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Pint Night & Membership Raffle Drive!
Pint Night & Membership Raffle Drive!
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 […]
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September First Saturday Seminar
September First Saturday Seminar
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 […]
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September Second Saturday Cleanup
September Second Saturday Cleanup
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 […]
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Third Saturday Paddle: Northeast Cape Fear River
Third Saturday Paddle: Northeast Cape Fear River
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 […]
September Bonus Cleanup
September Bonus Cleanup
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 […]
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Chemours Wants to Expand!?! Show up at Bladen Community College to voice your opposition!
Chemours Wants to Expand!?! Show up at Bladen Community College to voice your opposition!
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 […]
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Chemours Wants to Expand!?! Show up at Leland Community College to voice your opposition!
Chemours Wants to Expand!?! Show up at Leland Community College to voice your opposition!
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 […]
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August/September Book Club
August/September Book Club
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 […]
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October First Saturday Seminar
October First Saturday Seminar
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 […]