by admin | Jun 5, 2018 | Bolin Creek Watershed, Friends of Bolin Creek Community Exchange, Friends of Bolin Creek mission, Friends of Bolin Creek: Can We Heal Our Local Waterways?
Welcome to the Website for the Friends of Bolin Creek! News flash: P.H. Craig is planning to log up to 40 acres of his property after protecting it for 50 years. Sign the petition here. Please join us at “Last Chance for the Craig Forest” Saturday, August...
by admin | Feb 4, 2018 | Bolin Creek Watershed
On the third day of February, Friends of Bolin Creek partnered with the NC Dept of Agriculture and Engineering, to make efforts to repair a reach of Bolin Creek. Class participants learned about the difference between stream repair and stream restoration. Anyone can...
by admin | Jan 27, 2018 | Bolin Creek paving controversy
Daily Tarheel BY Sophia Wilhelm Resting in the neck of the woods of Carrboro is the Carolina North Forest, the last untouched forested land of the town — but possibly not for long. A plan to put a 10-foot wide pavement trail along the 1.7 mile stretch of the forest’s...
by admin | Jan 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
The unlined, leaking coal ash dump is underneath the Police Station property on MLK Blvd. The dump site includes a 40-foot high coal ash cliff that is eroding coal ash onto and beyond the public greenway below, depositing coal ash, toxic metals, and other pollutants...
by admin | Jan 7, 2018 | Chapel Hill High School Renovation, Chapel Hill Stormwater Management Program Master Plan
Flooding and mold problems have plagued the Chapel Hill High School over the years. A poor plan when the school was built in the 1960’s placed the building on top of drainage ways and intermittent streams which over time has caused rainwater to flow under and...