North River Community Watershed Action Projects

• Community-driven
• Share observations
• Prioritize projects
• Launch stewardship projects
• Improve water quality

Welcome to your website! Use the tools below to leverage resources, engage community members, and grow your capacity for enhancing your watershed!

Do you see flooding after a small rain event? Do you see impacts from stormwater runoff, such as erosion or exposed roots? This tool allows you to inventory sites that could benefit from a project like rain gardens or rainwater harvesting. You can also use this tool to showcase completed projects, too! After you hit "submit", scroll down and view your submission on the map.

Do you have a stream or river that you visit? The NC Stream Watch tool allows you to share your visual observations of a stream. You can also use this tool to track trash accumulation, habitat health, and even water chemistry data. After you hit "submit", scroll down and view your submission on the map!

The map below shows prospective and completed Watershed Improvement Projects. Use this map to prioritize projects during the decision making process.

To add prospective or completed Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects to this map,  click here.  

Stormwater infrastructure drains rainwater directly into our waterways. Unfortunately, it's easy for these pipes to also drain pollution from our sidewalks and streets. Explore the Adopt-A-Drain project below to contribute observations and help stop pollution flowing in to our water. To add your own observations,  join the team on Anecdata! 

Millions of dollars are spent each year to restore degraded streams and rivers throughout North Carolina. That may come as a surprise to people who have never seen these projects. These tools give community members a way to share their concerns and issues. Utilizing these Community Watershed tools, such as NC Stream Watch and CoWIPS, will create "heat maps" and inform development for future projects. These tools intend to allow communities to inventory their areas that need environmental help, such as flood-prone sites, erosion problems, and stormwater concerns.

Community members, just like you, are at the heart of this project. There are nonprofit organizations, local governments, councils of government, and state agencies that can use these tools and maps to provide education and outreach throughout their region.

It's time to come together and identify a project. You'll need a leader and the capacity to implement the project effectively. The good news is that your contributions to the map above helps you justify your capacity to receive grant funding. The more variety of stakeholders, the stronger your project will be. Click below to learn about funding opportunities:

•  Shellfish closures 
•  EPA guide to stormwater