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Monitoring opportunity
Join FOBC for our seasonal monitoring of Bolin Creek! Umstead Park: Sunday, June 5, 4:30PM And Chapel Hill Community Center: Sunday, June 19, 4:30PM If you would like to participate or have questions, contact Betsy. Join us!! See how our creek is doing Learn about...
Muddy Bolin Creek
Friends of Bolin Creek contacted the Orange County Soil and Erosion Office with concerns about erosion from the new subdivision under construction at Ballentine, located immediately off of Old 86 in Carrboro. Muddy orange water was observed in Bolin Creek downstream...
Muddy Water Watch Workshop
Join us on Monday, May 23rd at 7 , Carrboro Town Hall, learn how you can help monitor construction which affects Bolin Creek. With the earth moving activities happening now right along Bolin Creek, you can help us monitor impacts on our creek from the number one...
Comments on Carolina North permit applications
Friends of Bolin Creek sent these comments on UNC's application for Carolina North for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Individual Permit, and a 401 Water Quality Certification from the N.C. Division of Water Quality. Impact on Bolin Creek from Carolina North project....
Give input on UNC permit application for Carolina North
In the course of planning Carolina North, the new campus planned on the Horace Williams Airport property, UNC is applying for a 50 year permit from the Corps of Engineers. The Corps has responsibility for changes affecting wetland, streams and rivers. The period for...
Protect clean air and water rules
Raleigh anti-environment legislators are attempting to rollback hundreds of state conservation and pollution rules since the legislative session convened in January. Last month, with almost no public notice, legislators announced public hearings across the state to...