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Neuse River Ranked Among the Nation's Top 10 Most Endandgered

PRE News & Ideas

Published July 12, 2007 at 12:51 AM EDT

By Ashia Majors

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New Bern, NC – From the culture to the environment, the Neuse River plays a vital role in eastern North Carolina. It flows 250 miles from the Piedmont to Pamlico Sound and provides drinking water to 400,000 Raleigh-area residents. Nevertheless, a recent report ranked the Neuse as one of the 10 most endangered rivers in the nation. Ashia Majors has this story.