by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest
This Earth Day, let’s celebrate Bolin Forest – a beautiful urban forest that is a substantial part of our community. While the majority of the forest is owned by UNC, Carrboro purchased a small portion known as Adam’s Tract in 2004. Out of the 425-acre forest,...
by admin | Jan 12, 2024 | Bolin Creek, Coal Ash Dump
The new EPA report about the toxicity of coal ash has caught the attention of the Chapel Hill Town Council, as well as Friends of Bolin Creek who first raised the alarm and asked for a cleanup of the coal ash dump in a petition to the Chapel Hill Town Council in...
by admin | Dec 28, 2023 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Wildlife
Dave Otto, co-founder of Friends of Bolin Creek and advocate for the conservation of Bolin Creek for many years died on December 4th. We remember his infectious enthusiasm for photography and sharing his love for the wildlife and wildflowers along Bolin Creek. Dave...
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...
by admin | Jul 24, 2022 | Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Coal Ash Dump, Coal Ash Dump and Bolin Creek
“At What Cost? A Community Information Session on the Hazards of Chapel Hill’s Coal Ash” View the June 22nd Webinar The Chapel Hill Town Council has decided to move ahead with a plan to put offices and housing on top of a coal ash landfill located...
