Volunteer to Help Bolin Creek March 16 and 23

Calling all gardeners! Friends of Bolin Creek is partnering with the Town of Carrboro and Bolin Creek Homeowners in a collaborative project to stabilize a large eroding hillside above Bolin Creek in Carrboro. Volunteer to help plant Liatris, Silky Dogwood, Button...
The Geology of Bolin Creek & Chapel Hill

The Geology of Bolin Creek & Chapel Hill

Overview Bolin Creek traverses two very different bodies of rock: the Carolina terrane (formally known as the Carolina slate belt) and the Durham Triassic basin. From its headwaters near Bald Mountain to East Franklin Street, Bolin Creek flows over the...

How to Help the Creek

Use creekwise gardening and landscaping practices. Make the most of your location next to a creek by helping to keep it healthy. Through proper care of stream banks and riparian vegetation, you can enhance your property, prevent erosion problems, avoid flood losses,...
What’s Happening with the Paving Controversy?

What’s Happening with the Paving Controversy?

10/23 Carrboro Council Chooses Preferred Alignment  On October 17, 2023 the Carrboro Council voted 6-1 to approve an alignment for a multi-million-dollar 2-mile bikeway route cutting through Bolin Forest and running in the riparian buffer of Bolin Creek from Homestead...