The Allen Soil and Water Conservation District is encouraging residents to pick up trash in yards and gutters to prevent pollution from reaching local waterways. The district hopes families, groups, ...

Laurel Hill Park recently highlighted some common “good” bugs … and one big bad one. No, it’s not the Spotted Lantern Fly recently seen in numbers in the park. This bad bug is arguably an even greater ...

A new effort to reduce litter in Raleigh’s waterways took center stage Thursday as environmental advocates, city leaders and volunteers cut the ribbon on two new trash traps installed in Marsh Creek.

Scientists from N.C. State University released 40 GPS-tracked plastic bottles into Marsh Creek in Raleigh in April and May 2025 to study how litter travels. This is a part of a larger NOAA-funded ...