Events

Live Stake Workshop: Tackling Eroded Banks in Bolin Creek

Friends of Bolin Creek and NC State Extension Service are hosting a Live Stake Workshop. It is open to all community members interested in stabilizing eroded stream banks with live plant material.

Advance signup will be required.
Please email info@bolincreek.org if you are planning to attend

February 1, 2025
1 pm – 3 pm
Meet at Amber Court, Carrboro

The workshop is a live staking workshop led by Mitch Woodard from NC Ext Service and Michael Dupree from Urban Sustainability Solutions. They will demonstrate how to plant young trees on the creek bank to stabilize and create vegetation to decrease erosion and foster stream health.

Two foot ‘stakes’ of native trees will be put in the stream bank, in order to grow root balls that will act to prevent undercutting and erosion, while minimizing sediment flow into the stream. Sediment is the #1 pollutant affecting the health of Bolin Creek and Jordan Lake. 

For this workshop, we will be working in shallow parts of the creek which are easily accessible. Some waders will be available, if needed. Additionally, hands-on instruction and resources will be provided to enable participants to live stake streams in their own backyards.

Bikeway Connections that are Kind to the Earth

A Zoom session that discusses existing and future routes for bikeways that avoid stream buffers.

Date to be Announced