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...

Carrboro Aldermen Candidate Questionnaire

Friends of Bolin Creek Carrboro Aldermen Candidate Questionnaire The answers have been edited to be more concise. Please click here to read the complete, unedited responses (PDF). Climate Change Question: Within Carrboro’s Climate Action Plan, please identify three...

Pictures from World Water Day

Young and old celebrated World Water Day at Umstead Park Saturday, March 23rd. Music accompanied a crowd of children and adults as they strolled down Bolin Creek greenway.  Learning stations on water quality, healthy creeks, trees, and the coal ash dump featured a...

A Sad Day

We are sad to inform everyone that PH Craig elected to cut down up to 40 acres of his old growth forest. For an in-depth look at this story read the whole story here.   Read a summary here. October 31, 2018 was a sad day for Bolin Forest. The bulldozers moved in to...