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Memos & Articles Relevant to PH Craig Plan to Clear Cut his Forest
Douglas Frederick Memorandum to Mayor Lavelle and Board of Aldermen.7.23 A forestry professor's evaluation of the health of the trees on the PH Craig tract The Value of the Craig Tract Goes Beyond its Timber, Peter White, former director NCBG, Herald Sun, August...
Report on 6/21 Community Meeting
Many thanks to Mayor Hemminger of Chapel Hill and Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle, our wonderful panelists: Doug Frederick, Michael Paul, Mary Sonis and Bo Howes; Moderator Tom Cors; and meeting organizers Julie McClintock and Matt Durning. Here are some of the...
PH Craig Property and the Future of Bolin Forest
Join your neighbors and friends and attend the community meeting to answer questions about the planned clearcut of this amazing forest, and to learn more about best forestry practices. PH Craig Property and the Future of Bolin Forest 7:00 - 9:00 pm Thursday, June...
What we’re about…
Welcome to the Website for the Friends of Bolin Creek! News flash: P.H. Craig is planning to log up to 40 acres of his property after protecting it for 50 years. Sign the petition here. Please join us at "Last Chance for the Craig Forest" Saturday, August 11th 9:00...
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...