https://bolincreek.org/blog Protecting Our Bolin Creek Watershed Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:42:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bolincreek.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-FOBCLogo_Icon-32x32.png https://bolincreek.org/blog 32 32 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/09/17/urgent-september-18th-public-hearing-chapel-hills-brownfields-plan-to-build-on-coal-ash-dump/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/09/17/urgent-september-18th-public-hearing-chapel-hills-brownfields-plan-to-build-on-coal-ash-dump/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:42:54 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=5642   We won the battle against housing on the coal ash dump. But in the current plan, the Town is asking permission to leave all the coal ash dump perched just above the public greenway with minimal protective measures while constructing an office building and parking deck on top of the coal ash.  We believe […]

The post Urgent: September 18th Public Hearing–Chapel Hill’s Brownfields Plan to Build on Coal Ash Dump first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/09/17/urgent-september-18th-public-hearing-chapel-hills-brownfields-plan-to-build-on-coal-ash-dump/feed/ 0 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/08/13/memos-and-articles-relevant-to-ph-craig-plan-to-clear-cut-his-forest/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/08/13/memos-and-articles-relevant-to-ph-craig-plan-to-clear-cut-his-forest/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:05:39 +0000 http://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=4229 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 2018 Neighbors Gather to Save the Woods, Herald Sun,  June 2018 Why […]

The post Memos & Articles Relevant to PH Craig Plan to Clear Cut his Forest first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/08/13/memos-and-articles-relevant-to-ph-craig-plan-to-clear-cut-his-forest/feed/ 0 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/06/05/mission-statement/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/06/05/mission-statement/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:05:08 +0000 http://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=919 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 am – 11:00 am Lawn of Carrboro […]

The post What we’re about… first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/06/05/mission-statement/feed/ 1 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2013/05/27/jones-creek-clean-up/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2013/05/27/jones-creek-clean-up/#respond Mon, 27 May 2013 19:29:44 +0000 http://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=2439 Ethan Beattie, a new member of our Friends of Bolin Creek family, has done a lot for our Bolin Creek since moving to Carrboro with his young family.  On a hike along Jones Creek,  a tributary to Bolin, he discovered a large dump near and in the part of the creek located within Twin Creeks […]

The post Jones Creek Clean up first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2013/05/27/jones-creek-clean-up/feed/ 0