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Stream Repair Clinic
On the third day of February, Friends of Bolin Creek partnered with the NC Dept of Agriculture and Engineering, to make efforts to repair a reach of Bolin Creek. Class participants learned about the difference between stream repair and stream restoration. Anyone can...
Carrboro’s Carolina North Forest and Bolin Creek garner controversy
Daily Tarheel BY Sophia Wilhelm Resting in the neck of the woods of Carrboro is the Carolina North Forest, the last untouched forested land of the town — but possibly not for long. A plan to put a 10-foot wide pavement trail along the 1.7 mile stretch of the forest’s...
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...
Bolin Creek and Chapel Hill High School
Flooding and mold problems have plagued the Chapel Hill High School over the years. A poor plan when the school was built in the 1960's placed the building on top of drainage ways and intermittent streams which over time has caused rainwater to flow under and into...
Meet Chief John Blackfeather Jeffries
Backyard Stream Repair Workshop
Advance registration is required. Register here through the NC Extension Office.