by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
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,...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jul 1, 2023 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest, Carrboro Greenways Commission
Bolin Creek provides a home for an amazing diversity of creatures, including the rare four toed salamander, both in its waters and in the riparian buffer surrounding it. This stream also feeds into Jordan Lake, which is a water supply for over half a million people!...
by admin | Jun 28, 2023 | Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek paving controversy, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest
The Carrboro Council instructed the staff to conduct an “engagement process” to determine preferences for a new bikeway based on the 2009 Greenways Conceptual Plan which lacks one important route option. Friends of Bolin Creek in December 2009 presented...
