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Conservation Planning Guide
The Conservation Planning Guide (PDF) to the Bolin Creek Natural Area documents the ecological wealth of the Bolin Creek Natural Area and makes recommendations on how we can plan with multiple land owners to protect the creek and the wildlife in this special forest...
Carrboro Board Reopens Paving Along Bolin Creek
Update 11/18/22: Carrboro Board Reopens Paving Along Bolin Creek At a Carrboro Town Council meeting last fall, the Town Council voted to reopen a community discussion about a 14-year-old proposal to consider a paved bikeway along Bolin Creek as a transportation...
How Are We Connected?
Greenways are great in the right places, but not in the riparian zone. This map shows existing and planned bike connections. Read about the three alternatives to the proposed N-S paved bikeway along the creek that will not harm waterways and the sensitive riparian...
Friends of Bolin Creek Kick Off New 2022-23 Board & Committees with Monarch Butterfly Release
Friends of Bolin Creek elected our new Board of Directors and Conservation Committee members and celebrated with a release of Monarch butterflies on Friday, September 9th at Umstead Park along Bolin Creek. Xilong Zhao gave each of us a newly hatched butterfly to...
“The Scientists Speak”
At What Cost? A Community Information Session on Chapel Hill’s Coal Ash
"At What Cost? A Community Information Session on the Hazards of Chapel Hill's Coal Ash" View the June 22nd Webinar The Chapel Hill Town Council has decided to move ahead with a plan to put offices and housing on top of a coal ash landfill located underneath the...