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Friends of Bolin Creek Mission
By Randy Dodd
The following principles are proposed to guide our vision of establishing the Bolin Creek Park and Preserve:
1. The Park and Preserve should consist of a continuous corridor of land along both sides of Bolin Creek (and one or more tributaries) that:
a) is a relatively undisturbed natural area with primary uses of conservation, passive (i.e., low-impact) recreation and nature study; and
b) is linked by greenways and trails to parks, schools and other existing or future recreational areas in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, the University and the unincorporated areas of the county.
2. The process of establishing the Park and Preserve will involve:
a) review, coordination, and modification of land use plans and ordinances as necessary to guide establishment of the park;
b) coordination and cooperation between local governments, the university, citizen groups, landowners and other interested parties; and
c) preservation in perpetuity through acquisition and donation of property and conservation easements.
3. The Park and Preserves boundaries will be defined by:
a) natural and historically important features including, but not necessarily limited to: the flood plain; steep slopes and other topographic features; hardwood forest stands; and other biologically/ecologically/geologically/ culturally significant features, and
b) existing and planned development, including major roads, and public buildings and facilities. On currently undeveloped lands, where possible, the Park and Preserve will extend from ridge line to ridge line across the creek valley to protect and create recreational experiences with limited impact from development.
Note: The groups’s primary interest for establishing a Park and Preserve is the headwaters portion of Bolin Creek, upstream of Umstead Park. The overall mission of Friends may be to protect a larger riparian corridor, perhaps all the way from Calvander to East Chapel Hill where Bolin Creek joins with Booker Creek to form Little Creek, which eventually empties into Jordan Lake.
4. While all parcels of land within the Park and Preserve boundaries, and in the entire watershed, are important for conservation, in order to focus initial efforts, larger contiguous parcels and those parcels under consideration for development should be given highest priority for immediate attention.
Examples of these parcels include the Horace Williams, Craig, Adams, and Greene tract properties and the proposed Chapel Hill Township Park and Educational Campus.
Future of the Upper Bolin Creek Corridor:
These are all pdf files. A free pdf reader can be downloaded here.
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