Just in time for the holidays, our Online Eno Store gives you the opportunity to shop local, online! Shop Eno Store favorites including: *Festival for the Eno posters, screen prints, and art *Eno Hats & T-shirts *Eno Bandanas — new colors released! *The 2021 Eno Calendar, our 50th anniversary edition! Plus, brand new merchandise […]
Dave Cook Receives Governor’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Dave G. Cook, retiring Educati on & Outreach Coordinator for the Eno River Association has received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award. The award was presented to Mr. Cook on December 6 by North Carolina State Senator Mike Woodard during the Association’s Annual Meeting, held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since […]
Donate Your Old Vehicle & Benefit the River
[…] your driveway or garage, donate it to the Eno and support the permanent protection of land, water and wildlife in our community. Our partners at CARS make it easy. Just call 855-500-7433 or fill out this simple web form. CARS will tow or haul the vehicle away, give you a receipt, and send Eno River […]
Fishing
Wet your line in one of the best fishing streams in the Neuse River Basin. From the river banks you can catch largemouth bass, bluegill, chain pickerel, crappie, and bullhead catfish. The river is also home to the Roanoke bass, known as red-eye, which is found only in the Eno-Neuse, Tar, Chowan, and Roanoke […]
Stewardship
[…] driving force behind our work is creating climate resilient communities. In order to do this, we protect land and steward it in perpetuity. This encompasses annual m onitoring of our properties, including properties on which we hold conservation easements, as well as ongoing, active land management. Annual monitoring on our conservation easements helps us […]
Another Piece Added to the Park Puzzle
On December 30th, the Eno River Association acquired 6.4 acres of land for addition into the Eno River State Park. The property straddles the Durham – Orange county line off Sparger Road. The Association purchased the property from local landowner Curtis Crosby using funds donated to the Association’s Margaret C. Nygard Land Acquisition Fund. […]
Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River
The Associati on 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 […]
Eno River State Park
[…] at the Cole Mill picnic area from either the south end of the parking lot or beside the southern toilet building. Most of the trail is an easy hike along the river with a short climb through the upland forest. Scenic laurel covered bluffs dominate the opposite river bank. Fishermen should be alert to […]
The History of Few’s Ford
ENO Journal VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 1989 by Jean Bradley Anders on Special thanks to: William Few Lyne Few Kendrick Few Randolph Few Cover Map, John Collet, 1770 The banks and hinterlands of a stretch of the Eno River that runs directly south near the eastern boundary of Orange county, North Carolina, once comprised […]
A Peek into Neuse River Waterdog Research in the Eno!
[…] measurements (e.g., mass, snout-to-vent length) are taken and if possible, their sex is determined. Finally, they are tagged with a unique color code that allows for their easy identification if they are recaptured at any point in the study. Lead technician Caitlyn Connell handles waterdog Female Neuse River waterdog found in Flat River Technician […]
Donate
[…] you, the park now spans over 4,600 acres of protected natural beauty. We look forward to adding another 200 acres to the park, including the Historic Occ oneechee Speedway and James M. Johnston Nature Preserve, connecting Pleasant Green Access to Fews Ford Access, and eventually fulfilling the State Park Master Plan, which projects a […]
The Story of West Point on the Eno*
ENO Journal Volume 3, No. 1 -Jean Anders on & Margaret Nygard 1975 The Eno River rises obscurely in the tobacco fields of Orange County, having two sources and two branches. The upper reaches of the river have historic sites along the way, some of them mill sites from colonial and later times. The […]
Confluence Natural Area
Address: 4214 Highland Farm Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Hours: Dawn to Dusk, 7 days a week Amenities and Attractions: Two Forks Trail, 1.75 miles, easy to moderate difficulty Sheppard Mill Trail, 0.5 miles, easy difficulty Parking Area Large Open-Air Pavilion Pollinator Gardens Chimney Swift Tower Remnants of former mill Expansive open fields and mature […]
Picnicking
From a snacking on a rock in the river to a festive family reunion in a covered pavilion, the Eno River provides lots of options for dining al fresco. Here are some of our recommendations: Eno River State Park Few’s Ford Access Area has 20 first-come-first-served picnic sites, 10 of which are handicapped accessible. […]
iWalk the Eno
June 17-21 & June 24-28 2024 Registrati on is open! Browse camp options A Nature-Based Camp Experience iWalk the Eno Science & Nature Summer Camp helps children ages 8- 12 learn and grow in nature’s classroom. The camp is located in Orange and Durham counties at Eno River State Park and West Point on […]
A Community of Men and Mills
[…] backdrop of working machines, in themselves fascinating and challenging, the people met. They came to grind their grain and saw their logs, to mend their ploughs and buy their provisions, to shoe their horses and gin their cotton. The sheriff came at appointed times to collect their taxes. The politicians came to make their […]
OneEno Weekend July 3-5
The Festival for the Eno may be cancelled, but we’ve got a whole lot of celebrati on in store for you! Visit www.enofest.org to get in on the fun. OneEno PreGame – Friday, July 3 from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Carolina Theatre – Durham Convention Center Plaza. Get your official Eno […]
Conservation
The Eno River Associati on’s land protection program is at the heart of our mission. Since 1966, the Association has worked actively to conserve the lands and waters along the Eno River and its tributaries. We protect water quality, wildlife habitat, ecological diversity, and historical and cultural sites while also providing recreational opportunities and […]
Eno River Field Station
July 22-26 & July 29-August 2 2024 Registrati on is open! Browse camp options This program takes students ages 12-15 out of the classroom and deep into discovery of their environment. Field Station is held at the Confluence Natural Area on the West and East Forks of the Eno River, outside Hillsborough, NC. Every […]
NATURE FUN DAY AT THE CONFLUENCE NATURAL AREA
[…] the fields, forest, and flood plain this fall. We will get into some of the life history and benefits uses of the plants. This will be on easy to moderate trails for about two miles in a leisurely 2 hour walk with lots of stops. Suggested ages 12 and up. SOLD OUT! 10:30 AM […]
Panther Branch Natural Area
[…] thru 56 acres of mature hardwood forests Picnic tables, Eno River vistas, and gravel parking area Note: No restrooms on site 3 miles from I-85 / I-40, easy to access from the Triangle and beyond Trail Map The Panther Branch Natural Area is owned and managed by the Eno River Association. It is a […]
Catharine Link Dunnagan
By Dave Southern & Denny O’Neal October 2011 On the Dunnagan Trail in the Eno River State Park, hikers encounter a small graveyard, and it frequently piques the interest of the curious. Chris Graham, History PhD candidate at UNC-G who keeps the blogsite Whig Hill, wrote in 2005 of walking there, accompanied by his border […]
Walk the Eno with an Eye Towards Ferns
[…] of their sterile fronds and their preference for wet habitats are the Sensitive Fern (Onocleasensibilis) and tlie Netted Chain Fern (Wood-wardiaareolata). Their persistent fertile fronds arc the easy identifying marks. Sensitive Ferns exhibit a naked rachis with clusters of suri resembling beads grouped at the top, accounting for its often being called Bead Fern. […]
Affiliated Hike: Black Meadow Ridge Hike
Note: this is not an Eno River Associati on program, but it is being done in partnership with us. Join hike leaders Joe Liles and Kerstin Nygard on Saturday February 19th at 2:00 p.m. for a better understanding of the impact that a large development on Black Meadow Ridge would have on the City […]