Help us raise $123,000 by December 31 We’ve got exciting news to share! We’re acquiring 23 more acres of land and placing an additional 19 acres under a permanent conservation easement along the East Fork of the Eno River in northern Orange County in December. All 42 acres adjoin our Confluence Natural Area, expanding […]
News
A Q&A with Author Julie Thomson
[…] and the Eno River Association is that you do everything you can think of doing, and you make it a community effort. They really did what we today would call a multi-media campaign to save the Eno. They spoke up! They wrote letters; attended city council (and countless other meetings); they asked hard questions; […]
1654: First Mention of the Eno Indians
ENO Journal Volume 4, No. 2 1976 This complicated narrative, written when Raleigh’s fort was still standing at Roanoke, shows how the English bargained sharply with the coastal Indians for three great rivers and explains their fear of inland Carolina. In September last, a young man, a trader for beavers, being bound out to […]
Open Air Camp Road Properties Update as of October 1, 2022
[…] Even the frustrations we’ve heard are welcomed, as it helps us consider more paths to help the three families whose month-to-month leases cannot be renewed into 2023. Today, we offer these new updates and further clarification. We’ve held property on Open Air Camp Road since the 1980s with the sole intention of turning it […]
Volunteer
Get involved, share your passion for the river, and help protect our local environment. Volunteers started the Eno River Association and they continue to contribute significant skills, time, and effort to help fulfill our mission. Become a Volunteer Volunteer Roles Available: Board and Committee Positions We believe the leadership of the Association should reflect […]
Home
[…] of opportunities are waiting for you to make an impact on the plants, animals, and programs supported by the Eno River Association. Sign up to Volunteer Latest News How Eno River Association Contributes to Climate Resilience within the Eno River Watershed Read More How Eno River Association Contributes to Climate Resilience within the Eno […]
Celebrate Earth Day 2020
Photo by Dalvin Nichols, www.8bitphotog.com There are so many ways to celebrate our beloved river and our earth today, and we hope you’ll take part in at least one of them: …download our Treasure Maps for the Confluence Natural Area …color a page from our coloring book …represent the Eno River (and support our […]
Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River
The Association provides platform for People of Color to share their Eno family history The Eno River Association announces the revival of their Eno Journal, now available for purchase online and thru local retail shops. Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River: The History of African Americans and People of Color Living on the […]
Open Air Camp Road Update – October 28, 2022
[…] Camp Road to Eno River State Park, we welcomed the newly formed Eno River Tenants Association to a listening session on October 23. All were invited to share their thoughts about the upcoming land transfer with the Eno River Association’s Board of Directors, staff, and Association members. Board members then talked one-on-one with tenants […]
Open Air Camp Road Update – November 18, 2022
We would like to share the following update regarding the properties on Open Air Camp Road. We have tabled the sale of the homes to NC State Parks, and are pursuing professional mediation with the Eno River Tenants Association to find equitable outcomes for the people who live in these homes. We have made […]
Eno River Currents
Eno River Currents is our twice-annual newsletter for Association members and friends. It contains news and updates about the work that we have been doing with YOUR help. Summer 2021 Winter 2020 Spring 2020 Winter 2019 Summer 2019 Winter 2018 Summer 2018 Fall 2017 Summer 2017 Archives Fall 2016 Summer 2016 Spring 2015 Winter 2015 […]
Honoring Native American Heritage Month
[…] Land Acknowledgment Statement as further commitment to practicing inclusion daily. Photo by Mike Salemi The Eno River Association respectfully acknowledges that the land that we are on today is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi, the Tutelo, the Shakori, the Cheraw, and the Eno. They descended from an […]
Take a Hike with BING-ENO!
Start the New Year off right! Hike the Eno! Win prizes! Stay safe!!! Join us along the Eno from January 2nd through March 31st with our new BING-ENO game! Learn more and download your BING-ENO card today: www.enoriver.org/bing-eno
Happy 50th Birthday to Eno River State Park!
Check out our time lapse video, mapping the growth of the Eno River State Park over 50 years. It’s time to light the candles and sing happy birthday! This year, on August 22, Eno River State Park is celebrating the big 5-0. It’s a significant milestone in our journey to protect and conserve the natural, […]
Land Acknowledgement
The Eno River Association respectfully acknowledges that the land we are on today is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Eno, Shakori, Sissipahaw, Occaneechi, other people of Siouan descent, and their descendants, the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation. Although they lived in separate villages and developed distinct identities, they spoke a common Tutelo-Saponi language. In […]
Hugh L. Mangum, 1877-1922
[…] Duke Libraries and may be browsed at their website. Hugh Leonard Mangum was born June 3,1877 on Main Street in Durham where the Alexander Ford Building stands today. His father, Presley J. Mangum, an early Durham postmaster, was a skilled craftsman and furniture maker who owned a sash, blind, and door factory in downtown […]
ENO RIVER SUITE
John Bachmann tells the Eno River Story in soaring vocals and stirring video set to his original song ENO RIVER SUITE. (Click on the top title to see the uncropped version on YouTube).
Eno River Association expands Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area
The Eno River Association announced a 7.5 acres expansion of Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area today via a recent land acquisition. This property is a priority in the Eno River State Park Master Plan given its exceptional Natural Heritage Program Natural Area rating and will help provide habitat and water protection for the Eno […]
This Video Gets to the Heart of Why Protecting the Eno is so Important
Check out this great tribute to the river we all love by the fabulous folks at Beneath Blue Skies.
The History of Few’s Ford
[…] is circular. A longer history with the recurrent theme of dissent lies back of the Few family. William Few, Sr., was a grandson of Richard Few of Market Lavington, a Wiltshire village on the edge of Salisbury Plain. Domesday Book recorded the village in 1085-86, and Lavington obtained a charter for a market in […]
2023-27 Strategic Plan
[…] County, and % low-income) are represented in our board, staff, and volunteers within five years. At least annually, host a staff retreat to celebrate accomplishments and create shared strategies to resolve challenges impacting staff. Provide opportunities for at least one training and other career growth opportunity for staff and board members by building this […]
2023-2027 Strategic Plan
[…] and Advocacy committee annually and at least 5% of attendees are added to the Association’s advocacy member list. FOSTER CONNECTIONS TO THE RIVER & HONOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY Share Power by Equitably Building Partnerships for the Eno Strengthen and expand partnerships with communities along the Eno, as we come together to advocate for and celebrate […]
A Community of Men and Mills
[…] give mill statistics and show their productivity. (See Centerfold.) A mill took a toll of anywhere from l/8th to l/12th of what it ground – whatever the market would bear. The mill also took a toll of the miller’s health: respiratory diseases, commonly asthma, were occupational hazards. Wages for millers were minimal. West Point […]