{"id":1296,"date":"2011-11-10T14:17:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T14:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/?page_id=1296"},"modified":"2013-02-24T22:24:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T22:24:38","slug":"urban-streams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/resources-2\/plans-and-studies\/urban-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Stream Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bolin Creek is currently impaired, meaning poor water quality and low biodiversity along much of its course, beginning at Pathway Drive. No one has been able to pinpoint the reasons for this impairment. Below are a list of studies, some of more general interest, but most focused on the Bolin Creek watershed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.orange.nc.us\/ercd\/reports_and_publications.asp\">Landscape with Wildlife for Orange County<\/a>, Steve Hall and Haven Wiley. Parts I (1997) and Part II (1999)<br \/>\nInventory of Significant Natural Areas of Orange County, 1988, Triangle Land Conservancy<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nceep.net\/services\/lwps\/Morgan_Creek\/morgan.htm\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.ncdenr.org\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=20d774f0-de16-4776-a7c1-e245f39d0e25&amp;groupId=38364\">Assessment Report: Biological Impairment in the Little Creek Watershed<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nceep.net\/services\/lwps\/Morgan_Creek\/morgan.htm\"> (2003)<br \/>\nThe Eco System Enhancement Program Local Watershed Plan for Little Creek<\/a>, (2004)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carolinanorth.unc.edu\/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=x8L0wt5eAcY%3d&amp;tabid=1870&amp;mid=4239\">Biohabitats Study of Carolina North (2007)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carolinanorth.unc.edu\/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=beIHHXAC2nQ%3d&amp;tabid=1870&amp;mid=4238\">Biohabitats Study of Conservation Areas (2011)<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.carrboro.nc.us\/pzi\/Env\/PDFs\/BolinCreek_Report_final_11-6-07.pdf\">Bolin Creek Watershed Geomorphic Analysis, (2007)<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofcarrboro.org\/pzi\/Env\/Water\/bcwrt.htm\"><br \/>\nChapel Hill and UNC Development Agreement, (2009)<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.carrboro.nc.us\/pzi\/Env\/PDFs\/BolinCreek_Report_final_11-6-07.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/townofchapelhill.org\/index.aspx?page=900\">Corps of Engineers Permit application for Carolina North<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.carrboro.nc.us\/pzi\/Env\/PDFs\/BolinCreek_Report_final_11-6-07.pdf\"><br \/>\nBolin Creek Watershed Restoration \u2013 now underway<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Paul-Meyer-2001.pdf\">Streams in the Urban Landscape, Paul &amp; Meyer 2001<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/riparian.buffers.attachment3.pdf\">Recommended Riparian Buffers.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Riparian-zones-talk-01222013-Chapel-Hill.pptx\">Riparian Buffers, <\/a>What is the right buffer width?<br \/>\nPresentation to Chapel Hill, Michael Paul, January 22, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0Other studies of interest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/nawqa\/urban\/\">Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystem<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/nawqa\/urban\/html\/raleigh2.html\"><br \/>\nUSGS:\u00a0 Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystem<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/nawqa\/pubs\/Carlisleetal_FLowAlterationUS.pdf\"><br \/>\nFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/a>: Alterations of stream flow magnitudes&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/cee.unc.edu\/sem\/f11\/Poster_2011-11-10_Hershey.pdf\"><br \/>\nEffects of Urbanization.., Hershey<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/plans-and-studies\/urban-streams\/\">Upper Swift Creek, DWQ (2009)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolin Creek is currently impaired, meaning poor water quality and low biodiversity along much of its course, beginning at Pathway Drive. 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