A message from the Executive Director Dr. David Emmerling

Despite 2009's challenges, here at the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation we are going full speed ahead.

Our Riverkeeper fought hard to protect our river from increased amounts of hog waste from local confined animal feeding operations, was diligently on the watch for buffer violations and sediment pollution from construction sites, and played an active role against coal mining in the state.  

PTRF staff and our wonderful volunteers picked up over 4,000 lbs of trash during our bi-annual river clean-ups, set up promotional tables at events all over the watershed, and we continued our review of the impacts of an Inter Basin Transfer (IBT) that would affect the Tar River.

No matter how trying the past year was, we are looking forward to what our future holds in 2010. We plan to continue spreading our message to more concerned citizens up river, become more transparent as an organization with our new social media community (Facebook & PTRF Blog), start up our Muddy Water Watch trainings for volunteers, arrange our new educational member-appreciation events, and most importantly, continue to be the only watchdog for the Tar-Pamlico River.

Our road towards clean water for everyone and everything in the watershed is and will continue to be a rocky one, but with our members and volunteers supporting us, we will remain unstoppable.

From all of us at the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation office in Little Washington, we wish you and yours a Happy Holiday.

Sincerely,

 

David Emmerling

Executive Director