by admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Clean up Day for Rogers Road, trash polluting creeks
Over 85 people came out to the Rogers – Eubanks neighborhood to haul trash away to the landfill. It was a beautiful day with Spring in the air. David Caldwell divided people into small teams armed with trash bags and gloves. Pick up trucks met the crews to...
by admin | Feb 13, 2011 | Riparian buffers
Howard Linberger recently shared this report with us: “Riparian Buffer Zones: Functions and Recommended Widths” in the Connecticut Eight Mile Watershed. “Riparian buffers are vital elements of watersheds, primarily due to their protection of surface...
by admin | Feb 6, 2011 | Bolin Creek, Bolin Forest, Still House Bottom
Our goal is to protect natural places and make sure they are there for future generations. We note here the important acquisition of a natural area located in the Morgan Creek Bluffs Natural Area, recently announced by the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG). See ...
by admin | Jan 30, 2011 | Community Transit Plan, Conservation Plan
This press release was printed in the Durham Herald on Jan 30, 2011. Carrboro, January 18, 2011. Friends of Bolin Creek has voted to develop its own transportation plan in order to protect the Bolin Creek watershed. The Board of Directors took the action at its first...
by admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Birding, Bolin Creek
Bird Walk in Bolin Forest 8 am, Saturday, January 22nd Greet the new year with Cynthia Fox, of Chapel Hill’s Wild Bird Center, for an early January walk through the Bolin Creek winter woods. Listen and learn to recognize many bird songs, spot the songsters and...
