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...

What’s Happening to the Coal Ash Along Bolin Creek?

  The unlined, leaking coal ash dump is underneath the Police Station property on MLK Blvd. The dump site includes a 40-foot high coal ash cliff that is eroding coal ash onto and beyond the public greenway below, depositing coal ash, toxic metals, and other pollutants...