Conservation Planning Guide

The Conservation Planning Guide (PDF) to the Bolin Creek Natural Area documents the ecological wealth of the Bolin Creek Natural Area and makes recommendations on how we can plan with multiple land owners to protect the creek and the wildlife in this special forest...

Carrboro Board Reopens Paving Along Bolin Creek

Update 11/18/22: Carrboro Board Reopens Paving Along Bolin Creek At a Carrboro Town Council meeting last fall, the Town Council voted to reopen a community discussion about a 14-year-old proposal to consider a paved bikeway along Bolin Creek as a transportation...

How Are We Connected?

Greenways are great in the right places, but not in the riparian zone. This map shows existing and planned bike connections.  Read about the  three alternatives to the proposed N-S paved bikeway along the creek that will not harm waterways and the sensitive riparian...

Letter to Chapel Hill Town Council

January 31, 2021 Dear Mayor Hemminger and Members of the Town Council, The Southern Environmental Law Center and Friends of Bolin Creek are concerned that the town is proceeding with a plan to build housing on top of the coal ash site at the Police Station property...