Huge thanks to our Learning Celebration sponsors! 🎉 @paperhandpuppet 4 the amazing Haw River puppet! @maxiebsbakery for treating volunteers to delicious vegan treats! maxieb.com West End Kitchen for an incredible meal! westendpittsboro.com Chicken Bridge Bakery for rustic breads baked with heart!

Have debris from stormwater? NEW TOOL! Share your debris location with us so we can track it. ➡️ survey123.arcgis.com/share/74d4d1... ➡️ hawriver.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant... In the news: www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...

RAH extends time of Flood Warning for Haw River at Haw River [NC] till Jul 8, 7:45 AM EDT Link

Another 500 -1000 year flood event The Haw River from the old Bynum Bridge just after it crested at 22.49 feet on July 7, 2025 (photo by Deb Hanson) Yesterday, to cap off the 4th of July weekend, we experienced a “500- to 1000-year storm” here in central North Carolina. Tropical Storm Chantal came…

Checked out the Haw River from the pedestrian bridge last night. You can see where it breached the bridge in a few spots at its peak. Quite the sight.

Tiny Saxapahaw North Carolina was flooded when the Haw River reached near record flood levels from TS Chantal. I have a sentimental attachment to Sax- my husband & I had our first date at the General Store. Please consider a donation. #chantal #ncflood

Thank you for all your help & love & expertise & sweat today in this village we all hold so dear- people came in from all over - one responder drove from Texas straight here. Trucks of donations have come in from Asheville! - & the organizers & volunteers! Tears of appreciation and goosebumps today

A kayak tour of the Haw River after Chantal's floodwaters recede, all the way to Jordan Lake www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-qc...

Jordan Lake Dam and Tailrace Area are Open! Please be very careful as the Haw River is flowing very fast and forceful. I would avoid going on the riprap rocks! A slip could be dangerous. I made the clip this morning and it has the Haw River, ospreys and great blue herons fishing. 🦉

Engineers release water at Jordan Lake to keep levels low along the Haw River Jordan Lake has risen more than 12 feet with all of July's rainfall to 228.5 feet, well above its normal height of 216 feet.

This morning as the sun rose over the Haw River at the Jordan Lake Dam, the ospreys began to fill the sky with graceful flights as they fished for their breakfast. 🦉

Two environmental nonprofits, Cape Fear River Watch and Haw River Assembly, are suing the city of Asheboro and StarPet, alleging they have illegally discharged 1,4-dioxane and contaminated drinking water supplies for 900,000 people downstream. insideclimatenews.org/news/2906202...

"On behalf Cape Fear River Watch and Haw River Assembly, the Southern Environmental Law Center today notified the city of Asheboro and its industrial customers, StarPet and Waste Management’s Great Oak Landfill, of its intent to sue..." Read the rest below... www.selc.org/press-releas...

Recently, students from our Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic worked with the local Haw River Assembly and community volunteers to clean out 4,106 pieces of trash from a trash trap in Durham’s Third Fork Creek.

Great blog from Aiden with @7directionsof.bsky.social and Haw River Assembly with news about the resolution Guilford Commissioners passed on SSEP last night! 7directionsofservice.com/blog/f/guilf...

The Haw River Assembly hosted a public information session alongside TriRiver Water representatives at Woods Charter School in northeastern Chatham County on Wednesday, April 23 to assuage citizens’ concerns about an upcoming utility merger.

Today’s the day!! Haw River Festival! Come on out and join in- Bands, Parades, SlipNSlide, Bubbles, Food Trucks, Farmers, Arts and Crafts and an amazing auction to support the organization taking care of the river we love!! Thank you Haw River Assembly for all you do! See you in @saxapahaw !

Executive Director of the Haw River Assembly Emily Sutton spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey for “Climate Thursday.” They discussed a recent lawsuit filed against the City of Asheboro in conjunction with the Cape Fear River Watch, and more. chapelboro.com/news-on-the-...

Keeper of the Haw and Executive Director of the Haw River Assembly Emily Sutton joined us Thursday to discuss the impacts of flooding on the Haw River, and an upcoming screening of a documentary about the climate change fight in N.C. Listen here: chapelboro.com/news-on-the-...

The most unique finds were a license plate and a full outfit (including 3 pairs of shoes - check out the first photo)! Thank you to the Haw River Assembly for organizing the Clean-Up-A-Thon! To learn more, visit their website www.hawriver.org

Support the waterways of North Carolina! Help the Haw River Assembly monitor and support the health of our watershed. Join the Haw River Assembly and/or donate to help keep their work alive. #riverkeepers#waterprotection www.hawriver.org

"We need PFAS protections right now. This is a package that puts forward three and we will take that as a baby step, but we have to do more," said Emily Sutton, executive director of the Haw River Assembly" @celllyg.bsky.social

"Two environmental nonprofits, Cape Fear River Watch and Haw River Assembly, are suing the city of Asheboro and StarPet, alleging they have illegally discharged 1,4-dioxane and contaminated drinking water supplies for 900,000 people downstream." www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/07/13/n...

Orange County, NC faces an estimated $1–10 million in annual losses from freshwater flooding. Zooming out: more than one-third of inland flood damage in the U.S. is linked to our warming climate.

Some NC Rainfall amounts from Tropical Depression Chantal: Bynum, North Carolina received 8.65 inches, Mebane, NC 9.20 inches This is NOT typical. #ncwx #climate