{"id":999,"date":"2011-07-15T18:38:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T18:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2023-12-14T02:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T02:46:42","slug":"plans-and-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/resources-2\/plans-and-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans and Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plans and Studies of Bolin Creek
\nMajority of studies commissioned by the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill and NC DENR<\/strong><\/p>\n

2003 Assessment Report: Biological Impairment in the Little Creek Watershed, <\/a><\/strong>DENR, Division of Water Quality. EPA determined parts of Bolin Creek as impaired; the Town of Carrboro signed an MOA with the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program on May 12, 2002 to conduct this study.\u00a0 A key finding of this baseline study established the 405+acre forest along one section of Bolin Creek as an area of special significance, worthy of preservation.<\/p>\n

2004 \u00a0The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program released a report that included the Bolin Creek natural area. \u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/www.townofcarrboro.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/563\/Inventory-of-Natural-Areas-and-Wildlife-Habitats-for-Orange-County-PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2004 <\/strong>Morgan-Little Creek LWP Targeting of Management Report<\/strong><\/a>\"Map<\/a>2004 Future of Upper Bolin Creek Corridor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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2004 Morgan and Bolin Creek Local Watershed Plan\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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2007 Bolin Creek Watershed: Geomorphic Analysis,<\/strong><\/a> Earthtech
\nEarth Tech provided services to the Town of Carrboro during the spring and summer of 2007 to evaluate the stability of the entire Bolin Creek Watershed. This project was performed as the first step of the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill as partners in the Bolin Creek Watershed Restoration Team (BCWRT) to r ehabilitate the watershed and to one day have its biological integrity improve and to the extent that Bolin Creek can be removed from the Federal (303d) list of impaired streams.<\/p>\n

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2009 Carolina North Development Agreement<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis Town of Chapel Hill page contains most all relevant information.\u00a0 See particularly the Modifications request <\/a>granted in 2013 describing the locations of the conservations areas.\u00a0 Final Development Agreement was based on this excellent Biohabitats, Inc. Study<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.biohabitats.com\/project\/carolina-north-land-stewardship-policy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/facilities.unc.edu\/wp content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2015\/12\/1FINAL_ConsAreaDesc_REV072911.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

2009 Bolin Creek Greenway Conceptual Master Plan: Chapter 1,<\/strong><\/a>
\nCommissioned by Town of Carrboro<\/p>\n

2009 Bolin Creek Greenway Conceptual Master Plan: Chapter 5,<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by Town of Carrboro<\/p>\n

2010 Baldwin Park Stream Restoration<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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2010 Catena Bolin Creek Greenway Conceptual Plan Review<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>This report report why the Bolin Creek Greenway Master Plan did not meet its number one objective, “to improve water quality”.<\/p>\n

2011 Tanyard Branch Study<\/strong> Full report<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Excerpt: Tanyard Branch alternatives analysis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpt: Tanyard Branch appendix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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2012 Bolin Creek Situation Assessment<\/a><\/strong> (WECO 2012): This study was initiated by NC DENR and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Professional facilitators interviewed up to a 100 participants.\u00a0 The Executive Summary is over 40 pages, most of it transcripts of interviews with participants. The BCWRT subcontracted part of a current EPA grant to Watershed Education for Communities and Officials (WECO), a NC Cooperative Extension program, to conduct a situation assessment in the Bolin Creek watershed. The purpose was to better understand the interests of watershed stakeholders and organizations, to identify opportunities to engage stakeholders in Bolin Creek restoration while meeting multiple interests, and to determine how stakeholders would like to participate in restoration efforts.<\/p>\n

Key recommendations of WECO Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n