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lake scene, painted by Rachel Tartamella of South Granville High, 2016 art contest winner

Mar 11, 2019

WRRI to Host 2019 Annual Conference for Water Resource Industry and Academe

By Summer Walls North Carolina’s Water Resources Research Institute will host its 21st Annual Conference on Thursday, March 21 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, March 22 from…
CUAHSI free workshop March 22 at 2:20 p.m.

Mar 1, 2019

WRRI Annual Conference Sponsor To Offer Free Data Workshop

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), a sponsor of the 2019 WRRI Annual Conference, will host a workshop on managing data entitled Managing and…

Jan 23, 2019

Researchers’ Predictions of Neuse River Oxygen Levels Prove Correct

Last June, a team of researchers used an experimental model to forecast that hypoxia — low levels of dissolved oxygen — would be more severe than average in the Neuse…

Jan 22, 2019

From Floyd to Matthew: Vulnerable Populations Respond to Flooding in Eastern N.C.

Guest post by Jasmine Hayes I am a recent Master of Public Health graduate from East Carolina University. I was born and raised in the small town of Elizabeth City,…
Justine Neville on a mountainside

Nov 29, 2018

WRRI Graduate Fellow Finds Opportunity in Setback

Story by Justine Neville, 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant – WRRI Graduate Research Fellow, NC State University Throughout this post, I refer to the river as “Lumbee” in observance of…

Jan 29, 2016

USGS Announces FY 2016 WRRI Request for 104g Applications

The U.S. Geological Survey has published the fiscal year 2016 request for National Competitive Grants (104g) applications for the State Water Resources Research Institute Program. Download the full FY2016 announcement…
Photos of aquatic insects by David Buchwalter

Aug 8, 2015

WRRI, Stormwater Group and NSF funding lead to new insights into aquatic insects that have significant implications for managing NC’s freshwater streams

Freshwater ecosystems support a disproportionate percentage of Earth’s biodiversity and are among the most threatened by human activities. North Carolina’s freshwater streams are no exception, and the quality of these…