by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest
Many thanks to Mayor Hemminger of Chapel Hill and Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle, our wonderful panelists: Doug Frederick, Michael Paul, Mary Sonis and Bo Howes; Moderator Tom Cors; and meeting organizers Julie McClintock and Matt Durning. Here are some of the...
by admin | Jun 16, 2018 | Birding, Birding in Boilin Forest, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Forest, Can We Heal Our Local Waterways?, Carolina North, Conservation
Join your neighbors and friends and attend the community meeting to answer questions about the planned clearcut of this amazing forest, and to learn more about best forestry practices. PH Craig Property and the Future of Bolin Forest 7:00 – 9:00 pm Thursday,...
by admin | Oct 20, 2016 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Forest, Riparian buffers
Meeting place is at 210 Cobblestone, Chapel Hill 27516, located in a residential neighborhood back of Bolin Forest. Enter the neighborhood off of Hillsborough Road. Here is the link to Google Maps.
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Forest, Conservation, Riparian buffers
This article by naturalist Mary Sonis originally appeared in the Chapel Hill News on November 23, 2015. With a growing appreciation of our birds and the disappearance of wild places, it’s worth rereading. Bolin Creek saw a great turnout of migrating warblers...
by admin | Apr 7, 2016 | Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Forest
The blog post from Maria de Bruyn; Posted on April 4, 2016 This past Saturday morning, we awoke to water streaming from the heavens in quite a heavy downpour. A local conservation group, Friends of Bolin Creek, had scheduled a wildflower walk to see some of our...
by admin | Jan 8, 2016 | Birding in Boilin Forest, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest
My favorite discovery on moving here years ago, given I’m a transplanted Philadelphian, has been Bolin Creek. Its upper reaches, between Homestead Road and Estes Drive, offers the most beautiful and contrasting landscape. Here, you will find beaver swamps, Beech-tree...
