Improve Biking Connections, While We Protect our Streams

by | Feb 10, 2025 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Chapel Hill Stormwater Management Program Master Plan, Friends of Bolin Creek, Greenways see damage from floods, New greenway routes, Pavement next to creeks, Stream Buffers Chapel Hill

Bolin Creek Bikeway Extension.  We want to improve biking connections, but not in riparian areas along stressed streams.  The Town of Chapel Hill is asking for input on the proposed “Bolin Creek Greenway Extension” route. The existing Bolin Creek Greenway runs from...

Friends of Bolin Creek Voices Concerns with Development Plans for Coal Ash Site.

by | Jul 21, 2024 | Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Forest, Can We Heal Our Local Waterways?, Coal Ash Dump, Friends of Bolin Creek, Greenways see damage from floods, Jordan Lake, Sediment into Bolin Creek, Soil and erosion control

Chapel Hill proposes building a government services complex on the coal ash pile with minimal protective measures. We find the present agreement does not protect public health and the environment for the following reasons. The NC Dept of the Environment is taking...

How to access NC DEQ Brownfields Documents

by | Jul 19, 2024 | Bolin Creek

Click on this link: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/ On the new page, paste project number 23022-19-068 this into the search and click the green magnifying glass icon (search button) The wheel will spin for a bit, and then a list of 34 PDF documents will...