Sea: An Adventure in Plant Communities
Join naturalist Amy Renfranz as she makes parallels between the plant communities on the coast and in the mountains of North Carolina. Her talk will leave you with a bucket list of places to visit and a few ideas for ways to incorporate natural ecology into your own backyard!
About the speaker: Amy Renfranz lives for exploring and investigating the world around her – and sharing those experiences with others.
Amy began in environmental education on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2008. In 2011, she was awarded the National Park Service at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s “Ranger of the Year” award for her work in creating new programming for youth and adults. She is a NC Certified Environmental Educator and a Certified Naturalist through the Yellowstone Institute. She has also worked at Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, Lees-McRae College, the Yellowstone Association Institute, and New Hanover Soil & Water Conservation District. For nearly ten years, she wrote an award-winning, weekly newspaper column called “Dear Naturalist.” In 2022, she began pursuing a full-time career in native plant landscaping.
Amy is a graduate of Appalachian State University and North Carolina State University, where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management. She currently serves on the board of Keep New Hanover Beautiful and the Environmental Educators of North Carolina. She volunteers as a Creek Watcher for Cape Fear River Watch, and facilitates litter cleanups in her neighborhood.
Note: Pre-registration not required. In-person only. Coffee and pancakes at 8am, presentation begins at 9am. The recording will be available online within the next couple of weeks.

October/November Book Club
2022-11-26 10:30 - 12:00 | Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Our next book selection is Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure by Rinker Buck. This New York Times Best-Seller, which was recommended by our new member Jessica Parks, is a true story about historian Rinker Buck’s modern-day journey down the Mississippi River to New Orleans with his shipmates after building an 1800s era flatboat! Copies will be available at Pomegranate Books for a 15% discount!

Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America’s first western frontier.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 26, 2022, at 10:30AM outside at Pomegranate Books (Weather Permitting).

Annual Membership Meeting 2022
2022-11-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Please feel welcome to attend our annual membership meeting! All River Watch members or people interested in joining are welcome. We will provide a year in review, and then CFRW members will vote on the 2023 Board of Directors.
Snacks and beverages provided.

3rd Saturday Paddle: CANCELLED
2022-11-19 08:30 - 13:00 | Cypress Cove Recreation Park, 844 Appleton Way NE, Leland, NC, 28451, United States
This paddle has been cancelled due to cold weather. If you already registered, you will receive an email soon with information about refunds. Thank you for your understanding.

The Smell of Money: Documentary Screening + Panel Discussion
2022-11-17 19:00 - 22:00 | NC
Cucalorus Film Festival* is showing the feature documentary The Smell of Money on Thursday, November 17th at 7pm in Thalian Black. Following the film, guests will be invited to move into City Council Chambers for an hour-long discussion of the film featuring NC Environmental Justice Network’s Naeema Mohammad, Cape Fear River Watch’s Kemp Burdette, and filmmaker Shawn Bannon. The discussion will be moderated by Erin Carey, Director of Coastal Programs at North Carolina Sierra Club.
Please purchase tickets in advance to reserve your spot! After tax, tickets cost about $25 if you are not a Cucalorus pass holder. You can purchase your tickets here.
About the film:
The Smell of Money is an 84-minute feature documentary from award-winning filmmaker Shawn Bannon. The Smell of Money‘s international premiere was at Hot Docs in Toronto, Canada where it received the Top 5 Audience Award and the film recently won the Best Life & Liberty Film at Sidewalk Film Festival.
When a corporate hog farm moves in––uninvited––on land her grandfather had purchased after claiming his freedom from slavery, Elsie Herring decides to fight back. But as her rural community becomes the epicenter of the pork industry’s explosion in America, Elsie’s struggle to save her family’s home and heritage becomes a battle against one of the world’s most powerful companies and its deadly pollution. After decades of defeat, Elsie, her neighbors, and a gutsy small-town lawyer take the world’s largest pork company to court. The residents risk everything for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of shit. A story about the power of love for one’s family and community to triumph over colossal forces of injustice, The Smell of Money calls upon viewers to see the people behind what’s on our plates––and to join the fight for a better future for us all.
About the panelists:
Naeema Mohammad has been Organizing Co-Director with NCEJN since 2013 and now serves as Senior Advisor. She has worked on two NIEHS funded grants. The first was Community Health and Environmental Reawakening (CHER) in which she served as a community organizer working with communities dealing with waste from industrial hog operations. In this position, she worked with the late Dr. Steve Wing, a founding member of NCEJN and Associate Professor at UNC Gillngs School of Public Health, and was supervised by Gary Grant, Executive Director of Concerned Citizens of Tillery. She has co-authored publications with Dr. Wing regarding community based participatory research (most recently in the New Solutions Health Journal). She also serves on the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Secretary’s Environmental Justice & Equity Advisory Board.
Kemp Burdette is the Cape Fear Riverkeeper and he works to protect and improve the water quality of the Lower Cape Fear River. He is a Wilmington native who grew up exploring the waterways and swamps that make our area so special. Kemp has lived and traveled around the world as a US Navy search and rescue swimmer, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Peace Corps volunteer. At home and abroad Kemp has always been interested in the way humans interact with their environment.His academic background is in geology and history, graduating from UNCW magna cum laude with honors, and he holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA), also from UNCW. He also holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University.
Shawn Bannon is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, AFI FEST, Hot Docs, and they’ve been featured on The Atlantic, Forbes, and BBC America. His short films, Hurricane Heroes, Bloody Barbara and A Ghost Story – 10 Pages, have all been selected for Vimeo Staff Picks. His recent film The Green Knight Documentary was made for A24 and premiered on iTunes. The Smell of Money is his first feature documentary, it premiered at Sarasota Film Festival in April 2022 where it won the Documentary Feature Jury Prize.
*”The Cucalorus Film Festival takes place in Wilmington, North Carolina every November for five days of new indie films, paired with bold performances and deep discussions about justice and the future. Cucalorus brings together bold, emerging creatives to share stories that challenge us to look at the world in new ways.”

2nd Saturday Cleanup: Squash Branch
2022-11-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Greenfield Lake-Northern Finger, 1626 Lake Branch Dr, Wilmington, 28401
REGISTER HERE.
CFRW will be partnering with Keep New Hanover Beautiful to host a cleanup of Greenfield Lake’s Squash Branch on Saturday, November 12h from 9-11am.
This area will require some kayaks, so if you have your own kayak please feel free to bring it! We will also bring some for volunteers to use. Parking can be found along Lake Branch Dr. across from Lake Forest Baptist Church (1626 Lake Branch Dr.). Look for the CFRW & KNHB cleanup signs! We will provide pickers, bags, safety vests, gloves, and a good time. The areas along the banks can get a bit mucky so if you have waterproof boots bring them! As always remember to dress appropriately, bring sunscreen, and water. We hope to see you out there!

GenX Exposure Study Blood PFAS Results Webinar
2022-11-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Online, NC, United States
In case you missed the last webinar, the study team is hosting another! Join the live webinar on November 9th at 6pm. No need to pre-register; the public is invited to join the webinar here.
About: In late 2020, researchers from NC State started collecting new data for their GenX Exposure Study, which has since evolved into a health study. They enrolled over 1,000 participants in their study, community members from New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, the Fayetteville private well community, and Pittsboro, NC. They are now sharing those results with participants and the general public, and invite you to join in to learn.

1st Saturday Seminar: Restoring Wilmington's Waterways
2022-11-05 08:00 - 10:30 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Speaker: Anna Reh-Gingerich, Watershed Coordinator – Heal Our Waterways Program with City of Wilmington Stormwater Services
Topic: Restoring Wilmington’s Waterways through Stormwater Solutions
Anna’s presentation will introduce the goals of the Heal Our Waterways Program and walk through a variety of “Creek-Friendly Practices” property owners can incorporate around their homes and businesses.
About the speaker: Anna is the Watershed Coordinator for the City of Wilmington and manages the City’s ‘Heal Our Waterways Program’ for Bradley Creek and Hewletts Creek. After receiving an M.S. in Coastal and Ocean Policy in 2016 from UNC-Wilmington, she moved to Richmond, Virginia and worked for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in a water quality policy role for several years. The pull of the ocean and love of Wilmington brought her back to the area and to her current position where she enjoys promoting simple solutions for stormwater pollution within the community.
Note: Pre-registration not required. In-person only. Coffee and pancakes at 8am, presentation begins at 9am. The recording will be available online within the next couple of weeks.

2022 LakeFest at Greenfield Lake
2022-10-22 10:00 - 14:00 | Greenfield Lake Boathouse, 302 Willard St., Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
Join us Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at Greenfield Lake to celebrate science, nature, and wildlife!
Come out for a day of learning and fun! LakeFest is hosted in partnership by the Cape Fear River Watch and City of Wilmington Parks & Recreation. The day will be full of games & activities, live animals, nature tours & paddle boat rides, face painting, crafts, and more! Meet and learn from many different Wilmington and surrounding area organizations.
Located at Greenfield Lake Park (298 Park St.) next to the Playground & Tennis Courts

Lakefest

3rd Saturday Paddle: CANCELLED
2022-10-15 08:00 - 12:00 | 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
This event has been cancelled.

October Second Saturday Cleanup: Willard Pond
2022-10-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Willard Pond, 1528 S 16th St, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
Please register beforehand here.
Cape Fear River Watch is excited to partner with Keep New Hanover Beautiful for our Second Saturday Cleanup on October 8th! The cleanup will take place in the Greenfield Lake Watershed. We will be focusing our efforts on Willard Pond and the connecting wetlands. The cleanup will take place from 9:00am-11:00am. Parking is available along Willard St. An address that will get you close is 1528 S 16th St, Wilmington, NC 28401. Just look for the CFRW cleanup signs! CFRW will provide pickers, bags, gloves, and safety vests. As always remember to dress appropriately and bring water. We hope to see you out there!

Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration
2022-10-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
Join us on Tuesday, October 4th from 5-8pm at FlyTrap Brewing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act! That night, FlyTrap will generously donate $1 per pint of a selected beer to CFRW, Wheelz Pizza will fire up their oven to sling some pies, and our friends the Smoky Dunes will provide the vibes!

We will also hold a raffle featuring items from local businesses including Great Outdoor Provision Company, Seabird, Luna Caffe, Gravity Records, and more!

The Clean Water Act was a first-of-its-kind environmental federal legislation that came about during the birth of the American environmentalism movement, along with the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Environmental Protection Agency. It established precedent-setting pollution standards and provides legal standing to citizens allowing them to advocate directly on behalf of their waterways.

To date, it has made meaningful strides in cleaning American waterways and helped us achieve significant restoration, protection, and cleanup of severe pollution problems. Unfortunately, there has been an erosion of the Act’s strength and it has never been fully implemented and enforced as Congress intended.

Join us to celebrate the historic wins of the Clean Water Act to sustain us for the fight ahead!

October First Saturday Seminar
2022-10-01 08:00 - 10:30 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Join us at 617 Surry St. on Saturday, October 1st for an educational seminar presented by Andy Wood. Doors open at 8am for pancakes and coffee; seminar begins at 9am.
Magnificent Rescue: Protecting Biodiversity at Ecosystem Scale
Cape Fear River swamps and other wetland habitats are imperiled by river dredging, the wood pellet industry, and an expanding ocean. This engaging program explores the environmental challenges our species must meet head-on for the sake of future generations—ecologically, economically, and politically—with attention to protecting the living nuts and bolts holding-together our Starship life-support system.
Andy Wood is a biologist and conservation educator. His career includes 12 years as Education Curator with the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher and 11 years as State Education Director with the National Audubon Society. As director of Coastal Plain Conservation Group, Andy is focused on preventing unfettered habitat loss and extinction of southeast North Carolina plants and wildlife. Andy is otherwise an environmental consultant with his wife Sandy’s company, Habitats Gardens, LLC.
Pre-registration not required. We will record this event and share to our Youtube channel.

August/September Book Club
2022-09-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Our next book selection is Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 And How It Changed America by John M. Barry. Copies will be available at Pomegranate Books for a 15% discount!
An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known — the Mississippi flood of 1927.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 10:30AM outside at Pomegranate Books (Weather Permitting).

Chemours Wants to Expand!?! Show up at Leland Community College to voice your opposition!
2022-09-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC, 28451, United States
Chemours has been running ads trying to convince us that they’re ‘Good Neighbors.’ We think that contaminating the drinking water for 510,000 people (and counting) is not neighborly. The neighborly thing to do would be to shut the plant down. BUT, we have found out that Chemours is planning the opposite.
They’re planning to EXPAND manufacturing at the Fayetteville Works site.
The consent order (put in place after we sued them) requires they hold TWO public meetings on this – one for impacted communities near the facility and one near impacted downstream communities.
The meeting near impacted downstream communities will be held at the Leland Cultural Arts Center, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, from 5 pm – 7 pm.
Chemours Plant Manager Dawn Hughes said, “We’re proud of the role we play… and we’re eager to explain the plans for our future with our neighbors.”
These are “open houses” and Hughes stated in an announcement that they “…plan to communicate [how these expansions] will make a positive impact across our community.”
They will not be providing an opportunity for public comment.
CFRW wants to shift that agenda.
Will you commit to showing up at the Leland Cultural Arts Center, September 21, 5-7 pm?
Sign up today to get upcoming emails providing more details on these events.
If you are interested in attending the meeting for impacted communities near the facility, held at Bladen Community College on Tuesday, September 20th from 5-7pm, click here.

Chemours Wants to Expand!?! Show up at Bladen Community College to voice your opposition!
2022-09-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Bladen Community College, 7418 NC Hwy 41W, Dublin, NC, 28332, United States
Chemours has been running ads trying to convince us that they’re ‘Good Neighbors.’ We think that contaminating the drinking water for 510,000 people (and counting) is not neighborly. The neighborly thing to do would be to shut the plant down. BUT, we have found out that Chemours is planning the opposite.
They’re planning to EXPAND manufacturing at the Fayetteville Works site.
The consent order (put in place after we sued them) requires they hold TWO public meetings on this – one for impacted communities near the facility and one near impacted downstream communities.
The meeting for impacted communities near the facility will be held at Bladen Community College on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, from 5 pm – 7 pm.
Chemours Plant Manager Dawn Hughes said, “We’re proud of the role we play… and we’re eager to explain the plans for our future with our neighbors.”
These are “open houses” and Hughes stated in an announcement that they “…plan to communicate [how these expansions] will make a positive impact across our community.”
They will not be providing an opportunity for public comment.
CFRW wants to shift that agenda.
Will you commit to showing up at Bladen Community College, September 20, 5-7 pm?
Sign up today to get upcoming emails providing more details on this event.
If you are interested in attending the meeting for impacted downstream communities, held at the Leland Cultural Arts Center on Wednesday, September 21st from 5-7pm, click here.

September Bonus Cleanup
2022-09-17 08:30 - 11:00 | NC
We have a special project we are working on for the next couple of months. There is a location in the Smith Creek Watershed that is in dire need of cleaning up. We approximate 5,000 – 6,000lbs of litter in this location. Because of the large amount of trash and debris, we anticipate that this will take 3 cleanups, with the first being held on Saturday, August 20th from 9-11am. This is going to be a joint effort project with multiple groups involved. The area was previously inhabited by some unhoused folks so special conditions apply to this cleanup. We will list those below. Also if you choose to help with this cleanup you MUST call/text/email Rob Clark, our Water Quality Programs Manager, before the cleanup. He would like to discuss some things that will make this cleanup unique. He can be reached at 910-409-2186 or rob@cfrw.us. Please reach out to him Monday-Friday from 9:00am-5:00pm. With the amount of litter in this area we will also be asking people to bring certain items if they have the means of doing so. These items will also be listed below. We know it is a lot to ask for our volunteers to do back-to-back cleanups, but this is an opportunity to remove a large amount of litter from the Smith Creek Watershed and almost double the amount of trash we have already collected this year! As always CFRW will provide pickers, bags, gloves, and safety vests. Please don’t forget to check the lists below and prepare accordingly. We look forward to seeing you all out there.

Cleanup Requirements
-Cleanup participants must be 18 or up.
-Close toed shoes are required.
-Must call Rob at 910-409-2186 prior to cleanup to discuss cleanup.

Items Needed For Cleanup
-Truck and Trailer (to haul trash)
-Wheelbarrow’s
-Cut resistant gloves (if you have them)
-Shovels
-Bugspray

Third Saturday Paddle: Northeast Cape Fear River
2022-09-17 07:30 - 14:00 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
Join the CFRW paddlers as we explore the Northeast Cape Fear River between Sawpit Landing (off White Stocking Road) and the Shaw Highway Wildlife ramp. This is a great section of river with a textbook example of an oxbow lake, several nice coves, and a few creeks to poke our heads into. The trip is 5-6 miles depending on how much exploring you do (and how straight you can paddle).

Learn more and register here.

September Second Saturday Cleanup
2022-09-10 09:00 - 11:00 | Front St & Greenfield St, 110 Greenfield St, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
Cape Fear River Watch is excited to partner with Keep New Hanover Beautiful for our Second Saturday Cleanup on September 10th! The cleanup will take place in a section that drains directly into the Cape Fear River, drainage ditches that run parallel with Front St. at the intersection of Greenfield St. We have had a lot of rain recently which has deposited trash in this area. The cleanup will take place from 9:00am-11:00am. Parking is available at 110 Greenfield St. Just look for the CFRW cleanup signs! CFRW will provide pickers, bags, gloves, and safety vests. As always remember to dress appropriately and bring water. We hope to see you out there!
Please register beforehand here!

September First Saturday Seminar
2022-09-03 08:00 - 10:30 | Cape Fear River Watch Headquarters, 617 Surry Street, Wilmington, NC, 28405, United States
A History of Greenfield Lake with Travis Gilbert
We hope you can join us for our September First Saturday Seminar! Travis Gilbert, Executive Director of the Historic Wilmington Foundation will be sharing about the history of Greenfield Lake, from centuries ago to today.

Our doors will open at 8am for coffee and pancakes and our seminar will begin at 9am. You can also join our seminar virtually via Zoom.
Register for ZOOM ONLY here: https://bit.ly/FirstSatZOOM

No pre-registration required for in-person attendees.

The seminar will be held at the CFRW office located at 617 Surry St. We hope to see you there!

Pint Night & Membership Raffle Drive!
2022-08-31 17:00 - 20:00 | Wilmington Brewing Company, 800 S Kerr Ave, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
We hope you can join us at Wilmington Brewing Company’s new Venue on Wednesday, August 31st, from 5-8pm. This evening will be our very final push for our membership raffle! That night, Wilmington Brewing has generously offered to donate $1 per pint of a selected beer to Cape Fear River Watch. As well, anybody who joins or renews their membership that night will have the chance to win not only a boat ride on the Cape Fear, but also a selection of Wilmington Brewing and CFRW swag!
Additionally, there will be live music by Perry Smith and the food truck of the night is Latin Foodies Food Truck. We hope to see you there!

August Bonus Cleanup
2022-08-20 09:00 - 11:00 | NC
